Going wild for hogs: As the wild boar population increases, hunting for them is gaining in popularity

Landon Wood, a firefighter from Sulphur, killed a 558-pound wild boar last month while hunting at the Pennington Creek Hunting Club, an 8,500 acre ranch near Mill Creek in Johnston County.

A .308 rifle cartridge fired from 80 yards away only penetrated the pig about halfway. The wild hog measured almost 17 inches from shoulder to shoulder and had 2 1/2 inch cutters.

The pig measured 6 feet, 3 inches from the tip of his nose to the top of his foot.

Wood has submitted the hog for a listing on Weiser, Weight and Tusk — the equivalent of Boone & Crockett for trophy wild boars.

Weiser, Weight and Tusk has been keeping records on trophy hogs since 2005.

Wood’s swine would be the largest free-ranging pig ever killed in Oklahoma and the 15{+t}{+h} heaviest in the country, according to the Weiser, Weight and Tusk record book.

Although I’m sure other hog hunters in Oklahoma would dispute that claim.

Two years ago, I wrote a column ago about a feral hog that was killed by a hunter near Durant that reportedly weighed more than 600 pounds. That porker, however, was not weighed on scales like Wood’s pig.

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