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Published: August 9, 2009
Going wild for hogs: As the wild boar population increases, hunting for them is gaining in popularity
ED GODFREY, Outdoors Editor
Hunting feral hogs – and the hogs themselves – keep getting bigger in Oklahoma.

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 sho...

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