Man kills 1,100-pound hog in north Ga.

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Man kills 1,100-pound hog in north Ga.

Associated Press
FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.- A wild hog weighing 1,100 pounds has been shot and killed in a Fayette County neighborhood. William Coursey, an avid hunter who shot the hog in a neighbor's yard, had it hanging from a tree in his front yard.

The Department of Natural Resources did not know whether the hog, one of four tearing up yards in the neighborhood for years, was a record for the state. Coursey said the other three hogs may have been killed previously.

"We don't keep records on hogs," said Melissa Cummings of the DNR's public affairs department.

She said it wasn't unusual for wild hogs to be found in northeast Georgia. "There are more in south Georgia, but they are scattered around the state."

"Nobody keeps official records," said Daryl Kirby, an editor with Georgia Outdoor News. "But it's one heck of a hog."

The wild hogs can be dangerous, the DNR said, urging that wildlife experts be called to remove the animals when they are seen.