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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (11275)	9/11/2010 11:16:59 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) of 24216

A Drum post this morning from my friend "across town".. Planning to live off food you produce yourself? A cautionary tale... I live in the boondocks and there are lots of critters. Besides the usual moles and gophers, there are deer, bears, an occasional lion, coons, opossums, bobcats..and wild pigs. I got a call from a friend Friday morning to say that pigs had gotten into his garden the night before and totally wiped it out. They rooted up everything. There was nothing left. They salvaged some tomatoes and that was about it. The same thing happened to me a few years ago only over a week's time. It all started one late evening at dusk when I went out to get something in the garden. I was between rows of tomatoes that were over my head when I heard a "Huff-huff." My first thought was that it was a bear. I pulled out my trusty, large pocket knife and back out (like a 4" blade would stop a bear - well, it might). Anyway, as I backed out I saw a shape run toward the fence. I knew it wasn't a bear but never thought of a pig. To make a long story short, I spent the next week carting a rifle each time I went outside. And, for those who are big on guns, it gets old really fast. Shot a few but they mainly left because there was nothing left. My point in this is for doomers who think they can always count on their crops for food should always follow the old adage of storing food during the good years for the lean years. Todd PS and for those who don't know, pigs have nasty teeth and a sow is more than willing to take you on if she has piglets. I know one guy who got bit in the rear end. He didn't think it was funny at all.

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