Year of the Pig.

By:

Hainds, Mark J

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (269 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780817385637
0817385630

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Year of the Pig.DDC classification:

799.2/76332 799.2/76332 799.276332

LOC classification:

SF397.83.U6H35 2011

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Contents:

Foreword by Steven Ditchkoff; Foreword by Mark Bailey; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1. Longleaf; 2. Titi; 3. Over Bait; 4. Privet; 5. Oak/Hickory; 6. Ironwood; 7. Death in the Wiliwili; 8. Beaver Pond; 9. Hill Country; 10. Blue Palm; 11. Chufas; 12. Collateral Damage; 13. Old Growth; 14. Ozarks; 15. A Long Walk; 16. Food Plot; 17. Slash Pine; 18. Saw Palmetto; 19. Dog Fennel; 20. Valley Oaks; 21. Inside the Fence; 22. Bahia Grass; 23. Peanuts; 24. Eating the Pig; Conclusion; Epilogue; Further Reading; Illustrations follow page 128.

Summary: Year of the Pig is a personal account of one avid hunter's pursuit of wild pigs in eleven American states. Mark Hainds tied his mission to the Chinese calendar's Year of the Pig in 2007 and journeyed through longleaf forests, cypress swamps, and wiliwili forests in search of his prey. He used a range of weapons--black-powder rifle, bow and arrow, knife, and high-powered rifle--and various methods to stalk his quarry through titi, saw palmetto, privet hedge, and blue palms. Introduced pig populations have wreaked havoc on ecosystems the world over. Non-native to the Western Hemisphere, pigs o.

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Year of the Pig is a personal account of one avid hunter's pursuit of wild pigs in eleven American states. Mark Hainds tied his mission to the Chinese calendar's Year of the Pig in 2007 and journeyed through longleaf forests, cypress swamps, and wiliwili forests in search of his prey. He used a range of weapons--black-powder rifle, bow and arrow, knife, and high-powered rifle--and various methods to stalk his quarry through titi, saw palmetto, privet hedge, and blue palms. Introduced pig populations have wreaked havoc on ecosystems the world over. Non-native to the Western Hemisphere, pigs o.