Hogs
Around the turn of the century some sposrtsmen turned some Russian wild boars loose in the mountains around here. They spread throughout the mountains of East Tennessee, including the Smokies. They interbred with domesticated pigs (people around here used to let their hogs loose in the mountains then round them up in the fall). What you ended up with was a larger hog with all the attitude of the wild boar. They've got all of them out of the mountains around here and took them to southern east Tennessee. I am sure some of them have trotted on down the ridgeline to the Georgia mountains. The favorite way to hunt them in southern east Tennessee is with dogs and then when they are cornered, the hunter goes in and cuts their throats with a knife. Oh yeah, some of the hunters are women. I hear they have very faithful husbands.
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