"Truth Or Fiction? You Decide!"

Over the week-end, we had a visit from some dear friends. On Saturday, we drove over the county, giving the 'grand tour'. On our way back from Benjamin and viewing our Veteran's Memorial, we came upon a pen of wild hogs...which was the prompt for this post.

Wild Hog Hunting seems to be "the sport" for men having nothing better to do...not only in Munday, Knox County, but all over the country. Since I didn't have a clue about the sport, I've had to rely on information given to me by my 'man of the house'. All information is of a generic nature and should be taken with 'a grain of salt'. It is uncertain, but it has been rumored that the wild hog population began in the Knox County Breaks of the Brazos River. Other areas might wish to make the same claim for fame, depending on the amount of pride that is held for this outlandish sport.

The story goes that about 20 years ago, the male population began to yearn for something to hunt other than '2 legged dear'. Someone came up with the idea of turning out into the wild ( wild being the Brazos River to the north of us) tame sows and boars, to propagate, therefore giving area men something to hunt. Well, believe me, those hogs increased in population...so much that in addition to just hunting them, trapping had to be implemented into the sport. They have become a hazard in road travel and destructive to crops.

Trappers pen the hogs and sell to buyers for a nominal fee. Prices vary in accordance to supply and demand. Larger hogs are killed and eaten. (GAG!) Smaller hogs are sold for controlled hunting in areas around metropolitan areas.

In Crowell, Foard County, just to the north of Knox, there is a "Wild Hog Cook-Off" every year. Their claim is to be the "Wild Hog Capitol of the World". Truth or fiction? We don't care and they don't care. It's truth as far as this area is concerned. If you should ask this young gentleman, he would stake his life on the veracity of this claim. I "borrowed" this picture from the Crowell web-site. I don't think they would mind me sharing their fame.

I can identify with what the web-master put on their web page:

Crowell, Texas: Where The Spirit of Texas Still Lives

"Small Towns Don't Have to Die!"

My prayer is that God will continue blessing the 'small towns' of our country and that He will provide the creativeness and ingenuity for us to "stay alive".