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Would you rather have to catch a greasy pig or a riled up billy goat?

 
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Compliments of Timothy

Would you rather have to catch a greasy pig or a riled up billy goat?
 
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The pig. There are more uses for the pig after I caught it. Ham, Porkchop, Bacon, Pulled Pork, etc :)
 
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Greasy pig.

Just shake the feed bucket a few times and they come running.
 
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Yup;  no contest, corraling the pig wins!
They are suckers for new chow!

As far as the billy goat goes... well he will come back eventually, we hope.
 
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I will take the pig for the reason already stated.  yum ..
 
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I'm biased, I have had a buck who didn't like me who had a tendency to spool up charging me. The trick I learned is to guide the ram attempt away from yourself.
 
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The feed bucket trick works for pretty much any livestock, and I have does that buck will come back to, lol. I'll take the pig!
 
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Pig as I prefer it to eventually eat.  Growing up we were farrowing 150 sows when I was in jr high.( and feeding babies to market size) so I have way more pig experience besides.  8th grade year I came home each day from school and ground 2 grinder mixers full.(if pure grain that was about 9600 lbs per load)
 
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I have more confidence in my likelihood of success with the greasy pig.
I'd prefer grease to adrenaline-powered horns.
 
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Matt McSpadden wrote:Compliments of Timothy

Would you rather have to catch a greasy pig or a riled up billy goat?


I'd rather have fun catching the greased pig!

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A pig for sure, you can get them to come with food, but a billy goat is like a psychopath you never know how bad it can get and they stink so bad!
 
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I am not fond of greasy and I am not fond of stinky billy goats.

I would rather corner a greasy pig with a big beach towel to catch the grease and the pig.
 
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