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No, they're not the dreaded chupacabra -- they're worse: Sure, killin' 'em is necessary. The contest is also sponsored by Farmers and Shelby Savings banks, Nikon and others.

And when we say carcasses, we mean it: All of the hairy, tusked beasts must be dead on arrival. All eligible hogs must come from an approved list of 20 counties, making this much bigger than last year's inaugural event, which included only six counties.

The winning team that year smote of the smelly bastards. When we asked Wulf Marketing Director Virginia Solgot how judges could be sure the hogs came from just those counties, she told us, "We polygraph-test all of the winners. There are also random polygraph tests of all contestants, so let that be a warning!

Oh, and Solgot isn't just some hoity-toity marketing director; no, she does hands-on work as well, especially when it comes to marking the dead hogs, so judges know a hog isn't double-counted: Last year, Solgot says, "I cut the ears off myself, several times. The rules also state that "all hogs must be of feral origin. Any hog that does not meet the characteristics of a wild feral hog will not be accepted, and result in team disqualification.

Also, you can kill 'em however you like, as long as it's with legal weaponry. Solgot says one industrious potential hunter called last year asking if he could use hand grenades. We're guessing that sort of thing is frowned upon.

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