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[–] village604@adultswim.fan 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Somewhere between 14-20% of the US population, depending on how rural is defined.

[–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Hell I'm surrounded by suburbs and live in a good sized city but have a small farm. I've had animals killed by raccoons, hawks. eagles, foxes, coyote, loose dogs and opossums that I know of. I've also seen black bear, and obviously we see lots of deer and other wildlife. That's all in the city. If you drive an hour out you get wild boar too, sometimes I help hunt them because they're so destructive.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I somehow forgot about hogs. They're a significant issue here, and they're super dangerous.

My step-father was charged by one before. He shot it point blank in the forehead with a 9mm pistol, and the bullet went in the scalp, traveled around the skull and out the back. All it did was stun it long enough for him to grab a rifle out of the gator.

But I think you'd fall in the definition that puts the number at 20%. That one is basically, "not in a major metropolitan area."