How Cajuns fight swine flu
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fast-eddie
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Good Haul,
I use chicken soup and over the counter medicine. 
We don't have the swine problem here in Oregon, but I'd love to fill my truck be like that.
I use chicken soup and over the counter medicine. We don't have the swine problem here in Oregon, but I'd love to fill my truck be like that.
Hog Buster
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Paul Prudhomme would cook them till they were black. Down here we call that burned. Justin Wilson ain't a real cajun, so who knows. Out of this bunch 2 are being made into sausage and 5 were given to the Mexican farm hands to make mucho carnitas.
FrontSight
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NICE!!!!
Hog Buster
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These are wild hogs, not feral. They have long legs, narrow butts and big plow shaped heads. They aren't as meaty or fat as domestic hogs so hams or pork chops from them leave a lot to be desired. They're built for speed, mostly to run from us, or in some cases after us. Even when made into sausage extra fat has to be added, just like when making deer sausage. Sometimes we barbecue a half or a whole one over a pecan wood fire, sometimes we cook it in a Cajun Microwave.
So what's a Cajun Microwave? It's a cypress box about 2 feet by 4 feet with a metal pan for the top on which you built a wood fire. It works kinda like the broiler in an oven. Fire on top heats the interior and the pig cooks. Cooking takes a while so that gives us plenty of time to drink and tell lies, except on Sundays, when we tell lies and then drink.
These hogs have been here since the 1500s. Spanish explorers brought them as a source of food. needless to say they have thrived. They are quite destructive to our sugar cane crops and seem to be getting worse, so we're doing our part to eliminate them.
So what's a Cajun Microwave? It's a cypress box about 2 feet by 4 feet with a metal pan for the top on which you built a wood fire. It works kinda like the broiler in an oven. Fire on top heats the interior and the pig cooks. Cooking takes a while so that gives us plenty of time to drink and tell lies, except on Sundays, when we tell lies and then drink.
These hogs have been here since the 1500s. Spanish explorers brought them as a source of food. needless to say they have thrived. They are quite destructive to our sugar cane crops and seem to be getting worse, so we're doing our part to eliminate them.
Christchild
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I'm from South Louisiana, myself. Hogs are extremely abundant. I only wish our governing parties would open Hog Season down here the same way it is in Michigan!!!
All year, all usual hunting hours, Resident or NON-Resident, Hunting License or NOT, and hunt them with anything, regardless of season. WOW. I'd eat wild hog year round.
Very Nice, Hog Buster... Just make sure You season 'em good.
All year, all usual hunting hours, Resident or NON-Resident, Hunting License or NOT, and hunt them with anything, regardless of season. WOW. I'd eat wild hog year round.
Very Nice, Hog Buster... Just make sure You season 'em good.
Swampghost
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Hog Buster, my first wife was a coona** from St.Joseph's Parrish if I remember correctly. Our next door neighbor (Dave) was another from somewhere west of NO.
Dave used to get everything, mudbugs and an amazing Anduille from a place that I remember as "Joe's" something. Dave went to prison and we seperated ways. Any ideas? The Anduille was part venison and part hog, not cheap but worth every dollar.
The mudbugs came in 45# bags if that helps.
Dave used to get everything, mudbugs and an amazing Anduille from a place that I remember as "Joe's" something. Dave went to prison and we seperated ways. Any ideas? The Anduille was part venison and part hog, not cheap but worth every dollar.
The mudbugs came in 45# bags if that helps.
Lawyer Daggit
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A lot like the wild pig hunted in Australia. Technically they are feral, although over the generations they have regressed- becoming leaner, faster and meaner- but not quite as mean as their european wild boar ancestors.
In the 18th century the Royal Navy used to release pockets of them to give marooned sailors something to eat.
In the 18th century the Royal Navy used to release pockets of them to give marooned sailors something to eat.
Hog Buster
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Christchild
All you need here in Louisiana is a hunting license and you can hunt hogs year round, but only during legal daylight shooting hours. Coyotes too, but they make terrible sausage. We got 36 hogs last fall and have 17 so far this year.
Swampghost
That could be Joe's Dreyfous Store in Maringouin, but there's a lot of Joe's west of New Orleans.
All you need here in Louisiana is a hunting license and you can hunt hogs year round, but only during legal daylight shooting hours. Coyotes too, but they make terrible sausage. We got 36 hogs last fall and have 17 so far this year.
Swampghost
That could be Joe's Dreyfous Store in Maringouin, but there's a lot of Joe's west of New Orleans.
Hog Buster
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Christchild
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I've spent my entire life here, and always abiding by law, but I didn't know that. I'll make some phone calls, but let me ask You, What's the Gun Restrictions, in regards to other species Open Seasons?
This, Hog Buster, could put a whole new perspective on things...
(Hog Cookin' Grin)......Thank You, Bro....This year has been the worst I've ever known (economy...been a crewboat captain for 7 1/2 years in the oilfield....out of work since January), but Thank You...I may get to hunt/harvest a few times before I'm out of time....
This, Hog Buster, could put a whole new perspective on things...
(Hog Cookin' Grin)......Thank You, Bro....This year has been the worst I've ever known (economy...been a crewboat captain for 7 1/2 years in the oilfield....out of work since January), but Thank You...I may get to hunt/harvest a few times before I'm out of time....
Hog Buster
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Christchild
The way the law reads is:
Holders of a legal hunting license may take coyotes, feral hogs where legal and armadillos year round during legal daylight shooting hours.
It doesn't say that you can only shoot them, so you can spear, trap, choke, beat to death with a brick, or however you want kill them. As to the part "where legal" I suspect you might have a problem hunting them on Canal street or Airline highway, but I would think any rural area where general hunting is allowed would be just fine.
If you ever work the Mississippi and pass Red Store landing give me 2 whistles, I live just across the levee.
The way the law reads is:
Holders of a legal hunting license may take coyotes, feral hogs where legal and armadillos year round during legal daylight shooting hours.
It doesn't say that you can only shoot them, so you can spear, trap, choke, beat to death with a brick, or however you want kill them. As to the part "where legal" I suspect you might have a problem hunting them on Canal street or Airline highway, but I would think any rural area where general hunting is allowed would be just fine.
If you ever work the Mississippi and pass Red Store landing give me 2 whistles, I live just across the levee.
Christchild
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Thank You for the info and insight!
I've worked the river, mostly in and out of Venice, with a few exceptions, but I'm not familiar with Red Store Landing.
Where is that? And would that be 2 whistles, Northbound or Southbound?
But to stay on topic, Thank You again, for the info. Me and my .270 may have to take a ride........
I've worked the river, mostly in and out of Venice, with a few exceptions, but I'm not familiar with Red Store Landing.
Where is that? And would that be 2 whistles, Northbound or Southbound?
But to stay on topic, Thank You again, for the info. Me and my .270 may have to take a ride........
Hog Buster
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Yeah, I kinda figured that you worked out of Venice or Fourchon. Red Store landing is northwest of Baton Rouge near New Roads. That's two whistles north bound.
Shoot 'em in the head, that way you don't spoil any meat. Your .270 will knock them on their ass. I've killed a bunch with mine. Good Hunting and let me know how you do.
Shoot 'em in the head, that way you don't spoil any meat. Your .270 will knock them on their ass. I've killed a bunch with mine. Good Hunting and let me know how you do.
Christchild
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Will do.
I've got some Handloads that are nothing short of 1st Class....Perfect for tough Hogs.
If it's at all possible, I'll post my results here, and continue the Cajun's Battle Against the Dreaded Swine Flu...
2 Whistles, Northbound......Comin' around Your Port Side...With a Slow Bell...
Good Huntin', Stay Safe, and Great Cookin'!
I've got some Handloads that are nothing short of 1st Class....Perfect for tough Hogs.
If it's at all possible, I'll post my results here, and continue the Cajun's Battle Against the Dreaded Swine Flu...
2 Whistles, Northbound......Comin' around Your Port Side...With a Slow Bell...
Good Huntin', Stay Safe, and Great Cookin'!
Hogbuster
I'm also a native Cajun. Spent several years hunting with The Racourcci(sp?) Island Hunting Club with my old departed BIL, Phillip Landry from Lettsworth. Lots of good duck hunting and bass fishing in Mud Lake. Still have some friends in Pointe Coupee Parish and my youngest lives in BTR.
I'm also a native Cajun. Spent several years hunting with The Racourcci(sp?) Island Hunting Club with my old departed BIL, Phillip Landry from Lettsworth. Lots of good duck hunting and bass fishing in Mud Lake. Still have some friends in Pointe Coupee Parish and my youngest lives in BTR.