Wild boar
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RedNeckWino
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This one had gone wild from birth but was born a domestic food hog. So lean I have to add grease to cook the bacon but the taste is so much different than store bought pork I can't stand the thought of not killing my own supper. Still had the tusks and not neutered. Not the nasty tangy rotten flavor so many people warned me about. My brother shot a true Russian Sow and the meat was red as beef. The best pig that ever touched my cook wear.
EDIT: Dressed at 850+ pounds.
EDIT: Dressed at 850+ pounds.
Saltydog235
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BS, if that pigs over 450 on the hoof you'd be lucky, that or you're a giant of about 7'6" and 350-400 yourself. I killed a 400-450lb'er last year and he was a bit bigger than that one.
"Carolina Pigs", what the heck is that? SC has made the transport of feral hogs without a permit a crime. If you do have a permit you had better arrive at your destination with a full load that you started with or you're going to answer some questions and pay some fines. Hogs are a huge problem, especially in the coastal plain and lowcountry. Tons of swamps, bogs, bays and thickets to hide and breed in.
Heck my hunt club is over-run. Since last September-October we've probably tallied over 100 by now and I'm not sure we've hit them too hard yet. Standing rule is to shoot any one that you see. You get a nursing sow, you can shoot her and pop the little rodents with a stick. I hate a freaking pig and sorry, but pork chops at the grocery are cheap and plentiful without having to deal with the mess. Besides pig carcasses make great bait for other things plus buzzards need to eat too.
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fatwhiteboy
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I posted this in another thread but it is relevant...
The pigs I shoot in Central California don't really have a gamey taste. They taste different than store-bought pork but not bad. Where I hunt(King City), the hogs eat a lot of acorns and barley, so they are really quite tastey. I marinate the loins in soy sauce, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest and a touch of chili oil. Throw it on a hot grill to sear it then turn down the heat till it is 160 degrees in the middle...
Most of the pig I chunk for sausage. I mix it 45% wild pork, 45% store bought pork and 10% beef trimmings. The Italian, hot links, breakfast, brautwurst and Polish sausages are delicious...
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The pigs I shoot in Central California don't really have a gamey taste. They taste different than store-bought pork but not bad. Where I hunt(King City), the hogs eat a lot of acorns and barley, so they are really quite tastey. I marinate the loins in soy sauce, fresh garlic, fresh ginger, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest and a touch of chili oil. Throw it on a hot grill to sear it then turn down the heat till it is 160 degrees in the middle...
Most of the pig I chunk for sausage. I mix it 45% wild pork, 45% store bought pork and 10% beef trimmings. The Italian, hot links, breakfast, brautwurst and Polish sausages are delicious...
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Geezerbiker
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You guys are driving me crazy. There are no wild hogs in Oregon and I want to hunt them too. [whining mode off] 
Tony
Tony
Double Naught Spy
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Yeah, the only problem we have had with BIG boars is that they are harder to carry.
Saltydog235
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Drag them out with a 4 wheeler. Drug an old boar a mile down a gravel road wide open and all it did was rub a few hairs off his tough ole hide. If he's that tough on the outside, he'll be rank on the inside. Ditch meat.
Dennis1209
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Receipt for Baked Boar
Now don't laugh until you have tried it.
1. Take any wild hog and clean carefully, this will play an important part later.
2. Take whole clean prepared boar (pig) and place between (2) two pieces of sized 5/8 inch plywood, press board would work in a pinch.
3. Here's the important part. Pack entire contents, wood and wild pig, in allot of cow manure. Horse manure if you don't have access to cow.
4. Bake in a premade fire pit in the ground and cover with 12-18" of soil.
5. Let roast until wood and manure are tender.
6. Pitch the pig and eat the wood and manure. Hopefully the pig didn't contaminate the wood and manure
Now don't laugh until you have tried it.
1. Take any wild hog and clean carefully, this will play an important part later.
2. Take whole clean prepared boar (pig) and place between (2) two pieces of sized 5/8 inch plywood, press board would work in a pinch.
3. Here's the important part. Pack entire contents, wood and wild pig, in allot of cow manure. Horse manure if you don't have access to cow.
4. Bake in a premade fire pit in the ground and cover with 12-18" of soil.
5. Let roast until wood and manure are tender.
6. Pitch the pig and eat the wood and manure. Hopefully the pig didn't contaminate the wood and manure
SaltyDog....correct.......There would not be so many posts about big boars not being fit or (as good) to eat if there was nothing to it....And don't blame it on poor preparation......U never hear this about small pigs.......From what I understand..there can be a problem with domestic pigs too...so they castrate em....to help.......
Dennis1209......LOL
Dennis1209......LOL
Dennis1209
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Correct me if I'm wrong but...
can't humans contract nasties like T.B., anthrax and a host of other commutable diseases from wild and Ferrel hogs? For those of you who eat possum on the shell (armadillo), there's a good one called leprosy you can contract. What's that nasty bug you can get with under cooked pork?
can't humans contract nasties like T.B., anthrax and a host of other commutable diseases from wild and Ferrel hogs? For those of you who eat possum on the shell (armadillo), there's a good one called leprosy you can contract. What's that nasty bug you can get with under cooked pork?
Dennis, leprosy does occur in armadillos but rarely in the US. As far as pigs go, I've never heard of a case of anthrax being spread by cleaning a ferral hog but there is a disease called brucellosis that is a definate risk with ferral hogs (as well as many other game animals). It is spread by contact with your skin. The simple precaution of wearing latex gloves while cleaning it is enough to prevent infection.
Hog Buster
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A little wild hog story
A couple of years back we caught 3 wild/feral shoats, a boar and 2 sows, while crawfishing. They were swimming and we were faster in the boat. I put them in a pen and started feeding them, hog chow and corn. They bounced off the fence for a while , but soon calmed down and acted no different than their domestic kin, becoming rather tame. They grew to about 150 - 200 pounds. They never got fat, were very hairy, had long legs, narrow rear ends and heads shaped like a plow. Much differently shaped than true domestics. Slaughtered they produced pork as good as any Hampshire I’ve ever raised.
Now for a little wild hog story.
During the time I was raising these hogs hurricane Gustav blew thru here and downed all our power lines. Several days after the storm the power company had trucks and crews out repairing the lines.
One morning I was awakened by someone yelling in back of my house. Going to see what was up, I found a lineman about half way up a pole in back with my 3 wild hogs at the base looking up at him. As I stepped off the porch he yelled for me to look out, there’s wild hogs out here. I told him I’d take care of them. I went and got a bucket of hog chow. When the three escapees saw me with it they came running and followed me back into their pen. After they were secured the lineman came down and we both had a good laugh. I told him they were just looking for breakfast. He said that he thought they were looking to eat him and his only escape route was back up the pole, said he’d been up there for about 15 minutes trying to decide what to do.
A couple of years back we caught 3 wild/feral shoats, a boar and 2 sows, while crawfishing. They were swimming and we were faster in the boat. I put them in a pen and started feeding them, hog chow and corn. They bounced off the fence for a while , but soon calmed down and acted no different than their domestic kin, becoming rather tame. They grew to about 150 - 200 pounds. They never got fat, were very hairy, had long legs, narrow rear ends and heads shaped like a plow. Much differently shaped than true domestics. Slaughtered they produced pork as good as any Hampshire I’ve ever raised.
Now for a little wild hog story.
During the time I was raising these hogs hurricane Gustav blew thru here and downed all our power lines. Several days after the storm the power company had trucks and crews out repairing the lines.
One morning I was awakened by someone yelling in back of my house. Going to see what was up, I found a lineman about half way up a pole in back with my 3 wild hogs at the base looking up at him. As I stepped off the porch he yelled for me to look out, there’s wild hogs out here. I told him I’d take care of them. I went and got a bucket of hog chow. When the three escapees saw me with it they came running and followed me back into their pen. After they were secured the lineman came down and we both had a good laugh. I told him they were just looking for breakfast. He said that he thought they were looking to eat him and his only escape route was back up the pole, said he’d been up there for about 15 minutes trying to decide what to do.
Jack O'Conner
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Un-castrated males hogs are no treat on the dinner plate. But sows and piglets are most tasty indeed!
Jack
SouthTXCrackshot
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Some also may be infected with Pseudo rabies
Hog Buster
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If you all are afraid to eat wild hog because you think you might get leptospriosis or some other obscure malady, that’s fine. For whatever other reason, that’s fine too. But, don’t try and convince anyone who’s never tried it how bad it tastes, or how dangerous it is to eat. Personally my family and I have eaten wild hog for years and haven’t suffered any dreaded diseases or had a third arm grow out of our backs.
While hogs will roll in the mud and slop and get pretty nasty on the outside I’ve never seen one eat his own crap, like chickens do, along with any other piles that may be in their reach. Chickens are the nastiest critters in the barnyard and will eat anything, “passed” or present, dead or alive.
Think about this the next time you crunch down on a finger lickin’ good drumstick.
While hogs will roll in the mud and slop and get pretty nasty on the outside I’ve never seen one eat his own crap, like chickens do, along with any other piles that may be in their reach. Chickens are the nastiest critters in the barnyard and will eat anything, “passed” or present, dead or alive.
Think about this the next time you crunch down on a finger lickin’ good drumstick.