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  • zbigjeffZ zbigjeff

    HerbcoFood Jonathon Chef processhead Thanks for enlightening this Northern boy about the “feral hog” issue regarding land management and processing. It’s not something I hear too much about up north. But, I do have to say the picture of that beast was impressive. Wouldn’t want one of them chasing me down without a 10 gauge in my hands or a 50 caliber in the chamber.

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    zbigjeff they are starting to become a problem in South East Ohio. They may come north before you know it.

    “You never really die until you end up on the wall at a Cracker Barrel”

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      zbigjeff they are starting to become a problem in South East Ohio. They may come north before you know it.

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      GWG8541 Uh OH!! Maybe someone better start a nationwide program that’s REAL. I know: It’s global warming that’s forcing them NORTH. OK people: Only kidding.

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        They adapt so quickly that I imagine the ones going further north will develop thicker shaggier coats. I hate that they are a problem but it does show how “uh, life, finds a way” the great Jeff Goldblum!

        Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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        • JonathonJ Jonathon

          They adapt so quickly that I imagine the ones going further north will develop thicker shaggier coats. I hate that they are a problem but it does show how “uh, life, finds a way” the great Jeff Goldblum!

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          Jonathon said in Wild Hogs:

          They adapt so quickly that I imagine the ones going further north will develop thicker shaggier coats. I hate that they are a problem but it does show how “uh, life, finds a way” the great Jeff Goldblum!

          Right. After the apocalypse, the wild hogs will probably rule the world. lol

          Paul

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          • processheadP processhead

            Jonathon said in Wild Hogs:

            They adapt so quickly that I imagine the ones going further north will develop thicker shaggier coats. I hate that they are a problem but it does show how “uh, life, finds a way” the great Jeff Goldblum!

            Right. After the apocalypse, the wild hogs will probably rule the world. lol

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            processhead And they just might do a better job then what I’ve witnessed lately. LOL

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            • JonathonJ Jonathon

              They adapt so quickly that I imagine the ones going further north will develop thicker shaggier coats. I hate that they are a problem but it does show how “uh, life, finds a way” the great Jeff Goldblum!

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              Jonathon - Great Jurassic park reference

              Life is a Garden - Dig it.

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              • JonathonJ Jonathon

                First, oh my god! Second, I hear totally different things on feral hogs taste. Some say it is in the processing and some say doesn’t matter they are going to be nasty. 3rd, we’ve gotta figure out something? This might be one of the biggest land management issues of our day. The only thing that approaches it is CWD.

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                Jonathon I have heard smaller ones are a lot better eating, but man I don’t think I could pass up this monster and figure out how to cook it or make sausage. I have a friend who has a head mount with the tusks out and it is pretty impressive though not as big as this one.

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                  bocephus It makes sense, the older males would most likely be tougher and zre more likely to have boar taint taste.
                  lkrfletcher Thank you, it is useful in oh so many different situations.
                  Chef I for one welcome our new Wild Hog Overlords
                  processhead It’d end up being The Omega Man/ I am Legend where we become the monsters to the hogs!

                  Also, we may possibly have some more on this in the future. Maybe, too soon to say.

                  Get more help with your processing questions and learn more about processing meat by subscribing to our waltonsinc.com youtube page at https://wltns.link/waltonstv I am a Gorilla, love yourself

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                  • JonathonJ Jonathon

                    bocephus It makes sense, the older males would most likely be tougher and zre more likely to have boar taint taste.
                    lkrfletcher Thank you, it is useful in oh so many different situations.
                    Chef I for one welcome our new Wild Hog Overlords
                    processhead It’d end up being The Omega Man/ I am Legend where we become the monsters to the hogs!

                    Also, we may possibly have some more on this in the future. Maybe, too soon to say.

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                    Jonathon bocephus Those older big ones smell like a dumpster fire, the meat isn’t right. There are some out there who will tell you those big nasty ones taste just fine. Any female under 100lbs is the perfect eating size.

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                    • HerbcoFoodH HerbcoFood

                      Jonathon bocephus Those older big ones smell like a dumpster fire, the meat isn’t right. There are some out there who will tell you those big nasty ones taste just fine. Any female under 100lbs is the perfect eating size.

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                      HerbcoFood You are so right. Just an off flavor that I have never cared for. People want me to make sausage from their wild hogs, and the few times I made it, no one cared for it.

                      I have been told that the small females are okay, but never had the chance to try them. Maybe they would work.

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                        HerbcoFood You are so right. Just an off flavor that I have never cared for. People want me to make sausage from their wild hogs, and the few times I made it, no one cared for it.

                        I have been told that the small females are okay, but never had the chance to try them. Maybe they would work.

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                        Chef They do taste better, but there is always the issue with wild game, how was it handled in the field. But if I shoot a pig and it stinks from the get go, no matter the size I will recycle it back to Mother Nature.

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                          Chef They do taste better, but there is always the issue with wild game, how was it handled in the field. But if I shoot a pig and it stinks from the get go, no matter the size I will recycle it back to Mother Nature.

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                          HerbcoFood Sometimes you just have to recycle if the meat is bad but I always try to use what I shoot or catch. Sometimes though that is just not possible and in this case I think it is important to try and take these pests out as they are taking over some areas and doing an incredible amount of damage. Here in NM, I believe they brought in Gov. shooters to help eradicate them from the southeast.

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                            That’s a big hog inbeed. I took a 285lb bore in SC several years ago. It wasn’t worth the processing fee . The smell when being cooker was very unpleasant taste was the same. What was left feed the opossums

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                              Sounds like the general consensus is that wild pig is not very tasty. The several times I’ve had it I didn’t think it was offputting but I’ve only eaten backstrap from a couple of wild pigs is all.

                              Matt W.

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                                Sounds like the general consensus is that wild pig is not very tasty. The several times I’ve had it I didn’t think it was offputting but I’ve only eaten backstrap from a couple of wild pigs is all.

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                                RafterW It has to do with more of the size of it, its not that it’s not good. There are some factors that come into play before Ill touch it. I have had some great bbq’d wild pigs, I just knew before hand how large they were before being cooked. I don’t want to turn someone off from them, just know not all wild pigs are created equal for table fare.

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                                  I think even the pork from a large, intact boar domestic hog might turn off a lot of folks.
                                  There is a good reason why they castrate pigs when they are little.

                                  Paul

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                                    I think even the pork from a large, intact boar domestic hog might turn off a lot of folks.
                                    There is a good reason why they castrate pigs when they are little.

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                                    processhead Full of piss and vinegar I believe is how it goes…

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                                      HerbcoFood With the emphasis on the Pizz.

                                      Paul

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                                        The cajun’s down here seem to have some techniques to bleed and treat the meat of those big wild board to eat them but most of my patients that hunt just leave the big one in the march (for the alligators) since they kill soooooo many!

                                        P.S. If memory serves me they put pig in a big cooler with ice to finish draining/purging the meat then they add some milk or something like that. I thought the process was weird but it was not weird enough for me eat their deer and wild hog sausage I guarantee!!! 😉

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                                          " Eat it, before it eats you, cher…" or something like that.

                                          Paul

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