1st Day Of OK Muzzleloader Deer Season-Got Consolation Prize

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Another hog of course.

This 225 pound boar was shot in a small game plot: He was very fat. After several futile attempts to give the animal away, I kept him. Gun was my .54 caliber TC Fire Hawk.

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I've never been around feral hogs. Are they good to eat/ Any noticeable difference from "regular" hogs? I would not know what to do to start the processing work. I'll say, 225 pound hog is a lot to work with!
 
"I've never been around feral hogs. Are they good to eat"

Wild hog meat is very good. It don't even look like super market pork. The meat of a big old boar can be a little tough.

Additionally, wild pork does not contain antibiotics and/or growth hormones.

Took me about one hour and 15 minutes to skin, field dress and cut the hog in two to fit the cooler. Took it to the processor Monday morning.
 
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A mature "Hog" that has not been castrated can have a very "Gamey" odor and taste. :uhoh:

I've killed and field dressed dozens of big wild boar hogs. Have also eaten the meat of numerous wild boar hogs, including one that weighed 384 pounds. Never have found boar meat to have a gamey odor. Yep, sometimes wild boar hogs stink: The stink in on the hogs skin and hair.

IME: Stinking wild hog meat is rotten or contaminated wild hog meat.

Yep, folks attempt to extrapolate "boar taint" in domestic breeding boars to wild hogs. It don't work that way though.
 
Well Al it sounds like you have the knowledge of a professional butcher. I am not knowledgeable in the breeding of hogs. I am just an old hunter. :) I will see you on "FTF".:D
 
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