My daughter and I went hoggin this morning and it was a successful hunt! This was her first hunting experience where we got something. She's at the point now to where she understands about being quiet. I bang-flopped this sow at 76 yards from a ground blind with my Endeavor. She was very excited and I think I have a new hunter in the family now. I just wish we weren't leaving for ***an so soon and I had the opportunity to get her shooting. But that's high on my priority list for things to do when we get back. Here's some pics...
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Nice looking hog there SW, bringing her up right to. Thumbs up. I have only shot 3 hogs in my lifetime, 2 young boars about a hundred lbs and a sow about 125lbs. Do the big boars eat ok? I hear people say they are very strong to eat, just curious.
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Nice looking hog there SW, bringing her up right to. Thumbs up. I have only shot 3 hogs in my lifetime, 2 young boars about a hundred lbs and a sow about 125lbs. Do the big boars eat ok? I hear people say they are very strong to eat, just curious.
I haven't found them to be gamey, but they are very tough. Even the tenderloins are a little on the tough side. I guess if they were processed and allowed to age a bit, maybe they'd be better. But soaking them on ice for a few days hasn't really worked much for me.
__________________ Ted Kennedy's car has killed more people than my handgun...
Nice looking hog there SW, bringing her up right to. Thumbs up. I have only shot 3 hogs in my lifetime, 2 young boars about a hundred lbs and a sow about 125lbs. Do the big boars eat ok? I hear people say they are very strong to eat, just curious.
My experience matches SWT's. The big guys taste fine, but they are tough. The last one I shot probably went close to 200 Lbs if not more. I couldn't drag it anywhere, and had to skin it on the ground and just took the legs and backstraps. I cooked some up and decided it was too tough, so I've been running it through my grinder. I use it just like ground beef, and it tastes the same as beef to me.
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Dropped another hog this morning!
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