Eating size??

[jakelogsdon]

Are these two eaters?

[SWThomas]

I'd go for the smaller one first. It appears the larger one is a boar and they don't seem to eat as well as the females in my experience.

[gregrn43]

Looks like pork chop time to me.

[ahunter55]

I got the "I want a Big one" out of my system & now I go for those 125#s or under..Tons of fun to hunt, go for it....

[jakelogsdon]

Maybe i'll get a wild hair, and stick one with an arrow this weekend. The hogs up here are wily, and rarely show their faces during day light, but this time of year when its starts getting really cold at night. They tend to move a little more during shooting light.

[mcostan]

I pressure canned my last big boar and the jar we ate first was pretty good! It wasn't tough at all. I'm not sure if that was just a jar of good parts or if the others are going to be good too.

I made a ham roast from a doe a few months ago and it was still tough in spite of being in the crock pot for hours. I took it out of that and put it in my pressure cooker for 45 minutes and it was tender! I can a lot of the venison as well and it's consistantly delicious.

[falcon]

I can a lot of the venison as well and it's consistantly delicious.

+1

We used to pressure can venison as well. It is much better canned. It is easy to use canned venison in soups and stews too.

[romat]

Smaller the better for eating, 100-150 pounders are my target. If you do nail a larger boar take a backstrap out, rinse well and let it sit for 1/2 hour, bury yer nose in meat and sniff, if it is bad meat you will know it! no smell-good to go.