very interesting post everyone... I've never had the pleasure to hunt hogs although I have always dreamed of doing so. I never even thought about the possibility of getting a disease from the wild hog when cleaning them. I have skinned, and butcherd more domestic hogs then I care to remember maybe that is the reason for my stupidity. Thanks for the wake up call. I just figured you would gut them like you would a whitetail deer, and then after you got them home, hang them, skin them (I vowed I'd never boil and scrape another one), and then let them age until you're ready to butcher.....