now this is a 40 pounder-best kind for roasting for sure.

Now that's what I call"come and get it!" Perfect size!!!!

Have ya ever cooked one in the ground? It is awesome, the meat falls off the bone. That's the way we used to cook goats when I was growing up.

How about a guess on this one? Not that much to go on as far as perspective, I was by myself and haven't figured out the timer on my new camera yet. It was about 4' long nose to base of tail. I tell you what though, that sucker bled like a stuck pig!

looks like the size of mine, my guess is 130lbs maybe 150lbs

I think you are pretty close.

I was guessing her to be about 75 - 80lbs based on some of the pigs I've shot and weighed recently (she wasn't very big in comparison to several I've shot lately) and put her on the scale and it said 45lbs! I thought there is no way that is right so after I set her down I went to check the scale and it is permanently set to about negative 70 or 80lbs! I don't know when the scale messed up, I never checked the zero since I'm not using anything but the scale to weigh them. I noticed that the needle was a little bit to the left but I thought as soon as you put some weight on it, it would go to zero, but after messing with it, that isn't the case. No wonder all the pigs I've been shooting have beenlightweights, that means some of the 130lb sows I've been shooting are pushing closer to 200lbs and that 190lb boar would have been 270lbs. On the larger pigs I had a harder time realizing that the scale was off since they still showed to weigh a pretty good amount. I tried messing with the scale to adjust it but I think it is flat broken.

I ended up grinding up 30lbs of sausage last night out of that pig, plus the backstraps so I'm guessing she was right around 125lbs on the hoof which would be what the scale would say if you add the negative 80 to the 45 indicated, but I don't trust the scale. Looks like I'm in the market for a new scale. [&:]

Hey Rev, before we started to usethe constuction blockPit I have postedbefore.............I would try to find me a spring from a baby bed and make a rectangular hole in the ground a little smaller than the spring. Throw some dried heavy limbs in the pit of Oak and Hickory until they became hot coals. Then placesome stones on the four corners of the pit and place the spring on top of them.The pig has been split on the bottom all the way up including the head. Place the splitpig on the spring and brush on some KirbysMojowith a 4" brush. Then cover the pig with some corrugated roof tin.

Evey 1/2 hour brush on some Mojo and throw some Guava leaves in the pit...WAAAAAAHOOOOOOO what a Lechon, Mijo........

you do know the little knob on that scale is for zeroing it ? you just keep turning till it gets to zero. once you hang your hanger on it adjust to zero then hook up the animal to weigh

Yep, I turned the knob until it was just loose and it still read negative 80lbs. [&:] I could adjust it farther negative but not less than negative 80.

with no ears, you might have a few hog hunters in your area that like to get down on the hogs with some doggies

Yes, had a couple cooked in ground. Delicious as you say.
I will be heading out again after Deer Season for a couple more if I am fortunate enough to get one close again..I like to get one 120-140#s that I usually share & then a "little" one just for us.