Are wild hogs good eating?
10-24-2012 | 03:58 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: central and east texas
i trap and shoot a large number of wild hogs. Killed a few boars that approached 400 pounds. All the "strong tasting" hog meat i've ever seen was rotten or tainted hog meat. Yep, the meat from a big boar hog can be tough.
You should see how some guys care for a hog after it is killed. They get dirt and hair on the meat, burst the bladder and get urine all over the inside, they get semen on the meat, etc. If the hog is really dirty i take it by the carwash before field dressing.
When the temperature is 80 degrees one has about four hours to get a hog carcass cooled before is starts to spoil. There is a butcher in OK who has a reputation for allowing hog carcasses to spoil in his cooler. Gave a friend a big well cared for sow, he took it to that butcher who let it hang in his cooler for over two weeks before butchering. The meat was spoiled.
You should see how some guys care for a hog after it is killed. They get dirt and hair on the meat, burst the bladder and get urine all over the inside, they get semen on the meat, etc. If the hog is really dirty i take it by the carwash before field dressing.
When the temperature is 80 degrees one has about four hours to get a hog carcass cooled before is starts to spoil. There is a butcher in OK who has a reputation for allowing hog carcasses to spoil in his cooler. Gave a friend a big well cared for sow, he took it to that butcher who let it hang in his cooler for over two weeks before butchering. The meat was spoiled.
10-24-2012 | 03:59 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: central and east texas
10-25-2012 | 04:47 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Comance county, OK
as far as a car wash goes, alot of those recycle water. usually only the spot free rinse is fresh water, that's why it comes out so slow.
10-25-2012 | 03:19 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Monticello, FL USA
The hog's diet has a huge effect on the flavor of meat. If you can get hogs that have fed mostly in peanut, sweet potato fields, or fruit / nut orchards ...prepare for some broke da mouth good eating.
Also, bad recipes and poor cooking have ruined a lot of game meat.
Good meat + bad cook(ing) = bad meal
Also, bad recipes and poor cooking have ruined a lot of game meat.
Good meat + bad cook(ing) = bad meal
11-16-2012 | 06:19 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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11-19-2012 | 10:54 AM
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Spike
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From: Wentzville, MO
How much diff does wild boar taste from store bought big? I mean if I shot a boar(say a 100 pounder) and had pork chops and bacon made out of it from my local butcher would I be able to tell a big difference between that and my local store bought pork chop and bacon?
11-19-2012 | 05:24 PM
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Fork Horn
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As others have said, so long as it wasn't a big boar hog and you took care not to spill bladder, it will be alright.
The best preparation for hog is smoked. Apple wood is excellent. Hickory is OK too if you do them with a rub.