Killed a hog last night

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Eating all the corn- rooting around the house at my BOL - keeping the deer away...

Good riddance.

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[Dogman]

Good for you!

Planning on doing anything with it?

Have them running out of our ears here, the young ones are turned into bacon!

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

naa...

Like killin rats - you could eat em - but YUK.

[mightymanx]

I know a guy down in hog country the captures them feeds them grain for a month to flush the taste out of the meat and then eats them.

Seems like a pain in the ass but it's good practice.

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

I know a guy down in hog country the captures them feeds them grain for a month to flush the taste out of the meat and then eats them.

Seems like a pain in the ass but it's good practice.

Yeah... If I were homesteading the place- but it's 45 minutes away.

Gotta set traps - check them daily - build a pen - feed em- water em. Doesn't work for me.

[Shami-Amourae]

You gonna eat that? :)

[ximmy]

poor little hoggie... and nobody to eat him

[solid]

JJ, why can't you eat him? Hog is good meat, no? You could always make some fresh bacon out of him too.

[Shami-Amourae]

I was thinking smoking/braising the pork butt (the cut) and making pulled pork tacos.

[mightymanx]

JJ, why can't you eat him? Hog is good meat, no? You could always make some fresh bacon out of him too.

Wild hogs eat total garbage and the meat tastes accordingly. It is not like the difference between grain feed and grass fed beef. If I were starving hell yes but as a matter of course no like someone said they are equil to giant rats in current form.

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

This is PEST control.

Just because you can - does not mean you SHOULD.

MM said it right.

[midnight rambler]

Wild hogs eat total garbage and the meat tastes accordingly. It is not like the difference between grain feed and grass fed beef. If I were starving hell yes but as a matter of course no like someone said they are equil to giant rats in current form.

You're right, however Texas Monthly has a feature article this past August talkin' about a Chef who holds a 'school' on how to prepare 'delicious' (lol) feral hog dishes - which he charges like $1,500 to attend. P.T. Barnum was right. (I'm still disinclined to eat them, but I will certainly feed them to my dogs.)

http://www.texasmonthly.com/preview/2011-08-01/feature3

[basplaer]

I dunno about those Texas hogs, but when I lived in the mountains on Oahu above Manoa my neighbor used to trap hogs and we'd butcher and eat them. Maybe there's a big difference in their diets, but that was some of the tastiest pork I've ever had.

[Dogman]

I dunno about those Texas hogs, but when I lived in the mountains on Oahu above Manoa my neighbor used to trap hogs and we'd butcher and eat them. Maybe there's a big difference in their diets, but that was some of the tastiest pork I've ever had.Yes it is all about their diet.

That will determine how they taste, some here trap some and feed them for a few weeks before butchering , they are tasty but the way you cook them can make a big difference.

[Golden]

Yea but what I wanna know is, it the hog that wags the tail or is it the tail that wags the hog?

[Dogman]

Yea but what I wanna know is, it the hog that wags the tail or is it the tail that wags the hog?

He He, depends on perspective... No?

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Don't know HOW i'm gonna get rid of these buggers when its such a romantic atmosphere;D

1452

[Dogman]

Don't know HOW i'm gonna get rid of these buggers when its such a romantic atmosphere;D

1452 Making more bacon!

[letter_factory]

we have a bunch of raccoons over here, digging up my compost and making a general mess. anyone know how to get rid of them? i've tried cayenne pepper, but they just wait a few days until the fire goes out and make a mess again....might get a bb gun and shoot them.

[Dogman]

we have a bunch of raccoons over here, digging up my compost and making a general mess. anyone know how to get rid of them? i've tried cayenne pepper, but they just wait a few days until the fire goes out and make a mess again....might get a bb gun and shoot them. Skip the bb's and go with a good pellet gun that can kill them. IMO! Assuming you are in a city with a firearm ordnance.

If not better blasting them with a .22.

[big country]

Skip the bb's and go with a good pellet gun that can kill them. IMO! Assuming you are in a city with a firearm ordnance.

If not better blasting them with a .22.

Many spring pellet guns are pretty loud. We would shoot .22LR subsonic rounds and they were very quiet...definately quiet enough for in the city...unless you have lots of people watching your every move. We would crack a window in our house and shoot blackbirds and starlings out of trees with the .22LR subsonic in a neighborhood and no one ever said anything to us. We would also shoot rabbits out of our garden.

[Dogman]

Many spring pellet guns are pretty loud. We would shoot .22LR subsonic rounds and they were very quiet...definately quiet enough for in the city...unless you have lots of people watching your every move. We would crack a window in our house and shoot blackbirds and starlings out of trees with the .22LR subsonic in a neighborhood and no one ever said anything to us. We would also shoot rabbits out of our garden. My Gamo whisper is much quieter than any of my .22 rifles , but I agree subsonic is the way to go in the city or restricted areas. Here I can shoot my pellet gun on my property, with no problem , but any firearm is a no no.

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

1965

Man.. this one almost got me!













kidding... :D

Shot him with a B/A at dusk- too dark to track into thick bush. waited till morning and went back in with a better suited bush rifle.