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Post by ecocentric on Apr 7, 2016 20:10:39 GMT -8
My only experience at butchering a hog resulted in a conflagration which burned the hog to the ground. We didn't cut off enough of that fat. All that work and we had to buy ribs for the party. I might do better with a wild hog. Pork fat burns hot.
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Post by daveb on Apr 8, 2016 6:27:59 GMT -8
Yeah, wild hog fat doesn't melt like domestic but when I pull backstraps out I leave all the fat I can on them and slow cook in foil after a good 24 hour sit in our homemade rub. Good luck getting bacon off a wild hog. Here's a photo of the one hog that charged us that wasn't provoked. I know this is a backpacking forum and I'm sure someone is going to be offended by this but this dam thing had it coming. We had access to a beautiful piece of property near Cayuga, Tx a few years back that was covered in pine, oaks and hickory trees. We had been in a drought and we just got the first good rain after a long dry summer. My daughter and I decided to drive our old jeep over and then hike a sandy road that opens up into a big pasture that we usually see wildlife in. I always carried my rifle since that land owner's primary wish for us was to eradicate any hog we see. Our intention that day was really just to take in the scenery and especially the smell of wet soil after such a brutal summer. We were in the process of hiking across a 400 yard opening from tree line to tree line when I noticed this hog directly in our path and watching us. As soon as I saw it, it started walking towards us from about 40 yards away. We stopped, knelt down and I handed the rifle to my daughter. As soon as she took the rifle, it began a full run right at us. My daughter pretty much threw the rifle back to me and said, "shoot it daddy". I was a little shocked about what was happening and after a bit of a struggle to get the charging hog in my sights I took my shot at 10 yards away. It left us shaking with energy since I had already decided I was about to wrestling him if I missed. We didn't butcher this one since I wondered if something was wrong with it considering the unprovoked charge. We decided to take a "trophy" pic considering the story we had to go with the beast and to show the size of him.
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Post by desert dweller on Apr 8, 2016 13:23:47 GMT -8
Soundtrack needed.
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Post by reuben on Apr 11, 2016 3:03:17 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 4:21:26 GMT -8
In South Carolina, there was a feral dog problem. It was announced that there was an open season on feral dogs with a shoot as many as you like policy. We'd hop in our trucks, drive out to the woods and set to blasting away. When hunting feral dogs, one did not go alone, as the dogs would end up hunting the hunter.
For a country that loves its guns and for a people that loves to kill things with its guns, I just do not see how, if an open season on feral hogs is declared, the hogs would last.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Apr 11, 2016 9:37:52 GMT -8
My daughter and I decided to drive our old jeep over and then hike a sandy road that opens up into a big pasture that we usually see wildlife in. Nice Jeep! CJ-5? What year is it?
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Post by daveb on Apr 11, 2016 10:36:45 GMT -8
Nice Jeep! CJ-5? What year is it? '74 CJ6.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 12:07:19 GMT -8
For a country that loves its guns and for a people that loves to kill things with its guns, I just do not see how, if an open season on feral hogs is declared, the hogs would last. Hard to imagine, isn't it? But feral hogs can have two litters annually of up to 6 to 8 in number each litter. And it's been calculated that well over 75% of the hog population would have to be destroyed every year for many consecutive years to remove the problem.
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Post by daveb on Apr 11, 2016 14:07:29 GMT -8
...and the fact that wild hogs are smart! Just a little hunting pressure and they'll relocate to the next county or go nocturnal. They can run fast, swim well and sometimes hunker down right beside you until you almost step on them before they break.
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Post by rebeccad on Apr 11, 2016 14:55:27 GMT -8
ust a little hunting pressure and they'll relocate to the next county or go nocturnal. They can run fast, swim well and sometimes hunker down right beside you until you almost step on them before they break. This. My BiL has been involved with attempting to eradicate hogs in a location I'll not specify. The first step has to be pig fences, so they can't migrate (out or in).
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Post by Sleeping Bag Man! on Apr 11, 2016 18:24:36 GMT -8
Someone say Hogg problems? Git Bo & Luke and their TNT arrows! Yeeeehaw!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 5:55:30 GMT -8
Passenger Pigeons American Crocodiles several species of horses four species of pronghorn antelopes three species of camels giant deer several species of oxen giant bison
The feral hog could be easily added to this list.
Surely a prolific breeding animal, such sa the feral pig, could only be looked at as a challenge?
An enterprising 'soup kitchen' could use the meat?
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Post by davesenesac on Apr 21, 2016 7:28:45 GMT -8
Here in many areas of California the swine are epidemic in part because of some land owners that allow their lands to be used by hunting groups for fees. Those private lands then become sources of continual infestation for lands beyond including our public lands that may be trying to eradicate the destructive oinkers. So another example of how if a buck is to be made in our culture, regardless of how negative an issue, one can be sure some pig-head will likely fill it. snippet: Exactly where, when and how the pigs were introduced to the county is unclear. In 2007, the San Diego Union-Tribune reported that 30 wild hogs — brought to the region by someone who wanted to start a hunting program — had been released in the wild behind the El Capitan Reservoir. The report was confirmed by a game warden, but denied by others in the area. McCreary said it appeared that there were several intentional releases in the last decade.www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-pigs-gone-20160421-story.html
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