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...Season before last. This one ate very well....I like to shoot this size of hog, as half of it fits very well on my smoker. Rifle was in pic for size reference only...



Not so much with this big tan one...even though I cut him as quickly as quickly as possible...he was not something that I'd have tried to butcher....he was strong...


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Pat W.'s daughter, Mandy, with a nighttime kill...


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Can the bigger ones that are too strong to be made into cuts of meat be made into sausage?


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Originally Posted By: esshup
Can the bigger ones that are too strong to be made into cuts of meat be made into sausage?

From past experiences the end product tastes like it smells..... Yuck.... So if it smells bad don't bother with it.... It's a shame but that's the way it is. On larger pigs I have cut a chunk of back strap off and put it in a skillet and if it smells like pork chop frying I clean the pig and process as usual

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Can the bigger ones that are too strong to be made into cuts of meat be made into sausage?

From past experiences the end product tastes like it smells..... Yuck.... So if it smells bad don't bother with it.... It's a shame but that's the way it is. On larger pigs I have cut a chunk of back strap off and put it in a skillet and if it smells like pork chop frying I clean the pig and process as usual


esshup,
I hunted down in South Texas a few years back and there is an incredible amount of Javelina (peccary...aka skunk pig) down there. The Javelina rate about as bad as a large musky boar (IMO). The locals down there claim to know a process that will make the meat palatable. I do not know what the process is....but, it would be interesting to know. Nothing worse than shooting one and letting it lay because of the stench, but it happens all the time.

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Big boy at the feeder........




Ferrel Hampshire hogs.......???


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With pigs anything is possible. I have seen them look like total domestic pigs.... And they might be! That big boar needs to go. The others need to go to the freezer

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I see some Hamp put definitely not pure bloods. I agree with Pat. Get rid of that dominant boar and then have a Luau with the young ones!


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I have a huge one on game cams but not in the last 2 years. They are loners and totally nocturnal. All of the pigs totally ignore my hog trap. I see their tracks but never get one on camera around the feeders. They stop about 25 yards but will not go to the corn.

Last weekend I went through the pantry and pulled out cans that were out of date. I emptied them into the trap but did not attach the spring. Tracks were around it but they didn't push the door open. The trap has been a waste of time.

My Grandson shot a 225 pound sow at a feeder a couple of years ago. That is pretty rare.


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I shot one last night under the feeder off the porch. He is chillin in the refrigerator. I ist the kill light by elusive tech. In Conroe seems to work and not scare them away. Glad they are coming back around. Took it at midnight last night

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Pat, I couldn't shoot a hog at midnight. Now, when I get up at 4 in the morn I might be able to shoot one.


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I shot one last night under the feeder off the porch. He is chillin in the refrigerator. I ist the kill light by elusive tech. In Conroe seems to work and not scare them away. Glad they are coming back around. Took it at midnight last night


Pat's latest kill...nice li'l boar...


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I shot one last night under the feeder off the porch. He is chillin in the refrigerator. I ist the kill light by elusive tech. In Conroe seems to work and not scare them away. Glad they are coming back around. Took it at midnight last night


This reminds me of the game Clue...Pat did it at midnight with a gun under the feeder off the porch while under the influence of Falstaff! I win!!!!

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Originally Posted By: Bill D.
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I shot one last night under the feeder off the porch. He is chillin in the refrigerator. I ist the kill light by elusive tech. In Conroe seems to work and not scare them away. Glad they are coming back around. Took it at midnight last night


This reminds me of the game Clue...Pat did it at midnight with a gun under the feeder off the porch under the influence of Falstaff! I win!!!!


Dangit Bill how did you know?lol

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Falstaff at midnight. I remember those days.

I now have way too much class to drink that stuff. I've graduated to the KING OF BEERS.


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Pat,

I never win anything. Thanks for the confirmation that I won. I have to admit though that, before that last clue, I was leaning towards Charlie with a plastic fork in a Jon boat.....never mind. I win!!!


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Sitting up again tonight to see if piggies want to play . Charlie gonna make sausage as only he can do! It's fantastic! Can't wait to get it to him!

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Pat W., with another Piney Wood Rooter...a sow this time. Looks like the hogs are still co-operating in Oakwood.


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It's deer season now....







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Pat W., with another Piney Wood Rooter...a sow this time. Looks like the hogs are still co-operating in Oakwood.


So you gonna work some of your sausage magic Charlie?


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Yes, I'm coming through Buffalo in a week or so. Pat & I are supposed to meet so I can pick it up to process. Gonna mix it with Boston Butt shoulder roasts...wild hog is too lean. Grocery chain has them on sale for 99 cents a pound this week. Time to stock up.
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Sounds great! Let me know how it turns out. Cause of my wife's little business, we currently have 5 freezers. Be happy to store a pound or three of that sausage for you guys! grin


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Bill if it's half as good as the last batch Charlie made then it will be wonderful!! That guy can make sausage!!!!
Sitting in stand now to see if I can perforate another one

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I believe ya Pat. Get him to let you try his fish jerky too!


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Well the hogs showed back up at Pat W.'s place and he wasted no time workin' on 'em again...Pat was good enough to promise me this piney wood rooter to grind 'n shoot to make pork sausage.


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