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Are those hogs worthy to butcher? Seems like those two would fill a freezer for the year! Those were not good for eating.. When boars stink the meat taste like it smells.... Some stink and some don't. I like to eat them when they don't stink. We grind some into burger and mix it with deer.. Good stuff I have been told that black skinned hogs are very hard to skin. Their hide likes to rip than pull off. Is this true? I didn't know they stunk. Guess if you can't eat them they must be quite the pests down there. Cheers Don. All of these hogs are hard to skin... There ain't any ripping the hide off its using a sharp knife and cut it off trying to leave the fat on if any
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I can't imagine cleaning/butchering a hog in that heat. Does that cause any problems? Besides the heat, what about flies and hornets?
When I help friends butcher pigs, we wait for a day when it is around freezing. We scald and scrape them instead of skinning them. I have not had a problem in the heat, just don't mess around... Get the hide off and I wash down the carcass a lot to remove heat and hair as I clean them .... I leave the guts in and ditch the ribs as there ain't anything to salvage on them , then take the quarter in and wash and out in bag then to the freezer to fast chill it turning it frequently to get even cooling then to the fridge for later. There aren't any flies or wasps at nite to bug ya. Been doing it that way for 20 years and I'm very picky about the quality of the meat. From the ground to fridge in about an hour.
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Pat have you ever had to shoot one that was charging you?
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Pat, that sounds like what the guide did on a hunt in Fl last yr. It was very hot and he said they never get into the guts. He was very careful to avoid the stinger and said that if ya got messin with that it could spoil the whole hog. I BBQ'd the backstraps and they were tough and dry. I boned the rest and added store bought roasts and it made good burger/sausage.
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Pat have you ever had to shoot one that was charging you? Yes I have, and it's an adrenaline rush that is hard to beat! One of my friends says "you crazy" and I guess I have to agree. I get on the ground and stalk them with a pistol and it's a hoot.....
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Pat, we tried the golf ball and rope deal to skin a feral hog one time. I thought we were gonna flip over the UTV it was tied to. The skin never budged.
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Yeah it works on deer but hogs not so much... Ripped one off the hanger once... They tough
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Pat, glad ta hear that you're ballzy enough ta walk around with a pistol. It doesn't surprise me a bit. You and Bill D keep postin things that make me want ta take a road trip.
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Come on down, we can scare ya ifn you want, lots of things to git ya
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Pat have you ever had to shoot one that was charging you? Yes I have, and it's an adrenaline rush that is hard to beat! One of my friends says "you crazy" and I guess I have to agree. I get on the ground and stalk them with a pistol and it's a hoot..... Man,I've seen what hogs do to hog dogs......there's a reason they put flak jackets on them....
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Hell Pat YOU scare me !!!!
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Come on Bob get you some.... You will never forget it....get in there amongst them and that's hunting
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Bob,
You can do anything with a couple of Pat's Falstaff's under yer belt!
Be Brave Enough to Suck at Something New!
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Aw hell...Bob & Bill....drive on down to Oakwood. I'll drive up and meet you'll at Pat's place...we'll make it a foursome!!! I've got a .357 magnum and a .40 Cal. that haven't been warmed up in a couple of years.....
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Bob,
You can do anything with a couple of Pat's Falstaff's under yer belt! Bill you ain't gett away.... Come on down..... After the hunt you will be begging for a Falstaff
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Darn pigs come and go on my place but are about 90% nocturnal. They really don't do much damage and I don't consider them a problem. Nor do any of my ranching neighbors but I doubt that I could have a garden.
I've only eaten it once but that was from a piglet. No odor and it was OK to eat when cooked over coals. I have learned that if a pig stinks when you walk up on it, don't even try to skin it.
A couple of years ago my, then 14 year old, Grandson shot a huge sow right at dark. He was using my 30-30 and I had his scoped 243. It ran away and my grandson sent me a message. I told him to stay in his popup and that I was coming. It was dark when I got there. We tracked from blood for about 50 yards in some really thick stuff and lost the trail. Then I told him we were calling it off until morning. I figured that we were carrying the wrong weapons for that job. He didn't like that idea one bit. So I asked him the question. Do you know the difference in hunting a wounded hog in the dark vs golf, football, tennis, or baseball? The answer? Those sports required only one ball and I am a castrado(Spanish). We found it the next morning and my scales bottomed out. They only go to 200 pounds and I now have bigger scales.
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Hay Pat, like u say, it can be a good time and good eating if selective in the ones u eat. We get a few on the ground some yr's and other yr's we don't see any. I learned that these hogs can carry a disease which can be transmitted to the hunter when cleaning, so be sure u guys wear surgical or protective gloves when cleaning. After learning of the disease a few yr's back, we now keep a box of the gloves in the side by side. I can't remember the name of the disease but I can't remember a lot of things. Tracy
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We are now entering into game management through the state for deer. We are feeding high pro. Feed that is more costly than corn. They eat 500lbs in 4 days. As dry as it is there isn't much forage for the deer right now so they are hitting the feed hard. I don't mind the pigs eating some of it but when those big boars show up.... No good to eat so we thin them out a bit to leave some for the deer
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Pat, Bill and Charlie, you boys are a bit younger than I am. Therefore I will try ta explain that at a certain point in a mans life the phrase "hold my beer and watch this" brings a hint that something BAD is about to happen. Don't matter what kind of beer it is. You boys go ahead and just have a fun little threesome. I do appreciate the invitation tho. Pat you have some good defense but I'm thinkin that given his screen name being Stickem I visualize him with a large sharpened stick tottering back and forth jabbin his stick at a big mean hog. Hold his beer and watch that.
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Pat, Bill and Charlie, you boys are a bit younger than I am. Therefore I will try ta explain that at a certain point in a mans life the phrase "hold my beer and watch this" brings a hint that something BAD is about to happen. Don't matter what kind of beer it is. You boys go ahead and just have a fun little threesome. I do appreciate the invitation tho. Pat you have some good defense but I'm thinkin that given his screen name being Stickem I visualize him with a large sharpened stick tottering back and forth jabbin his stick at a big mean hog. Hold his beer and watch that. Bob and I thought you would be the one to go on an adventure like a hog hunt , Charlie does carry a big stick(Stickem)
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Shipping 7 big frozen bluegills to a taxidermist/saltwater fishing guide in Hewitt, Texas. Styrofoam box and lid in a cardbard box but UPS wants $200.00 to ship it overnight! That's only $100.00 less than the price of the fish! Going to ship them 2nd day air and hope for the best. Still $88.00 for an 11 lb. box that is 15 X 16 X 10 1/2 inches! Will drop off at the nearest UPS distribution plant on a Monday evening and it's supposed to arrive Wednesday morning. I know it's hot down there! Fingers crossed! Here are some of the 26 1 lb. to 1lb. 8 1/2 oz. bluegill I kept to sell out of the male only bluegill pond. The picture doesn't do them justice. The cooler is about 4 feet long. I missed more of them as the 180 ' by 12' seine hung up a couple of times and I had to go out in a boat and lift it up. One hang up was a couple of boulders and not sure what the other one is. Will be doing some exploring on the bottom via snorkel and mask to find out. Also took out 22 fourteen inch give or take post spawn yellow perch and moved them to a holding pond until next spring. Will seine them out just before they drop their eggs. The taxidermists want them bulging with eggs.
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