J E Custom
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We have to many hogs and in an effort to harvest "ALL" hogs to eat I tried an experiment to see if the realy big boars could be utilized for the table. Years ago I took a 350 lb boar that the land owner had trapped and castrated. Before he could be butchered (The land owner wanted to give him 8 to 10 weeks to feed and purge before butchering) But he broke out and rejoined the wild ones.
When the land owner saw the boar he recognized him and told me, he would butcher it if I would give him some of the meat. I jumped at the chance (I figured the meat would not be that good anyway and maybe only good in sausage) After butchering the beast, he brought me some meat and offered me some that his wife cooked. To my surprise, it was very good. With all that said, this is where the experiment started.
Our hogs are very trap wise and it is rare that we trap a big boar so we just kill them and haul them off. Opening day Of deer season I had an encounter with a well known boar we have and took advantage of an unusual shot placement. You guessed it In the sack, the bore was down in a gully facing away from me presenting a perfect shot that wouldn't hit anything except the sack.
My stomach still hurts just thinking about the hit, The little 120 ballistic tip did its job and as far as i could tell did not hit anything else. My son saw him two weeks later and he was doing fine, So we will wait till next year to harvest him and see if castration by bullet worked.
I know it sounds cold, but I just hate to wast meat if it is not necessary. We kill every pig we see and don't see any decrease in numbers. Maybe this will work.
J E CUSTOM
When the land owner saw the boar he recognized him and told me, he would butcher it if I would give him some of the meat. I jumped at the chance (I figured the meat would not be that good anyway and maybe only good in sausage) After butchering the beast, he brought me some meat and offered me some that his wife cooked. To my surprise, it was very good. With all that said, this is where the experiment started.
Our hogs are very trap wise and it is rare that we trap a big boar so we just kill them and haul them off. Opening day Of deer season I had an encounter with a well known boar we have and took advantage of an unusual shot placement. You guessed it In the sack, the bore was down in a gully facing away from me presenting a perfect shot that wouldn't hit anything except the sack.
My stomach still hurts just thinking about the hit, The little 120 ballistic tip did its job and as far as i could tell did not hit anything else. My son saw him two weeks later and he was doing fine, So we will wait till next year to harvest him and see if castration by bullet worked.
I know it sounds cold, but I just hate to wast meat if it is not necessary. We kill every pig we see and don't see any decrease in numbers. Maybe this will work.
J E CUSTOM
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