Mowing wild hogs

[macmanmatty]

Speak for yourself. Best BBQ I've ever made has been on feral hog meat.

Totally agree The best sausage I make is from feral hogs. They are real problem here. So I make lots of it. Went through 3 hanks (300 yards) of casings last year making wild boar sausage. Man was it good.

 

[sweettractors]

One of my Farming Customers down south said he had killed 1500 hogs the first 8 months of this year. From the tractor, truck, UTV etc. This # was just off his farm. Ken Sweet

 

[texasjohn]

That's 6.25 hogs a day! Even a litter a day won't keep the hogs away!:confused2:

 

[greasemonkeyok]

Question for OkieDave - was the feral hog served at a tailgate party?

I have a friend who said the same thing about a hog he smoked, but admitted it was consumed at a Tulsa tailgate party.

 

[OkieDave]

No, it was a BBQ I threw to celebrate buying my house. I still have people asking me when the next one is. :licking:

 

[Wyobuckaroo]

There have been a few visual and trail cam sighting of feral hogs even this far north. A bigger problem is black bears. This area seems to be a dumping ground for the DNR to release live trapped problem bears from other areas.

In parts of this area people usually carry a 12g. loaded with buckshot or slugs on tractors and ATVs when around there row crops. The bears are very destructive in that they have a bad habit of wallowing down a large area of corn after eating there fill. They also dig holes in the field and lounge in the shade. If you hit a hole, or bear with a combine, it WILL mess up your day and equipment.

I'm going to bet most any ground feral hog product mixed with an insane amount of rubbed sage seasoning would be VERY good eating............

Feel free to send samples................ About 5lb of sausage would be good.
Good luck

 

[jonyyuma]

Eating the hog, It is good, no different with the right spices.. On .45acp. I would not be too sure about it making all hog kills. I believe in .357 magnum or .44 magnum.

 

[greasemonkeyok]

OkieDave, that gives a lot more credibility to the info.

My observation of food sometimes consumed at tailgate parties is that the closer you get to game time the more likely some folks would eat a dead skunk if you put enough sauce on it. (Pun intended.)

 

[Chilly807]

Looks a lot more effective than the junk they show on American Hoggers, Lady Hoggers etc.

Certainly an effective and relatively humane way of killing them. I wasn't aware of the extent of the problem, just that they were "there". There's some seriously big pigs in some of those herds, I can see where aggression would be a real problem.

Sometimes I really don't envy y'all down in the southern part of the continent, and this is one of those times. Having said that, there's really no reason why they couldn't move far enough north to affect us as well. We have a few farms here that raise Russian boar for meat, or some form of "sport" hunting.

What you have there is a problem, no question about it. Until I saw the size of the critters, I was thinking a .44 or .308 was some overkill, now I'm a believer.

Here's hoping the cost of ammo and sensible gun laws remain in your favour.

Sean

 

[TripleR]

Certainly an effective and relatively humane way of killing them. I wasn't aware of the extent of the problem, just that they were "there". There's some seriously big pigs in some of those herds, I can see where aggression would be a real problem.

Sometimes I really don't envy y'all down in the southern part of the continent, and this is one of those times. Having said that, there's really no reason why they couldn't move far enough north to affect us as well. We have a few farms here that raise Russian boar for meat, or some form of "sport" hunting.

What you have there is a problem, no question about it. Until I saw the size of the critters, I was thinking a .44 or .308 was some overkill, now I'm a believer.

Here's hoping the cost of ammo and sensible gun laws remain in your favour.

Sean

There was a program on the History Channel I think showing the spread of hogs and it was a real eye opener. They are prolific breeders and eat just about anything.

Growing up on a farm, we raised hogs and even domestic ones can be qute aggressive and there are any number of incidents in which farmers have been killed and eaten by them; certainly not common, but not unheard of.

No doubt we are fortunate in having reasonable regulations on firearms down here. I stockpiled a lot of ammo and components when the prices were "reasonable"; wish I could have gotten more, but safe storage can be a problem.