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Feral pigs in Texas.
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berndcrisp
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Can you cook them like a farm raised one?
Piece by piece; hams, ribs, bellies, etc?
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They're much leaner, but you can cook them the same. I would caution not to cook on the rare side, unlike some cuts of farmed pork, as they could have trichinosis, although pseudorabies and swine brucellosis are probably more worrisome.
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Sounds like they would make great pulled pork, you over cook the crap out that. That is of course if there is enough fat.
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In my youth, my family hunted for most of our meat, and feral hog was the top freezer stuffer.
It's definitely much leaner than commercial pork, but tastes just as good if prepared carefully.South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS -
Yes. Probably should cook to at least 145 or 150 if cooking individual cuts. But best done as pulled pork. Injection and/or foiling helps keep it moist as it is really lean. Our family is split as to whether it tastes better than storebought pork. It does taste better than storebought pork. The other half of the family is wrong.
XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle
San Antonio, TX
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We trapped about 8 young 125 pounders a few years ago so The game cameras showed the 250# boars jumped over the top of the trap which we were not disappointed about as I have heard so many times about how stinky they are to clean (I hear differing opinions about how they eat, but universally hear about how smelly they are to butcher).
We quartered the sows and put them in an ice saltwater brine for two days. They were very good eating."Bacon tastes gooood, pork chops taste gooood." - Vincent Vega, Pulp Fiction
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Y'all keep your feral hogs confined.
We like our hogs up here nonferal, thank you very much.
Yotes are bad enough.BrandonQuad Cities
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ibanda said:I have heard so many times about how stinky they are to clean (I hear differing opinions about how they eat, but universally hear about how smelly they are to butcher
But they tasted good.South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS -
Sitting in a blind right now hoping to reduce one to small enough pieces to fit in a cooler. So far only deer walking around
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Was it on purpose putting the pigs in the wild?“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
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Hans61 said:Was it on purpose putting the pigs in the wild?
They breed like rabbits, and even young, small hogs can tear up lots of good farm land in a short time rooting around for food. They are also dangerous and aggressive....the tusks are no joke.
But they look great mounted right next to the mashed potatoes.South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS -
BrandonQuad Cities
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There should be "super likes" on this forum.
Awesome video, Focker.....shades of my youth!South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS -
SmokingPiney said:There should be "super likes" on this forum.
Awesome video, Focker.....shades of my youth!
For the record, I'd love to drop the hammer on one. My buddies and I have kicked around a hog hunt trip.BrandonQuad Cities
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"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan
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Focker said:SmokingPiney said:There should be "super likes" on this forum.
Awesome video, Focker.....shades of my youth!
Thanks, was pretty cool of Ramsay to do that.
For the record, I'd love to drop the hammer on one. My buddies and I have kicked around a hog hunt trip.
They also get BIG. My largest hog was 325 dressed.......big, bad momma.
Thanks again for the video, Focker.........lots of memories there of good times and good eats.South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS -
Love Gordon and who am I to argue but boiled ribs, WTF?Jacksonville FL
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SmokingPiney said:Focker said:SmokingPiney said:There should be "super likes" on this forum.
Awesome video, Focker.....shades of my youth!
Thanks, was pretty cool of Ramsay to do that.
For the record, I'd love to drop the hammer on one. My buddies and I have kicked around a hog hunt trip.
They also get BIG. My largest hog was 325 dressed.......big, bad momma.
Thanks again for the video, Focker.........lots of memories there of good times and good eats.
325 dressed, yikes!BrandonQuad Cities
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Dobie said:Love Gordon and who am I to argue but boiled ribs, WTF?South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS
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It sure looked good to me!South Jersey Pine Barrens. XL BGE , Assassin 24, Weber Kettle, CharBroil gasser, AMNPS
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One thing that hasn't been brought up is diet. I think this makes hands down the difference in the animal, especially with hogs.
I have had feral hogs less than 100 lbs taste terrible because they were eating acorns and roots and scrub brush and 200 lb boars taste fine because they were fat and happy living under deer feeders and not stressed by predators or people.
My granddad and I caught a few when I was a kid and fed them feed for 3 months and butchered them and they were great. We also killed one when we caught them and it was gamey because it had been living in the Mississippi River bottom, running constantly, and coyotes were rampant down there.
So a lot of factors."Brought to you by bourbon, bacon, and a series of questionable life decisions."
South of Nashville, TN
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Now Texas is planning to poison feed stations to reduce the pigs.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Feral pigs and douche canoe's like this in the Lone Star State.
https://youtu.be/u2gFAanTF-Q
I'm not into abusing handicap people but, I'm not sure if I'd be able to restrain from making it to where this **** couldn't even use his joystick controller again!
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LBGE 2013 & MM 2014Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FANFlying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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NPHuskerFL said:Feral pigs and douche canoe's like this in the Lone Star State.
https://youtu.be/u2gFAanTF-Q
I'm not into abusing handicap people but, I'm not sure if I'd be able to restrain from making it to where this **** couldn't even use his joystick controller again!
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nolaegghead said:They're much leaner, but you can cook them the same. I would caution not to cook on the rare side, unlike some cuts of farmed pork, as they could have trichinosis, although pseudorabies and swine brucellosis are probably more worrisome.
I've slow smoked 250 pound boar legs and the meat came out awesome. Cleaning them absolutely sucks. If I get hold of a local guy, he'll cook them on a trailer smoker and feed the homeless.Aledo, Texas
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Anyone need help down there eliminating a few? My son and I would love to do some hog hunting.
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What's the deal with parasites being in wild hogs? do they have them like domestic hogs had in the past?
Do you have to be sure and cook a wild hog to a high temp to kill the parasites? assuming they have them?
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I watched a show on The Discovery Channel once, about feral hogs. They said if a farm raised pig were to escape, it would start to change back to feral within 7 days, or some crazy short amount of time. Elongated snout, grow fangs, hair and such.Apollo Beach, FL
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Wardster said:I watched a show on The Discovery Channel once, about feral hogs. They said if a farm raised pig were to escape, it would start to change back to feral within 7 days, or some crazy short amount of time. Elongated snout, grow fangs, hair and such.
Jacksonville FL
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