Would you like to see a hog butchered?

swordsmn

thanks @Thatgrimguy  it's been a few years
JIC  might look good in a Hannibal mask, on a refrigerator dolly at Brisket Camp  but I digress...

swordsmn

Ever been in a Turkish prison?
Do you like movies about Gladiators

Would you like to see a hog butchered?

wanna see my cooler?
Look at my briner.....

All under the heading of:   Things @sgh says to strangers in a park..

The mans pipe spool is wound a bit tight  but we love him..

Jeepster47

Please add my vote to the yes column.  Since the question was directed at seeing the butchering process, I'll assume that's where you're focused.
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When my age group was growing up our folks raised what we ate ... or it came from the next farm over.  And, hunting and fishing was a big part of who we were.  The only safe zone was up in the hay loft when your mom was looking for you with a switch in hand.  @Ozzie_Isaac joked about our food coming in "safe humane packages", but for many that's not a joke.  Thanks for taking the time to help keep the knowledge alive.

swordsmn

Next week Henapple restrings a tennis racket  using fresh catgut...

(I've had a long week fellas sorry) 

55drum

Its ok with me as long as you form words with the small intestines....

YEMTrey

swordsmn said:

Next week Henapple restrings a tennis racket  using fresh catgut...

(I've had a long week fellas sorry) 

No lie, I did string rackets at a shop while in college.  It was a mail order company and I could come in after class and stay late stringing rackets and answering sales lines.  And there many jobs done with natural gut.

NPHuskerFL

Already getting Buffalo'd?  Weak

Edit: disregard. It bumped to the top. Curious to see if lasts. 

SGH

NPHuskerFL said:

Already getting Buffalo'd?  Weak

Edit: disregard. It bumped to the top. Curious to see if lasts. 

Buffalo test...........

SGH

No buffalo yet. 

SGH

Just a friendly warning, later tonight I will post the kill and slaughter of the hogs I worked and hung today. It will be a new post. I wanted to give anyone who is squeamish fair warning. Do not click on my next post if you are offended by such, it will be very graphic and brutal. You have been warned in advance. Please just pass the post buy if you do not wish to see such. For those of you interested in seeing it, stand by my friends. 

theyolksonyou

I'm gonna stream to the big screen. The wife will love it!

piney

theyolksonyou said:

I'm gonna stream to the big screen. The wife will love it!

Will she have seen it or saw it??? 

theyolksonyou

@piney she says she's gonna no see it. 

Jeepster47

theyolksonyou said:

I'm gonna stream to the big screen. The wife will love it!

@theyolksonyou ... I can really picture you playing a banjo.  If your wife ever reads over your shoulder ... well, it's been nice knowing you!

theyolksonyou

@Jeepster47 coming from you, I'm not sure if I'm insulted or proud. 

SGH

336 pounds on the hoof. 

Roadpuke0

Standing by for the finally! Will look for the new post if I'm not to drunk to see it by then:-0

SGH

Roadpuke0 said:

Standing by for the finally! Will look for the new post if I'm not to drunk to see it by then:-0

I may be drunk and naked here shortly myself. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

"I may be drunk and naked here shortly myself"

Probably better the pigs are already dead then.

I kid! I kid!

Hungry Joe

Pig kills were big where I grew up. I remember my uncle telling me that I couldn't feel sorry for the pigs because they would know it and take longer for them to die. Nothing went to waste but the hair as far as I can remember. It was a whole day event right around this time of year.

It kind of died off in the last 10 years or so, mostly because of lack of participation. To many folks wanted a pig slaughtered but not enough wanted to join in and help. It's a shame because there was lots of food and drink to go along with the stories from the old timers. I miss those days.

I'd like to see pictures of the whole process. We had a dedicated rifle man and a dedicated knife man to slit the throats after they were shot and hung up to drain their blood. Those were the same two guys year after year as far as I remember.

SGH

Hungry Joe said:

We had a dedicated rifle man and a dedicated knife man to slit the throats after they were shot and hung up to drain their blood. Those were the same two guys year after year as far as I remember.

If you have a team to help, it really takes a lot of the work out of it. Makes things go much quicker. However I drew the short straw. I was the gunman, the knife man, and the poor soul who had to manually pump the heart to drain them down.  

Dyal_SC

LOL.  This forum is great.  Waiting for the grand finale as well.  

Little Steven

I've seen it and it is very interesting. If your talking about the slaughter (which I have seen also) I think would upset a few. I've seen both on the commercial level and there ain't a whole lot of love on the line.

Roadpuke0

Hungry Joe said:

Pig kills were big where I grew up. I remember my uncle telling me that I couldn't feel sorry for the pigs because they would know it and take longer for them to die. Nothing went to waste but the hair as far as I can remember. It was a whole day event right around this time of year.

It kind of died off in the last 10 years or so, mostly because of lack of participation. To many folks wanted a pig slaughtered but not enough wanted to join in and help. It's a shame because there was lots of food and drink to go along with the stories from the old timers. I miss those days.

I'd like to see pictures of the whole process. We had a dedicated rifle man and a dedicated knife man to slit the throats after they were shot and hung up to drain their blood. Those were the same two guys year after year as far as I remember.

I hear Ya brother. Around me a deer kill was the thing with me. Everyone came to a cold garage, talked crap about what ever came up, drank beverages and everyone had fun cutting up the deer someone was lucky enough to to kill and at the end of the knight every one had a little package to go home with. Good time, good friends and basically NO BULLs@IT drama that takes place today. Ok back to my beverage.

Hungry Joe

SGH said:

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Hungry Joe said:

We had a dedicated rifle man and a dedicated knife man to slit the throats after they were shot and hung up to drain their blood. Those were the same two guys year after year as far as I remember.

If you have a team to help, it really takes a lot of the work out of it. Makes things go much quicker. However I drew the short straw. I was the gunman, the knife man, and the poor soul who had to manually pump the heart to drain them down.  

Thanks for the update.

We would hang them from their hoofs and drain the blood into a large tub. For the life of me I can't remember what they did with it, like I mentioned, nothing went to waste. Then they were dipped into a large vat of boiling water. That loosened the hair so it could be scrapped off. I remember different organs being set aside and some folks would come and take them. It is a lot of work. It would have been great if we had video then but damn, all I remember was polaroid and 110 instamatic cameras LOL. 

Hungry Joe

@SGH I've got to ask where did you shoot it? II always remember they had to be shot between the eyes so they died fast. That was what made it a specialized skill.

SGH

Hungry Joe said:

We would hang them from their hoofs and drain the blood into a large tub. 

Brother I'm old and slow. As such, I wait for them to stop kicking before I hang them. A kicking and flipping 300+ pound hog can do a lot of damage to you with their hooves. But I do hang them when they settle down my friend. If I had some young, strong guys to help me, I would still hang them up live. I'm still real strong, but I'm slow and not real agile any longer. 

SGH

Hungry Joe said:

@SGH I've got to ask where did you shoot it? II always remember they had to be shot between the eyes so they died fast. That was what made it a specialized skill.

Right behind the left ear with the barrel aiming toward the right eye. 

Thatgrimguy

SGH said:

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Hungry Joe said:

@SGH I've got to ask where did you shoot it? II always remember they had to be shot between the eyes so they died fast. That was what made it a specialized skill.

Right behind the left ear with the barrel aiming toward the right eye. 

That should do it!  

Hungry Joe

I hear you on the slowing down part! It was more a production line when we did it, lots of help and many more pigs were slaughtered. Usually at least 10 casualties. The guys here were old when I was young and they learned from the old guys in their time. 

Like @roadpuke0 mentioned, events like we had would not be popular in todays world.


@SGH thanks for bringing back some fond memories for me.