If they’re under 70 or 80 kilos, they’re pretty tasty. Over that they’re used for sausage. I was invited on a boar (called cinghiale in Italy) hunt in the province of Tuscany in 1995. Since I had not purchased a hunting license, I could not actually hunt but was part of a large group of spotters (the hunt seems more social occasion for the landed gentry and their urban friends than a hog hunt in the US).
was Anthony Bourdain sighted in the vicinity?
Heh, bag two or three, dress the out, trade with a neighbor for nice brandy or what have you..not sure how many country fellas are left in France but some apple brandy for a reduced to possession wild boar.
I believe boars and hogs have up to 3 litters per yr.