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To: servantboy777

I just put two wild hogs in my freezer a few weeks ago.

About 150#’s of meat.

Got another 15 to 20 pigs still roaming around.


10 posted on 03/01/2012 10:45:23 AM PST by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350
I just put two wild hogs in my freezer a few weeks ago. About 150#’s of meat.

How long would that pig meat last without electric power to your freezer for - say - 8 months?

And the other pigs running around - maybe 100 pounds each - how long would they feed a family without a freezer? Each pig would last less than three days unless you have the means and know-how to dry preserve meat. Then again every other family in the area will be after the same pigs - so curing them might not be an issue.

46 posted on 03/01/2012 11:20:15 AM PST by GOPJ (GAS WAS $1.85 per gallon on the day Obama was Inaugurated! - - freeper Gaffer)
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To: IMR 4350
Got another 15 to 20 pigs still roaming around

If the SHTF don't plan on those pigs or any other game being alive but a few weeks. Squirrels, rodents, domestic animal, birds, and snakes will be the next thing on the menu. A good 22LR and years worth of ammo is a good investment now. Also learn what the the Indians ate and used for medicine in the area you lived. Skunk Cabbage, Cattails, etc.

56 posted on 03/01/2012 11:31:02 AM PST by NavyCanDo
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