Posted on 08/31/2024 1:46:17 PM PDT by Libloather
I am very comfortable kill’n feral hogs and letting the ‘Yotes and buzzards eat them.
Killed four Thursday.
As for the posted excerpt, feral hogs breed three times a year and I have never heard of a bounty in Texas for kill’n hogs.
I have eaten several. The rule of thumb is that if you walk up on them and they stank from rutting, let it lay. I haven’t had a bad sow.
I cut down the spine on both sides and take out the loins. Then, move back to the hams and be done. No need to gut them.
I’ve heard people who do that and they castrate it and cut the tail off. That way, if they see one without a tail next time, they will know it is a barrow.
He knows some guy who uses the meat for dog food.
You can get the works starting at $5,495.00 which includes 2 hours of flight time. LOL!
I have heard some folks capture them and feed them domestic feed for awhile before butchering so they are cleaned out and better.
Ture. The corn fed ones taste better.
That’s the border patrol in some countries but not here yet.
Like I learned to carve out duck breast to avoid incessant plucking unless I desired whole birds for roasting
We killed A LOT of ducks
We had a surgical tubes on spindle plucker which did help a lot admittedly
The duck plucker
Made by magna corp in Mississippi on who’s duck camp I hunted on in the delta
My hog experience is Edward’s plateau where we had a huge deer lease nw of burnet
Same with dove. Just the breast.
What’s the best buckshot for wild hog?
Buckshot For Boars
Recently, there seems to have been an influx of discussion on the use of shotguns for hog hunting.
https://wildboarusa.com/buckshot-for-boars/
That was a good read. It reminds me I do have double ball 65 caliber ammo. Thanks.
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