“Well, I do love bacon 🥓 and roasted pork chops.”
From what I understand you are going to wish they tasted better than they do.
A colleague in Northern California hunted wild boar a lot. His butcher always ground up the hog meat with other less gamey meats to make it edible. I tried a sample of his sausage once and it wasn’t bad. Not great, but not bad.
Like many other animals, a young one, not so bad. They get older and are best turned into dog food.
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“Well, I do love bacon 🥓 and roasted pork chops.”
From what I understand you are going to wish they tasted better than they do.
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they may have a better diet than commercially raises hogs?
the ones I’ve tried tasted good.
smoked hams or butts great.
sausage mixed with venison great
Wild hog is not as tasty as the bacon you buy in the store for sure but it is cheaper. I don’t care for it much myself but I’ll help to reduce the population here in my state. Pass the meat off to another person who would appreciate it.
You need to be very careful not to contaminate the meat when skinning them too. I think they have to be certified if you get your harvest processed by a company.
I never saw one in CT and I live in a rural area. I watched a video of a guy who used dogs to catch the pigs alive. He then hog tied them and brings them somewhere to field dress them and cut them up. I think they sell the meat but they might donate it. One of his smaller dogs got mauled by a hog and the dog died from its injuries. The owner doesn’t put vests and collars on the dogs to protect them.
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.