Javelina are just nasty. You can eat the meat if you cut it thin as jerky and marinate it for a couple of days. But I don't know why you'd bother. It barely makes it edible.
It would do in a pinch if you were starving in the desert and had some marinade in your survival gear.
They are a pain in the ass when you're hunting real game. They scare the deer off, they're too ugly to mount as a trophy. If you shoot them, you've probably ruined the spot for deer hunting for a couple of hours.
And the males have tusks that will rip the calf off your leg if give them a chance.
Yup - nasty, nasty! Blech nasty.
My brother would hunt them with a 218 Bee! - Me, I prefer 45/70 myself, these (nasty) buggers would hang out in some pretty heavy brush when I hunted in the SoAZ area.
Did I mention they are NASTY? - And not really worth eating.
"Javelina are just nasty. You can eat the meat if you cut it thin as jerky and marinate it for a couple of days. But I don't know why you'd bother."
To remind them which of the two -- javelina or human -- are at the top of the food chain.