I hear they’re “not good eatin’”.
I eat 'em just fine. Most of the problems with 'gamey taste' is how the product is handled.
/johnny
“I hear they’re “not good eatin’”.
I’ve got a good friend that goes to a very large Texas range several times a year to participate in large, organized wild hog hunts, and he comes back each time with several large ice chests packed to the brim with choice cuts that he swears are great eatin’!
Many people see them as big rats so there is a cultural stigma against eating them in some areas. “They are for the laborers” kind of attitude.
They carry diseases in some areas and aren’t safe to eat.
Mostly they are just fine, provided you handle them correctly. Some people use dogs to chase them and herd towards the road where they shoot from the back of a pickup. The adrenaline is running in those and ruins the meat, IMO.