I've been told by one friend who went on a feral hog hunt that there's very little if any edible meat on them because it's mostly/all sinew so the hogs are killed and left to rot.
I've also been told the feral hogs are very aggressive so I'm curious to know how farming and fattening these hogs for fresh pork is profitable?
“I’ve been told by one friend who went on a feral hog hunt that there’s very little if any edible meat on them because it’s mostly/all sinew so the hogs are killed and left to rot.
I’ve also been told the feral hogs are very aggressive so I’m curious to know how farming and fattening these hogs for fresh pork is profitable?”
Unless you have a young sow most of the meat on feral hogs is not to our taste. Sometimes a small market for it in Europe but don’t think it is happening right now. You can capture them live and feed them out on corn etc. for 6 weeks or so and get acceptable meat, they will revert to a semi-domesticated state/attitude quickly. Chance of making money doing that depends on price of pork, feed and gov regulations. Right now I don’t think it pays. I see lots of used hog traps for sale and no big bunch’s of traps at farm stores for sale. Central and South Texas area.
Prior the Hussien O. crash in '09, hog tapping was very profitable.
Slaughter houses were paying top money for feral hogs.
Their market for processed hogs was export to Europe.
That market crashed in Sept '08 and continued through Hussein's reign.
The closest buying slaughter house in my area is Frontier Meats in N Ft Worth.
There is meat market in Detroit (Texas y'all) that is well known for it's feral hog hams.
Your friend must live in a place with little to eat, as I often BBQ young sows to 60-70pounds & they are GREAT as whole hog BBQ.
OTOH, I do NOT cook the big ones. = Shoot ‘em & leave them for the scavengers.
yours, tex