Posted on 02/27/2010 4:37:11 AM PST by kristinn
Well that makes sense then...is there not a lot of agriculture on the islands?
Just came over to this thread and read through your sitrep....
Thank goodness it was nothing more than staring at the water on a beautiful Saturday afternoon(I say that as snow keeps falling in NE Ohio)so praise the big guy upstairs!!
But we keep those in harms way close and in our prayers. With all the aftershocks, I fear we’ve only seen the beginning of something that we don’t want to see...
thanks . I thought I was alone here. The Sheeple are disoriented after the scientists failed them. They are running into fences and confused. Question everything.
Oh, Big Look - for one - javelinas are ‘protected’. It is illegal to kill or even harm them. For two - I have heard that the meat of wild javelina is tough and wild tasting.
For three - you got any better ideas? - (not to mention digging a trench and not telling anybody).
Shoot, at that range, a decent handgun might do it. Or 20 gauge using a slug or sabot. Or a light rifle, like a .22 Hornet.
But it is possible I could pass by your way, on the way from the Coast to Texas (but not to sell firearms, that was a joke).
I used to hunt the feral hogs out this way...haven't gotten around to it much recently, though with all these rains, they are easier to find...though it's getting a bit late for the rooting, as they've most likely gone through and gobbled up all the semi-sprouted acorns they'd be likely to find, by now...
Somehow I don't feel like the little native javelina you have there, won't still be around then, just hanging around in the yard.
Arizona, I take it?
I'd wager a decent local, nearby hog hunter would sure like to give you his phone number, though. Dang it.
The ‘sheeple’ are falling off the cliff, roger. Those that don’t jump are looking for a ‘safe space’ where they can be free to speak and question.
Protected? oh, right. But not in all areas? Something like that comes to mind....
You go, girl! LOL!
God be praised in His care for his children!
It'a almost Spring. Arrows are quiet. get a license & tag? Then you won't need any strangers wandering 'round...
Gotcha...makes sense...until we get to the “and can be profitable....until you’re caught” part!
Yes - that was a javelina. I used to throw ‘chicken scratch’ out for them at the same time every night. (They have built in clocks, btw).
Then, one evening, the boar, tried to break into my closed in porch when he didn’t get a refill, when he wanted it.
That scared me - and I decided to quit ‘feeding’ them.
I have a 350 S & W - with laser point. But, if anyone from the Fish and Game ever found out I killed one of the little buggars, I’d end up in jail for a long time.
BTW, there is NOTHING to repel them. I had a ‘family’ of 11 that came here every day, and teared up my property. I had the Fish and Game Dept. come out and tell me what I could do.
They told me ‘nothing’, except quit feeding the birds.
I had bought a b-b gun - (spring loaded) thinking it would deter them - but the shots didn’t phase them. (Their hide is two inches thick, I think.)
I bought a wrist sling-shot with steel balls - but, didn’t like the thought of injuring an animal. (The steel balls I shot would shatter large rocks.)
So - I just put up with them - as they tear up my place. Yes - Arizona. How’d ya guess?
Ya got a good recipe for javelina? (Personally, I don’t think I could ‘dress’ one).
Guess I would have to get somebody to dig a hole for me................
As close as that small pig was, I'd say a .357 would do it. Maybe even just a .38, but shot placement is critical. But I don't use such a light caliber (except for once). 
I've taken a hog up close with a handgun...if one can hit the base of the skull right behind the ear, that drops 'em like a rock.
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MANILA, Philippines (Xinhua) - Hundreds of residents in the east coast of Mindanao in southern Philippines moved to higher grounds due to the tsunami alert issued after the massive earthquake in Chile.
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Big waves hit the coastal area in the village of Kidalapong, forcing at least a hundred people to evacuate to higher grounds, Inquierer.net quoted Victorina Mendez, police chief of Malita in Davao Del Sur, as saying.
Mayor Michelle Rabat in Mati City in Davao Oriental said the city’s disaster teams and the Coast Guard, have been put on alert.
Rabat added that a number of residents living along the white sand beaches of the village of Dahican have also moved to higher and safer grounds after seeing a rise in the water level.
In Tarragona town, which also faces the Pacific Ocean, some residents also panicked and evacuated.
In Tandag, Surigao Del Sur, hundreds of coastal residents evacuated to the municipal hall on Saturday night.
Sorry, BD - I have a .38 S&W - laser point.
It would kill me to ‘injure’ a wild pig - I don’t know if I could handle that..........
Cook the meat like one would other pork, for the most part? Stew it in a crock pot? that is, if it looks and smells ok? Or maybe take the meat to a small butcher shop that makes sausage, and have them add some beef trim and spices. that is, if the meat isn't too strong tasting. I've never eaten javelina, though I do know that big boar hogs can be a bit rank, though not always. Sausage is about the only option, then. Deer & hog, with beef trim that still has some real meat to it, can make a very good sausage.
Pork "chops" are on either side of the spine. One can de-bone the loins and leave all the bone, not worrying about making classic "chops".
I've never cut a javelina, but I'd guess they are much similar to other pigs. Hams are rear quarters, picnic hams are front...but they don't have to be turned into "ham", they can be cooked like a roast.
A hacksaw can help, particularly for cutting off the racks of ribs. Parboil, then cook on a bar-b-que?
OR;
One can pretty much just gut, skin, then de-bone the whole thing a bit at a time. It doesn't have to be perfect.
Wrap the meat tightly with plastic wrap (doing so can eliminate freezer burn), then wrap that with newspaper, label, and throw it in the freezer. Nothing to it. It might take a couple of hours.
they can make sausageout of frozen product, then re-freeze. It's ok. The rule of thumb is that as long as the meat is in a different form, like from being swing beef to cut beef, or frozen cuts to sausage or burger, etc., then it's perfectly all right to re-freeze, if it isn't allowed to sour, or course.
A little more horsepower than .38 might be good, particularly if one isn't within 25 feet of the animal (there are many different ".38" variations, some much more powerful than others, but that's another story).
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