I?ve only bowhunted them, and some of them stink, some of them don?t, but they got nothing on a big nasty smelling feral boar for stink. They are full of fleas, but the quide will squirt some Dawn on them, wash them off, and it kills the fleas. As for taste, they don?t have much IMO, but then I don?t eat feral hogs either. When you see a hog eating carrion it just kinda takes the desire to eat him out of the equation.

I will say hunting them with any firearm is pretty easy, but it?s fun, and a grown javelina makes for a really nice looking full body mount. Good luck !

BTW, the guy I went with is no longer operating or I would give you his contact.