Wild boar hunting
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My son and I want to go wild boar hunting. We found a place not too far from where we live here in Pa. My question is what is the difference between "carolina hogs" and "russian & european wild boars"? Which one is the better eating of the two? What size hog should we go for better quality meat (in lbs.)?
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Re: Wild boar hunting
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02/25/2010 3:15 AM
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For eating, I would opt for a sow also. 150-200 pounds max. The large boars are not the best table fair. Feral hogs seem to be more tastey, the russian strain have a stronger gamey flavor. (IMHO) But with any wild game it depends on how it is cleaned and cooked.
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02/25/2010 6:50 AM
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I took a wild boar male in the 250lbs class at a hunting ranch in PA in 2008. Very good eating! So sows are not the only alternative.
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02/25/2010 11:41 AM
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I have shot European wild boar aswell as lots of U.S. feral hogs, and they are both lean and low on fat. Sows usually make better table fare and they tend to be fattier. Large boars can stink, but so can a smaller one that you've chased with dogs or disturbed in some other manner. What they eat can determine how good or bad they taste and I have rarely come accross one that I can truly say was gamey. If they stink, I don't evenbother making sausage out of them. JMHO.
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02/25/2010 3:48 PM
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Can't say on the Euro's, all I 've killed have been feral hogs. If it weighs over 150#, I use it for coyote bait.
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Wild feral hogs are treated as vermin here. Most are shot & left where they fall. They are a huge problem for the farmers & ranchers. Here we would like to see them erradicated. They are hunted from airplanes, helocopters, 4 wheelers, etc. A few people eat them but usually only the smaller ones. I have eaten meat from those around 100 lbs that were slow cooked (for a long time). It is OK. However, my neighbor raises show pigs & gives me one every year that is ready for slaughter. The wild pork that I have eaten cannot hold a candle to a "good" one. Just my opinion.
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02/25/2010 4:32 PM
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You can smell the pig and tell how it is going to eat... The 400lbs+ boar I shot ate REALLY good! He didn't stink at all. But one of that size is an exception and not the rule.
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02/26/2010 10:15 AM
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Out west all we have around my place are the russian buggers, arnery critters... Dropped a 250lb male that was great tasting, to our suprise. But they eat acors and good stuff out in the hills...
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02/26/2010 11:24 PM
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It seems like everyone does agree on one thing. Get a boar in the 200-300 lb. range for good eating. My boy and I will probally go for the carolina type hog. The name of the place is The Wilderness in Bedford co. Pa.;near the town of Everett. This is not too far from where we deer hunt on opening day of rifle season. Thanks for your input guys. We really appreciate it.
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03/01/2010 7:17 PM
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Russian boar are true strain and usually are regulated by game laws, the ferals that are "inbreed pigs" are usually vermin..I have shot many "boar" in Germany, and Belgium, all were excellent eating and as most said immediate opening and icing is imperative..Germany we hung for a week or so after cooling..ElDee
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03/01/2010 10:08 PM
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It seems like everyone does agree on one thing. Get a boar in the 200-300 lb. range for good eating. My boy and I will probally go for the carolina type hog. The name of the place is The Wilderness in Bedford co. Pa.;near the town of Everett. This is not too far from where we deer hunt on opening day of rifle season. Thanks for your input guys. We really appreciate it. The one boar I've handgunned was a 250lb. boar shot a the Wilderness Ranch in PA. Excellent eating, at least most of it. So I wouldn't discourage anyone to try one.
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