Most boars down here after reaching 100 pounds or so will start to stink from everything I've been told by everyone I've spoken with about the subject and based on my limited experience with them. This boar was definitely in the smelly category but that red one I shot last fall in East Texas was fine. I think it's sort of dependent on the individual animal. To the point Chaos made, we shot one a few weeks ago that was about 40 pounds and he was questionable. I don't know if it's different in other parts of the country but that seems to be the way it is in Texas. Trust me I was really hoping to pull those hams and backstraps off of that pig but it was not to be.