I for one have lost my allure for them. Shot one when I was a teenager and thought it was the coolest thing ever. I absolutely hate them now. They scare deer off just by the noise they make. If they see one it's like the 400yd dash in the Olympics. To me they serve no purpose and shouldn't be recognized as a "game animal". They do make a cool mount, and it's something I don't mind the kids learning to shoot at before moving on to deer. For this reason alone I would love to have 30 guys on my lease to thin the herd but I am in a two county restriction as well. Just have to make my feeder pens large enough that no excess corn gets slung outside of the panels. They essentially just pass through now and then. CR, I couldn't tell you how to cape one. It's the only animal I have immediately froze, guts and all, and dropped at the taxi. I am sure he cussed me as I walked out but I was a teenager then and didn't care. Haven't done it since of course. I have more respect for my taxi now. Lol.

Shot a bunch, ate a bunch. Not a bad little animal, do have their own flavor,,, beer helps.

Yea Like a Keg or Two ......

Got one a while back and it was last one I'll ever shoot. I was meticulous when I skinned and quartered. Front legs can't be used there is just nothing on them, rear quarters are also very small even on a large one. The smell to me is a cross between horse and skunk and someone with body odor. I deboned mine brined for a week and made summer sausage. It was good and nobody could tell the difference. However it was a lot of work. Tried frying a bit of the backstrap and after tasting it it all went into the summer sausage.

Did you wash it off before cleaning it?

You'd be surprised how many fellas up north want to come down and shoot one to take home. You can even charge!

I didn't if I ever want to mess with one I'll take your advice for sure.

When I drove the truck to pick up my superfreak cull (or "management" or "damaged in velvet" or whatever) buck, the feeder had gone off and I could have shot a big ol' boar in the group. But, I know my limitations and decided that'd be too much work for one night. 'Gonna try and hold off shooting one until next year or later and let my taxidermy budget recuperate. I will use the Dawn dish soap suggestion.

You'll probably see him next year too.

Javelina don't wander too far from what I've seen and usually run the same routes daily. Only time one gets lost is when he's kicked out by a stronger male. Females stay with the herd 100% of the time. They're very territorial.

Works well with wild hogs too. Mainly what happens is all the funk that's on the skin is put into the meat with the knife.. washin them off with dish soap works like a charm

Here's a nice link for you all to look at. Good info.

http://www.javelinahunter.com/trophy_javelina.htm

Your taxidermist can put bigger teeth in the mount if you want it to look meaner.

We had our taxidermist do a full body mount and think it turned out really well. This has been a few yrs ago and I don't remember if they swapped out the cutters for a larger set. I want to say it was around $500 so not too bad considering. That same day we shot 2 fallow as well so we got lucky and the taxidermist came out to cape all of them for us.

I need to find a place to hunt these suckers!

Cool site. Thanks for posting.

they can also put a bigger set of antlers on a deer you kill too...