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 Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: Savage388]
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11/03/17 01:09 PM
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budward
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I understand the importance of getting game cool as quickly as possible, especially in summer. I don't eat summer killed pigs because of what is available for them to eat, which being summer, isn't much. I tend to see pigs eating grubs under cow patties, and eating crawfish from overturned mounds. They will eat a fawn or litter of rabbits if they find them. There are very few feeders full of corn or protein in my neck of the woods. There is no mast in the summer either. I just can't get past a summer hog's diet enough to enjoy eating it. YMMV. At my lease they eat CORN. hah. That's why they taste so good. I keep my feeders full year round.
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: MrWhite87]
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11/04/17 07:59 PM
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For the last year and half have killed lots of hogs and ate every one of them. Most was made into sausage. From the males to the females to piglets all tasted fine. If a hog taste bad its probably because the 2 glands on hind legs were ground into the meat.
 Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: MrWhite87]
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11/04/17 08:40 PM
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Bacon8tor
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I eat summer pigs. Usually just the backstraps. I just make sure to get them on ice quickly. Never came across any worms or anything in them before.
BUT if its a big stinky boar I'll just leave it alone and let the buzzards and coyotes have it.
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: MrWhite87]
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11/05/17 04:39 AM
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djones
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regarding eating feral pigs...
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: MrWhite87]
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11/06/17 04:17 PM
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Sirrah243
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I had a processor tell me to carry some vinegar with me and splash some around inside the cavity after gutting to cut down on bacteria. Another good thing is an ice slurry. Ice, salt and water mixed to form a slurry. This mixture will actually get below freezing. Good luck to you.
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: Sirrah243]
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11/06/17 05:34 PM
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I had a processor tell me to carry some vinegar with me and splash some around inside the cavity after gutting to cut down on bacteria. Another good thing is an ice slurry. Ice, salt and water mixed to form a slurry. This mixture will actually get below freezing. Good luck to you. get it on you and it will burn you via chemical reaction.
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: MrWhite87]
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11/08/17 08:00 PM
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Gutless method is what I do know and I'll never go back to gutting them.Weekend before last took a sow that I know what carrying piglets. She was right around 130 or so. The meat is absolutely fantastic. She had so much fat on her I made Brats that are close to being as juicy as any from the store. Small portion of hind quarter was cooked in the crockpot with only Garlic salt and pepper and again it was excellent. My wife who is sometimes picky when it comes to wild game loved it. Didn't even taste like pork it tasted like a beef roast.
As for skunkpig, I've taken one and will never take another. Brined the hindquarters for 2 weeks and turned it into summer sausage. It was ok but the initial stink(bad body odor mixed with a horse)when I processed the thing has made me never want to shoot another!
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: MrWhite87]
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11/08/17 08:18 PM
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hook_n_line
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Summer pig. 
Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: SapperTitan]
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11/08/17 10:32 PM
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Even if I'm not eating them I'm still killing them I still kill them every chance I get, I just won't eat them any more. An old cowboy I know said he rode up on a dead cow one time and some little pigs came running out from inside the cow. Said it was the nastiest thing he ever saw. I just can't get that picture out of my mind. yeah I know they will eat just about anything So do catfish! What part of the year do you not eat them!
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Re: eating summer pigs?
[Re: DLALLDER]
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11/08/17 10:42 PM
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Even if I'm not eating them I'm still killing them I still kill them every chance I get, I just won't eat them any more. An old cowboy I know said he rode up on a dead cow one time and some little pigs came running out from inside the cow. Said it was the nastiest thing he ever saw. I just can't get that picture out of my mind. yeah I know they will eat just about anything So do catfish! What part of the year do you not eat them! I prefer bass year around over catfish
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