I brined the heck out of one just the other day for several days. The minute I went to brown it on the grill you could smell it.
So I'm at a loss.

This hog was the first one I ever washed before skinning. There was serious mud and whatever on that rascal. I wouldn't have messed with it if the grandson hadn't wanted the meat so bad. And, he said that he didn't care if the meat was gamey smelling, so we had nothing to lose but the sharp edges on my knives. The hog had a thick layer of white fat, which I always take as a good sign of good meat. I wanted to leave it under salt and ice for 3 days, but he wasn't going to be here that long. So, one day with the salt was all we got. Then my wife cleaned the meat up, washed in fresh water and put it in seal-a-meal bags, except for some of the back strap, which she cooked. Absolutely no trace of any gamey smell or taste. I was very surprised.

I'll try all that again, next chance I get, and see if we get the same results. Not cooking a BIG smelly boar though. Just small to medium sized boars, but will try for medium sized females as a first choice.

This hog was the first one I ever washed before skinning. There was serious mud and whatever on that rascal. I wouldn't have messed with it if the grandson hadn't wanted the meat so bad. And, he said that he didn't care if the meat was gamey smelling, so we had nothing to lose but the sharp edges on my knives. The hog had a thick layer of white fat, which I always take as a good sign of good meat. I wanted to leave it under salt and ice for 3 days, but he wasn't going to be here that long. So, one day with the salt was all we got. Then my wife cleaned the meat up, washed in fresh water and put it in seal-a-meal bags, except for some of the back strap, which she cooked. Absolutely no trace of any gamey smell or taste. I was very surprised.

I'll try all that again, next chance I get, and see if we get the same results. Not cooking a BIG smelly boar though. Just small to medium sized boars, but will try for medium sized females as a first choice.

Blazin, a big boar (to me) would be something around 200 pounds or more. This one probably weighed about 120 or so. I had heard that if the boars aren't too big, they were edible, but nobody defined "too big". I figured 120 wasn't too big, or at least I hoped that was so. This one worked out. We'll see about the next one.