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 First hog in Centerville
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11/15/10 12:24 PM
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Chuck P
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This was the first hog that I have ever shot. When I dressed it I was suprised that there was no smell. The hog gutted easily and again no smell (out of the ordinary). I don't know if all hogs will be like this, but I enjoyed and am eager to take another one. The processor said it would probably weigh 200 lbs. Nice boar in my opinion for my first. Also I shot him in the shoulder with a 30.06 and he never took a step. 150 grain soft point.   
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Chuck P]
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11/15/10 03:07 PM
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Congrats! Nice cutters & nice first hog!
"First come smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire."
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: J.R.]
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11/15/10 06:31 PM
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Congrats, dang nice hog for your first. Prepare and cook them right and you will be hooked. All year round, no season to worry about. keep it up.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Chuck P]
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11/15/10 06:32 PM
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Nice hog you got there. Congrats. Waiting on photos of the next ones now.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: J.R.]
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11/15/10 06:37 PM
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TooLow
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Congrats! Nice cutters & nice first hog! X2
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: TooLow]
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11/15/10 07:35 PM
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Chuck P
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Thanks guys, and yes I do believe that I am hooked on the concept of year round hunting!
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Chuck P]
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11/15/10 09:01 PM
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ctownboy
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Re: First hog in Centerville
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11/15/10 09:53 PM
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Whats the cost to have one processed? Have yet to shoot a hog..
I have shot plenty of deer. I have always just boned them out.
X3 Nice looking hog!!!
Last edited by ***Sean***; 11/15/10 10:27 PM.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: ***Sean***]
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11/15/10 10:35 PM
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: ***Sean***]
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11/16/10 12:45 AM
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Family Style
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You don't need to process hogs much. Flip em over on the tailgate.
Make some cuts with a knife above the front shoulders. Cut strips down the back with a razor knife and pull the skin off. Remove the back straps. Next take a knife and cut the back hams off. Skin both hams. You can take the front quarters if you want.Not much meat on them and there are lots of hogs in this world. Skip the tenderloins also or you will have to gut it.
Lots you can do with the meat of the hams. most smoke them. I have deboned them and ground the meat. I add the ground pork to ground venison etc.
Little hogs can be skinned ,gutted, cut in half with a sawzall and smoked.
Most processers hate messing with wild hogs.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
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11/16/10 12:49 AM
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Re: First hog in Centerville
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11/16/10 01:06 AM
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***Sean***
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You don't need to process hogs much. Flip em over on the tailgate.
Make some cuts with a knife above the front shoulders. Cut strips down the back with a razor knife and pull the skin off. Remove the back straps. Next take a knife and cut the back hams off. Skin both hams. You can take the front quarters if you want.Not much meat on them and there are lots of hogs in this world. Skip the tenderloins also or you will have to gut it.
Lots you can do with the meat of the hams. most smoke them. I have deboned them and ground the meat. I add the ground pork to ground venison etc.
Little hogs can be skinned ,gutted, cut in half with a sawzall and smoked.
Most processers hate messing with wild hogs.
Thanks for the tips!! Not gutting them will save some work..
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: ***Sean***]
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11/16/10 03:17 AM
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Chuck P
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Whats the cost to have one processed? Have yet to shoot a hog..
I have shot plenty of deer. I have always just boned them out.
X3 Nice looking hog!!! I found a processor that said he could cut it into steaks and chops and make the rest into link sausage for around $120. He came recommended so I am hoping for the best.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Chuck P]
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11/16/10 03:21 AM
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jim1961
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Re: First hog in Centerville
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11/16/10 12:39 PM
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I use TD's in Strawn and they will grind a whole hog into sausage patties (hot and regular), and give you the tenderloins and backstraps for $85. Not a bad deal!!
"It'a a sad man my freind who's living in his own skin and can't stand the company" Bruce Springsteen
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Family Style]
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11/16/10 01:20 PM
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You don't need to process hogs much. Flip em over on the tailgate.
Make some cuts with a knife above the front shoulders. Cut strips down the back with a razor knife and pull the skin off. Remove the back straps. Next take a knife and cut the back hams off. Skin both hams. You can take the front quarters if you want.Not much meat on them and there are lots of hogs in this world. Skip the tenderloins also or you will have to gut it. This is also what I do.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: hrt4me]
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11/18/10 06:29 AM
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As to the no bad smell to your first hog, congrats. Some stink so bad you can smell one a hundred yards away while others have no bad smell at all. Kinds like ome people in that respect. The ones with no bad smell usually taste fine, those that stink bad become coyote/hog bait for me
lf the saying "Liar, Liar your pants on fire" were true
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Chuck P]
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11/18/10 03:27 PM
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Chuck P]
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11/18/10 08:47 PM
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dadoo
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Nice hog. Where did you get him? I have been looking for a place to hunt my first hogs?
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: dadoo]
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11/21/10 06:45 PM
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i can't see wasting meat. i'll admit i don't eat all the hogs i shoot. if they smelli take them to the coyote pile. but if they are clean smellin pigs, then i gut and skin them as i would a deer. its all good meat.
as for processors, they charge enough, they'd damn well better process whatever is brought to them. i'd butcher a ton of pigs for what they charge to process an animal.
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Re: First hog in Centerville
[Re: Erich]
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11/21/10 08:36 PM
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