right way to prepare wild hog????

[Andrea]

I have heard too many theories about preparing wild hog. Everyone's ideas are diffferent. Do you castrate the boar in the field? Does it even matter? How do you get rid of the gamey taste? Or can you? We eat venison, wild turkey and big game like elk and none of that bothers me, even when it's killed the same day. But wild hog stinks when you cook it and tastes even worse. And this is from a girl who would rather eat smoked ham than steak! Please help! I have got 2 hogs we have butchered and need to know how to get them ready for cooking. Thankyou!

[Snipe]

I have found that the boars are not worth much more than keeping the back strap. Friends of mine and I try and shoot the sows or younger pigs. I took 3 sows a few weeks back and they were fine...The meat does not smell and the taste is good as well... The biggest part is clean them and get them on Ice as quick as possable.. On castrating a boar that should be done when they are young..

Hope this helps...

[Andrea]

Thank you. My father-in-law is going to make sausage out of them in his smokehouse. He's going to mix it with venison. I'll let you know if it's palatable!!!

[VermontHunter]

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Thank you. My father-in-law is going to make sausage out of them in his smokehouse. He's going to mix it with venison. I'll let you know if it's palatable!!!

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I'm not sure but is it wise to mix these 2 meats without first cooking them, I might think that there would be a cross contamination issue on mixing these two meats together without cokking them first, but then again I may be wrong, just want to bring up the awarness on this possisibility..

[Snipe]

VH I understand your concerns...If She-(they) processed the game properly and cooled it their should be no problem...We do it here in Texas all the time. The trick is to keep the meat cold at all times so there is no chance of bacteria and then freeze or smoke the sausage after it has been mixed...

[VermontHunter]

Gotcha Snipe just wanted to be sure...but it does sound Yummy tho....

[VtBowhunter]

Everything sounds yummy to vermonters.....especially when we only have deer, turkeys, bear, and the occasional moose for wild game supper.

[VermontHunter]

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Everything sounds yummy to vermonters.....especially when we only have deer, turkeys, bear, and the occasional moose for wild game supper.

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LOL...You would think the way I pack it down I would weight more than 170...
I will admit tho I will try most anything once,twice if I like it and for the third time, if it's exceptionally good..

[VtBowhunter]

How did you like those bacon wrapped backstraps we had that night?

[VermontHunter]

Dang you did I miss something ???..

[VtBowhunter]

Whoops......wrong Vermonter, lol. I was thinking shawn posted that, LMAO.

[dogdoc]

hmm--even the big boars that I have shot still taste great to me--they just tend to be a little tougher. On the big boars I take the back straps and cut them into small cuts and just grill them---I think I might go get some out of the freezer right now!

todd

[VermontHunter]

I see vtbowhunter had a very confusing day, or he's extremely delusional from being couped up with no hunting to do..LOL

I thought I was going crazy there for a minute..LOL

[Andrea]

Well, the verdict is in on the pattie sausage....YUCKKKKK!!!!!!!! Haven't tasted the smoked link sausage yet. I swear, that is the worst cooking smell ever. It permeates every nook and cranny in the house. The only thing I can compare it to is trying to eat anything with ketchup after you have gotten over a very bad sinus infection.
Wierd, I know. Had that dang boar not been eating my deer corn I wouldn't have shot it. Next time I'll just politely ask him to leave.

[wjspears20]

Well, the verdict is in on the pattie sausage....YUCKKKKK!!!!!!!! Haven't tasted the smoked link sausage yet. I swear, that is the worst cooking smell ever. It permeates every nook and cranny in the house. The only thing I can compare it to is trying to eat anything with ketchup after you have gotten over a very bad sinus infection.
Wierd, I know. Had that dang boar not been eating my deer corn I wouldn't have shot it. Next time I'll just politely ask him to leave.

As a land owner and farmer i would like to please ask Dont ever let a hog walk away even if you dont want to clean it i know thats not right i hate to kill anything and let it go to waste but these hogs are doing real damage and need to be kept in check.