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wildcatter wrote:Wow!!! 495lbs makes the case for the 450b. what would have happened if it'd have charged? Day ain't many double barreled bows around and if the Back-Up Guy had a bolt or lever gun, with a charge starting at say 50yds They'd get one chance to end the ordeal and if they blow that shot and they often will (see the bullets from Professional hunters fall way behind the animal and even the Back-Up Shooters, for the Back-Up Shooters can't hit the animal at mere feet away.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmcXuTBO0oo).. Well it's good-By-Nick!!
I gotta question for you pig experts. Knowing the Farm Raised Pigs are butchered at about 225lbs, any heavier and the weight goes into Diminished Returns.
I also know that most of the really big pigs become ground fertilizer.
Question, does anybody eat these monster pigs? Seems to me,you might. I don't care, if the weight to feed ratio is out of whack. Can I eat the monsters? Or is it a challenge in the Kitchen?
But, in any event I'm proud to know you are truly an expert with a bow. Man, I'd through my gun down and run squealing like a girl, at the sight of your Piggy!!
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scrmblr1982cj8 wrote:wildcatter wrote:Wow!!! 495lbs makes the case for the 450b. what would have happened if it'd have charged? Day ain't many double barreled bows around and if the Back-Up Guy had a bolt or lever gun, with a charge starting at say 50yds They'd get one chance to end the ordeal and if they blow that shot and they often will (see the bullets from Professional hunters fall way behind the animal and even the Back-Up Shooters, for the Back-Up Shooters can't hit the animal at mere feet away.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmcXuTBO0oo).. Well it's good-By-Nick!!
I gotta question for you pig experts. Knowing the Farm Raised Pigs are butchered at about 225lbs, any heavier and the weight goes into Diminished Returns.
I also know that most of the really big pigs become ground fertilizer.
Question, does anybody eat these monster pigs? Seems to me,you might. I don't care, if the weight to feed ratio is out of whack. Can I eat the monsters? Or is it a challenge in the Kitchen?
But, in any event I'm proud to know you are truly an expert with a bow. Man, I'd through my gun down and run squealing like a girl, at the sight of your Piggy!!
..t
The smaller the hog, the better the meat. Sows are generally good to eat, but we avoid earing large boars. The boar meet is too tough and can have a funny taste. We drag the boars off for the buzzards or leave them where they drop. A family friend owns a fox and coyote pen, and they won't go near a large hog carcass.
texrider wrote:The bigger the boar, the more aroma they have in my experiences. I've read about cutting off the ears or the nuts as soon as possible, but to me it seemed like just the whole thing smelled. Also read where some let it sit on ice for a couple of days or so to let the melt kind of wash the meat. Could probably put it in a brine or something similar if a big boar was all you could get to help with flavor. Never tried a boar, so not much help, but the sows don't have near the smell.
Texas Sheepdawg wrote:The big Russian piggies may not be as tasty, but that feral 500# Durock boar that my buddy killed several years ago was yummy. Dang critter looked like a rusted out VW Bug abandoned in a field when he first saw it. He shot it in the ear with a 22LR rifle. I don't know that I would have had the castanets to try that.
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