'That's a lot of sausage': Monster boar makes big impression on Sask. social media

It seems that the largest one that are running around Sask. are from original farmed stock escapees or "turned" loose pigs. The recent generations don't seem to be getting as large as the farmed ones. I would say that on average, the "large" ones are in the 250-300 lb range. Its unfortunate that with all the unharvested crop left out, the pigs are going to have an easier winter this year.

That's a good boar in the picture, and yes , I have taken a 2 or 3 in the over 400lb class. Having to guess, I would say of the 300+ I've culled, the average weight would be 100-200lb range.

There is only one rule when boar hunting... Don't stop shooting till the entire sounder is on the ground.
 
As long as they are not diseased or have been run for a couple of miles before they are shot (like in Australia) they must make for fine table fare.

Maybe a glass of Beaujolais with it?
 
aylandacres said:
It seems that the largest one that are running around Sask. are from original farmed stock escapees or "turned" loose pigs. The recent generations don't seem to be getting as large as the farmed ones. I would say that on average, the "large" ones are in the 250-300 lb range. Its unfortunate that with all the unharvested crop left out, the pigs are going to have an easier winter this year.

That's a good boar in the picture, and yes , I have taken a 2 or 3 in the over 400lb class. Having to guess, I would say of the 300+ I've culled, the average weight would be 100-200lb range.

There is only one rule when boar hunting... Don't stop shooting till the entire sounder is on the ground.
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Hello aylandacres,

You seem to have quite a bit of experience with boar hunting.
Can you tell us more about quality of the meat from harvested animals, or have you disposed of them otherwise?


Regards,
Dan
 
When I rule the world...

I'm gonna cross breed a Pig with a Gecko. That way, each morning I can go out and shave a pound or two of bacon off of Ol' Charlotte, then her Gecko genes will make her ass grow back in time for the next morning's breakfast!

Hey all you naysayers can just keep walking. You obviously don't understand the finer points of SCIENCE like I do. Your loss!
 
kodiakjack said:
When I rule the world...

I'm gonna cross breed a Pig with a Gecko. That way, each morning I can go out and shave a pound or two of bacon off of Ol' Charlotte, then her Gecko genes will make her ass grow back in time for the next morning's breakfast!

Hey all you naysayers can just keep walking. You obviously don't understand the finer points of SCIENCE like I do. Your loss!
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Don't believe kodiakjack, believe SCIENCE!!!

Hahahaha
 
577/450 said:
once had meat from wild pig was ok but it was a sow. I grew up on a farm and we raised hogs. There was a reason that we never slaughtered boars, the meat smells like hog piss. the old breeder boars were sent to the plants and I think they were used for pet food. Same type of smell as in rut moose or deer.
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I've never noticed that moose or whitetail meat had an odour associated with breeding. Caribou, that's a different story....
 
The boar meat flavoring is very dependent on what it eats. Garbage in = garbage out. That said grain fed boars are pretty good. It seems the ones that are deep in the bush lands are terrible. I've taken some for a rancher that were feeding in his silage pit and feed barley; very good eating.

In the harsh winters of a few years ago,deep snow and little food, forced them to eat whatever the could, made the meat less than palatable. That year they were cleaning up starved deer carcasses and they even came back and ate their own that had been shot. I've shot some that were left for the scavengers and they just rotted away to nothing in the spring. Not even ravens would eat them.

Its kind of a crap shoot as to what the meat will be like. lol
 
I have shot and eaten more than a few in NE France . Never had one that didn't taste good if it was handled right in the field. The older/bigger sows and boars make good dry sausage, younger (typically less than 50kg ) make good roast or whatever. Have cooked racks and eaten like a king. The meat from boar is generally very tasty - not domestic pork.
 
Wild boar meat is highly prized in Germany, but they do tend to concentrate on the younger tastier animals. Big ###ually active old boars are "iffy" because some have "boar taint", a scatole that gives the meat a rank taste. The boar taint is not predictable, some old animals have boar taint some don't.
 
577/450 said:
once had meat from wild pig was ok but it was a sow. I grew up on a farm and we raised hogs. There was a reason that we never slaughtered boars, the meat smells like hog piss. the old breeder boars were sent to the plants and I think they were used for pet food. Same type of smell as in rut moose or deer.
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Is that why dog food tastes so damned bad?
 
I have a high res copy of that photo. It was shot about 20 miles from my farm. If you zoom in to the beasts right ear, you can see the stainless crimp on style ear tag that the wild boar farmers used on their captive stock. That indeed was an old escaped hog.
 
Slapshot said:
I have a high res copy of that photo. It was shot about 20 miles from my farm. If you zoom in to the beasts right ear, you can see the stainless crimp on style ear tag that the wild boar farmers used on their captive stock. That indeed was an old escaped hog.
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That has sired roughly 8000 piglets since his escape!!!!

Are those tags traceable??
 
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