Honey Creek Hog

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:51 pm

86er and I went out for some hunting Sunday afternoon, Joe was Bow hunting for deer and I was trying to clear out some hogs that have been raiding the feeders. At just a little after 7:00pm this guy came out from behind some brush near a pop-up blind that I was holed up in. He was about 40 or 50 yards out when I popped him with my BLR in 358 Win. He went down hard with a hard quartering to me hit in the shoulder. As I approached he was still moving around on the ground so I put another round in him to finish him. He was a pretty fair sized boar and stunk to high heaven. My shooting didn't help Joe's chances at a deer but we did thin out the hog herd some.

deerwhacker444 · Post by **deerwhacker444** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:53 pm

Nice hog.! When those boars are smelly like that, are they fit to eat? I've been told that the meat from a smelly boar is extremely gamey and tough to choke down. Have you found that to be the case?

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:01 pm

I usually won't mess with the larger boars because of the smell. I have found that most of the time if I can smell the rank smell of a boar then I can taste it in the meat, and I don't have a very good sense of smell. I would much rather have a small 60 to 80 lbs hog to eat.

Nate C. · Post by **Nate C.** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:24 pm

What county did you drop that rooter in? I think the whole state is covered up in them.

I agree with you that anything over 60-80 lbs. is pushing it for meat quality, unless you like your sausage full of sage to mask the gaminess. My brother always says the 'football sized ones' are the best eating--just throw them on the grill.

kimwcook · Post by **kimwcook** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 5:29 pm

Cool. Don't know anything about wild hogs and barely know anything about domestic ones. But, I would think a smelly hog would taste bad or it could be like RKrodle said and if it smelled bad when I dropped it I'll probably taste it.

crs · Post by **crs** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:11 pm

Nice hog and nice rifle.

Dirty Dan · Post by **Dirty Dan** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:21 pm

Size does not correspond to smell or gaminess.
I have had delicious meat off a 300 lb boar that did not smell.

Warhawk · Post by **Warhawk** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 6:51 pm

We've taken boars up to 200# at the Langley Ranch, and eaten every one of them. Mr Joe (Langley) removes the cojones *IMMEDIATELY*, as in before the hog is admired, or even 100% dead in some cases. Apparently this and prompt field dressing are the key to good pork.

Post by **Ysabel Kid** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:08 pm

Good for you Ricky!!!

RKrodle · Post by **RKrodle** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:22 pm

Nate C. wrote:What county did you drop that rooter in? I think the whole state is covered up in them.

I agree with you that anything over 60-80 lbs. is pushing it for meat quality, unless you like your sausage full of sage to mask the gaminess. My brother always says the 'football sized ones' are the best eating--just throw them on the grill.

Hunt County.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:26 pm

Warhawk wrote:We've taken boars up to 200# at the Langley Ranch, and eaten every one of them. Mr Joe (Langley) removes the cojones *IMMEDIATELY*, as in before the hog is admired, or even 100% dead in some cases. Apparently this and prompt field dressing are the key to good pork.

Bingo.

Joe corn feeds his hogs too. That don't hurt.

Warhawk · Post by **Warhawk** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:31 pm

FWiedner wrote:
Warhawk wrote:We've taken boars up to 200# at the Langley Ranch, and eaten every one of them. Mr Joe (Langley) removes the cojones *IMMEDIATELY*, as in before the hog is admired, or even 100% dead in some cases. Apparently this and prompt field dressing are the key to good pork.

Bingo.

Joe corn feeds his hogs too. That don't hurt.

The 200# boar wasn't there long enough to eat very much corn <G>.

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:34 pm

Congrats Ricky!

I sent this post on to my Dad. He and my Grandparents were from Knox/Hunt Co. area, and we have been talking about going back to visit family and perhaps try to kill a hog or two. This just might get him excited enough to hook up his trailer and meet me out there!

Edit:

got my "H" counties mixed up. My Grandfather was only born in Hunt Co. area.....we want to go to Knox/Haskell Co's to visit and shoot hogs, if they are there.

86er · Post by **86er** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:48 pm

Great hog! I had 3 deer tonight, two 8 pointers and a doe. No kill though.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:46 pm

Warhawk wrote:
FWiedner wrote:
Warhawk wrote:We've taken boars up to 200# at the Langley Ranch, and eaten every one of them. Mr Joe (Langley) removes the cojones *IMMEDIATELY*, as in before the hog is admired, or even 100% dead in some cases. Apparently this and prompt field dressing are the key to good pork.

Bingo.

Joe corn feeds his hogs too. That don't hurt.

The 200# boar wasn't there long enough to eat very much corn <G>.

Joe keeps them in the pen for 2 weeks after he castrates them. At least that's what he told me.

He uses corn for bait in his traps.

Was your boar on a diet or somethin' ?

Warhawk · Post by **Warhawk** » Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:55 pm

Long story, My son was home on leave from the AF Academy. As you may know, Joe's son was in the USAF and happened to be there at the time. Well Joe and my son hit it off and when somebody came by with a big boar in a trailer, Joe turned it loose and told Cody, "there's your hog".

He "castrated" that one before we took pics, and it was as good eating as any of them we've taken down there.

My other son shot a smaller boar the next year, and he still had all his equipment, and was good eating.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:11 am

That's a good lookin' hog!

C. Cash · Post by **C. Cash** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 3:46 pm

FWiedner wrote:That's a good lookin' hog!

+1!

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