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Offline BaldEagl

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #15 on: December 08, 2015, 11:05:22 PM »
T had no idea wild pigs existed.  I thought they were all farmed for consumption these days.
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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #16 on: December 09, 2015, 11:11:22 AM »
It's still on. They changed the name to "Keeping up with the Kadashians."

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #17 on: December 09, 2015, 11:15:53 AM »
T had no idea wild pigs existed.  I thought they were all farmed for consumption these days.

Most of the pigs that are causing the problem are former domesticated hogs. It takes a remarkably short time before they go totally feral and resemble the wild stock they came from. On the other side of the spectrum are the folks who have imported some wild boar from Europe and Russia where they are still managed as a wild species. In any case it's almost impossible to keep ALL of the hogs in check on a farm, Some manage to escape and since they breed like rabbits they will over populate an area in short order. I have heard that in order to maintain the herd of wild hogs at a stable number you have to cull 80% every year. That's a lot of bacon.
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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #18 on: December 09, 2015, 11:26:13 AM »
Would you consider allowing me and my buddy to come down and do a legal pig hunt on your property? I feel like I am under utilizing my AR15 on coyotes. ;) we both have lockable gun cases that are TSA compliant.

PM me if you'd consider the proposittion. I'm thinking we could pack the meat on ice and ship it back with the airlines.

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #19 on: December 10, 2015, 09:29:16 PM »
T had no idea wild pigs existed.  I thought they were all farmed for consumption these days.

Heaps around our country. The meat tastes way different, very gamey, I'm not partial to it myself - to rich and gamey for me.

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #20 on: December 10, 2015, 09:54:14 PM »
Heaps around our country. The meat tastes way different, very gamey, I'm not partial to it myself - to rich and gamey for me.

Yeah, we typically only butcher up sows if we get them during the winter. Males are gamey and pigs in general are just all nasty during the summer - lots of ticks, fleas and and other junk! Killed 7 sitting on the deer stands over Thanksgiving week alone.

Today at our ranch, we had a security trail camera get stolen by a group of thieves who keep busting in. Got a gate they'll just cut the lock and slip in with a car. They come particularly to steal Native American artifacts from an old camp mound (to sell for drug money, I figure). Unfortunately, it is in a bad signal hole (AT&T) for cell phone cameras and they are always blurred/obscurred when I have the camera hidden well. Very sporadic in their movements - usually in there at night digging with shovels and flashlights. Been after them for a couple of years now, been a real pain because we have to literally catch them in the act to really nab them. About to the point of digging an anti-tank ditch to trap their car!  :bhead
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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #21 on: December 10, 2015, 10:01:49 PM »
Porcine are not native to America. I remember watching a show on the early colonization of America. The Europeans brought the pigs over and let them loose, the indigenous Indians crops were destroyed. When they complained to the Euros, well you can imagine.................

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2015, 01:26:44 PM »
The smaller pigs are the best for eating. The bigger they get the nastier they get in my opinion. If you can get one about the size of a small dog they are the best.


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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #23 on: December 11, 2015, 01:40:08 PM »
Ours are a little less gamey for some reason.  We usually take 2 <300 lb'ers a year and mix them in with the venison breakfast sausage.  It's not bacon, but it's still pretty good.   :)

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #24 on: December 11, 2015, 06:29:19 PM »
We used to mix pork and deer breakfast sausage when I was little. It is really good. Ive also heard of people mixing wild pork with beef for hamburgers. Never tried it myself though.


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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #25 on: December 11, 2015, 09:21:16 PM »
Pork fat is good for venison sausages as venison is too lean. It's not very common for beef which already has enough fat.

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #26 on: December 12, 2015, 10:53:01 AM »
I only cook the ones that i can pick up with one hand. The other 450-80lbs i will just take the hams and give them away to my workers and friends. The larger ones i will not touch unless i want to take their heads. I have a friend that does skull mounts and he will end up selling them to local shops.

Today at the ranch i shot three of these guys. I see more snakes during the warm days of winter than any other time of the year.

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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #27 on: December 12, 2015, 05:32:06 PM »
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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2015, 06:43:36 PM »
Man what a headache....we don't have an issue with them up here in PA.  What kind of destruction do they do to your ranch/property? I here it can be pretty severe in some cases



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     It wont be long before you have them too!!!

  They have just crossed into Ontario,the MNR has said with last winters almost total freeze of the great lakes that it allowed the pigs to cross from Michigan into Ontario.

  They have been spotted in SW Ont. and have spread as far as just north of Toronto.

  We have far too many deer and now we will have too many pigs,more than none is too many IMHO.As of yet there are no seasons to hunt them and they most likely wont be culled before it's too late to really eliminate them.


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Re: Today at the ranch
« Reply #29 on: December 13, 2015, 09:22:00 AM »
Its open season on pigs around here all year round.  Some large ranches even offer bounties on pigs. 

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