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[PioneerValleyOG]

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Nice buck, what state?

 

[Jay_boodie212]

Nice buck, what state?

Thank you!! NY

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

Heart is not my favorite but I'll eat it.
Liver, bacon, shrooms & onions on the other hand is a straight up delicacy.

I'm a big fan of the high neck shot as no recoverable meat is lost.

Miss that windpipe and yer bumming. However, the high neck not only saves some meat, usually drops them in their tracks and requires no bloodtrail recovery .

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

Thank you!! NY

Wow, real beauty. Here's one I been tracking this year.

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

fun for the whole family

Depends. The one you shoot best. Massachusetts has a shotgun only rule, during gun season. Growing up here, was either bow, shotgun, or blackpowder. Which means you generally have to get yourself within 30-50 yds of a whitetail, no easy feat at first.
Now scoped shotguns and sabot rounds extend that range to about 100 yards. And newer inline muzzleloaders can reach out even further, 150 yds+
For rifles, you'd have to ask a rifle hunter. Different strokes for different folks, I'm told.

 

[wascaptain]

got this nice sow late yesterday afternoon.

she didnt stink, even when i field dressed her.

pig was living large off my corn.

 

[GreatwhiteNorth]

got this nice sow late yesterday afternoon.

she didnt stink, even when i field dressed her.

pig was living large off my corn.

Very nice. Congrats

 

[cannabineer]

A direct hit to the heart with a .50 cal hollow point. Heart is the dark red piece blown in two. I'd of cleaned it up, but it's Coyote or bear food now. If Ida thunk it, I'd have left a camera on the gut pile. A clean shot is a clean kill, this little buck went lights out in a blink.

When you say fifty, do you mean blackpowder or BMG?

 

[raratt]

When you say fifty, do you mean blackpowder or BMG?

Cleaning up deer burger with a shovel?

 

[cannabineer]

Cleaning up deer burger with a shovel?

But is it an evil shovel?

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

got this nice sow late yesterday afternoon.

she didnt stink, even when i field dressed her.

pig was living large off my corn.

Are these pigs edible? I've heard in some areas it's no. And are the females better?

 

[PioneerValleyOG]

When you say fifty, do you mean blackpowder or BMG?

Blackpowder

 

[BarnBuster]

Are these pigs edible? I've heard in some areas it's no. And are the females better?

That's what I was going to ask, course fattened up on corn and acorns and young, I would think they'd be pretty tasty. Do you have to worry about any diseases on them? @wascaptain

 

[420God]

After raising pigs I can say the boars are inedible. The meat can be tainted with hormones that taste like piss/scent.

 

[cannabineer]

Blackpowder

Thanks

 

[cannabineer]

After raising pigs I can say the boars are inedible. The meat can be tainted with hormones that taste like piss/scent.

I always thought they were simply boaring.

 

[Herb & Suds]

 

[cannabineer]

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nice rack!

 

[ChingOwn]

Are these pigs edible? I've heard in some areas it's no. And are the females better?

Gotta cook the shit out of it, we often do not eat them here in NM. Farmers/Ranchers will pay you to go murder them if they are on their land.Game and fish considers them a varmint like a coyote and pigeon you don't even have to clean up the carcass.

 

[wascaptain]

yo barns, and PV

what ive found, the larger males have a strong smell , the meat stinks when cooking and has a strong taste.

as ching says....you got to cook the shit out out of um.

what i do is put the fresh carcass meat in a ice chest, cover with ice and let ice melt, drain and repeat for a few days.


this sow i shot here, was the smallest of 3 that came in on my feeder.

done ate on her and she is fine.