If I walk up towards a boar that I've downed and I can smell him 15 paces away, no I don't bother with the meat. However boars 200 lbs and under don't seem to be too much of a problem. I'd rather take a good sow. I shot/snared 21 hogs in April and May. Sometimes I just take the hinds and backstaps and don't bother opening them up. Especially when its way hot out.
Snared this guy last time at my lease. Took the head for the tushes and the backstraps/loins and the hinds. Ate just fine.
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Got this guy in April. No problem with the meat!
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Took this sow in may. She was prime.
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I prefer sows and boars under say 120 lbs for table fare, but the Abuelas at my trailer parks make some mighty tasty tamales out of boars or sows.
ya!
GWB
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