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Funny you should ask that. Most land owners have tried to let people come in to trap and hunt but the hunters are usually just about as destructive to the property as the hogs are. They leave gates open, let cows out. Throw trash on the ground. Most will shoot deer without permission. It is just a headace to babysit the hunters.
We would have people ask for the meat, so we would shoot them and field dress them and call the people to come get them and most of them didn't want to have to skin them. DH would offer to teach them how but they would decline. He would clean them for single women. Then we had one single mom get mad because we just gave her the hog in garbage bags in a cooler instead of cut and wrapped. Sorry, if I go to that expense and trouble I am putting it in my freezer.
Depending what we were going to use the meat for was what determined the size hog we would shoot. For BBQ we tried to get one about 75 to 100lbs. Dressed out to about 50 or so lbs. We generally only grilled hams, backstrap, tenderloins and ribs. We would save the front shoulders for sausage. Now for a hog for sausage we tried to get a 400+lb sow. that was about 275lbs of boned meat. We mixed with deer and fat and seasonings from meat market. Grind, grind and grind some more. Then either put in casings or use for patties. We would also sometimes leave it unseasoned and just use the ground pork. I would put it in freezer bags and then wrap in freezer paper. We had 3 freezers.
Those were great, blessed days!
see I would love to learn how to field dress and properly cut them up. darn wish I live closer to you.
Funny you should ask that. Most land owners have tried to let people come in to trap and hunt but the hunters are usually just about as destructive to the property as the hogs are. They leave gates open, let cows out. Throw trash on the ground. Most will shoot deer without permission. It is just a headace to babysit the hunters.
We would have people ask for the meat, so we would shoot them and field dress them and call the people to come get them and most of them didn't want to have to skin them. DH would offer to teach them how but they would decline. He would clean them for single women. Then we had one single mom get mad because we just gave her the hog in garbage bags in a cooler instead of cut and wrapped. Sorry, if I go to that expense and trouble I am putting it in my freezer.
Depending what we were going to use the meat for was what determined the size hog we would shoot. For BBQ we tried to get one about 75 to 100lbs. Dressed out to about 50 or so lbs. We generally only grilled hams, backstrap, tenderloins and ribs. We would save the front shoulders for sausage. Now for a hog for sausage we tried to get a 400+lb sow. that was about 275lbs of boned meat. We mixed with deer and fat and seasonings from meat market. Grind, grind and grind some more. Then either put in casings or use for patties. We would also sometimes leave it unseasoned and just use the ground pork. I would put it in freezer bags and then wrap in freezer paper. We had 3 freezers.
see I would love to learn how to field dress and properly cut them up. darn wish I live closer to you.
