-
- Species
- Whitetails
- Rut Reporters
- Deer Camp
- Big Game
- Small Game
- Birds
- Special Methods
- Bow Hunting
- Conservation
- Heroes of Conservation
- Hero for a Day
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
- Land for Sale
-
- Species
- Bass
- Trout
- More Freshwater
- Saltwater
- Catchbook
- Special Methods
- Fly Fishing
- Hook Shots
- Conservation
- Heroes of Conservation
- Hero for a Day
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
- Land for Sale
-
- Health & Fitness
- F&S Adventurer
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
-
- Rifles
- Shotguns
- 2nd Amendment
- SHOT Show
- Outdoor Skills
- Total Outdoorsman Challenge
AnswersASK YOUR QUESTION
Print
Email
Share
Answers
Browse By
Top Users
Q:
I have been thinkin of going down South Hog hunting. Since I do not kill anything I don't eat I would like an honest answer on what a feral pig would taste like maybe pork and what? I am no stranger to wild game.
Question by Carl Huber. Uploaded on October 26, 2010
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Today on Field & Stream
Loading...
Visit Our Sister Sites at Bonnier Corporation
| Enthusiast | Kiteboarding | QUAD | SKI | Skiing | Scuba Diving | Sport Diver | TransWorld Ride BMX | TransWorld Business | TransWorld Motocross | TransWorld SKATEboarding, | TransWorld SNOWboarding | TransWorld SURF | WakeBoarding | WaterSki | Warren Miller Entertainment | WindSurfing |
|---|---|
| Travel | Caribbean Travel & Life | Destination Weddings & Honeymoon | Islands | Meeting Traveler | Resorts & Great Hotels |
| Lifestyle & Shelter | Florida Travel & Life | Garden Design | Home Ft. Lauderdale | Home Miami |
| Luxury | SNOW | Spa |
| Marine | Boating Life | Cruising World | Fly Fishing in Salt Waters | Power Cruising | Marlin | Motor Boating | Sailing World | Salt Water Sportsman | Sport Fishing | Yachting | NewBoats.com | UsedBoats.com | YachtBroker.com |
| Outdoor | Field & Stream | Outdoor Life | SHOT Business |
| Parenting | Babytalk | Parenting |
| Science | Popular Science | Science Illustrated |
| Saveur | Saveur |
| Working Mother Media | Working Mother |
| Entertainment / Events | World Entertainment Services | World Sports & Marketing |
Fieldandstream.com is part of the Field & Stream Network, a division of Bonnier Corporation.
Copyright © 2012 Bonnier Corp. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
Answers (21)
I took a nice Florida hog a few years ago that made the best sausage I've ever eaten. The local butcher who processed it charged extra for "special seasoning," and it was well worth it, whatever he put into it. Highly addictive stuff.
Feral pig taste almost identical to domestic and you won't notice a difference unless you have them side by side. I find the domestic pork tastes just a little sweeter. Perhaps this is because of the heavy acorn diet of the feral ones I shoot. Also, there is less fat on the wild ones.
I love wild hog!!!!!! The ones we have been getting local have been eating too good and are over fat. The fact that they are free range still gives them better muscle tone. The young bores do not get a strong smell to the meat until they start breeding and the older bore hogs do not let them breed. We end up skinning most of them because we kill a lot in hot weather and the only way to get them cooded dowm quick is to skin them out fast and in coolers. Big wild bores still make good sausage. From whole smoked hog to fresh neck bones and cabbage, wild hog is hard to beat.
I had a feeling PigHunter would have an answer to this one, and I did not expect to hear him say they taste just like chicken.
:-)
The wild hogs I've killed in Texas are awesome to eat! Put some rub on there and throw 'em in the smoker for some really good pulled pork.
A friend of mine cured his own feral pig ham with sea salt. It was some of the best wild game I have ever had.
Well that settles it I want to Thank you all. I guess low & slow is the way to go with meat and sausage
You cant, buy anything in the stores as good as hog sausage, If you get the right seasoning it cant be beat.. Good Luck, And Good Hunting
Carl, I forgot to say and you probably know this already; Never undercook wild pigs. Their nasty animals and can carry all sorts of nasties in their meat.
I know this old boy up in N.Fl that makes the best darn sauasge ever he adds sage and fennel to the mix
its so darn good you want lick the fry-pan. LMAO
Wild Hog is the best eaten ever.
The one that I killed in Alabama was better than any tame pork that I had ever eaten and the one I killed was a boar. The pork chops were out of this world and the rest was likewise. Go for it.
It not only tastes like pork; it IS pork. They are great as long as they are not too big. If you get a big old bore over 300 or 400 pounds, I recommend boiling it with sawdust and eating the saw dust though.
Someone recently asked me if I had ever eaten pork stew. I said I had never even heard of it. Lamb stew, veal stew and beef stew, yes, but no pork stew. I'm wondering whether there isn't some reason why not.
Dakota,
LMFAO
I like to shoot the smaller young female ones to eat. Like Dakota said some of the big male ones are funky, and not in a good James Brown-funky dancin' kind of way.....
We host a wild game supper every December (I can't wait!) and wild hog is always on the menu. Use some of this
http://www.buttrub.com/about.html
and go low and slow with whatever cut of meat you want on the smoker, and it will make you want to slap your mama....almost.
S Ga
Carl
I'm glad you asked this question because I have a chance to hunt wild hogs and I'm gonna give it a shot. Sounds like the meat can be very god.
DakotaMan, The big bore hogs down in my area can be tough, but they make excellent smoked sausage. No one ever notices the bore smell after smoking. I smoke with pecan wood becuse it is plentiful. I also make smoked bacon, smoked hamhocks, smoked ears, and smoked snots from them. I make my headcheese, pickled pig feet, salt fatback, cracklins, and other innards from sows. The scalding and scraping of the hogs to keep the skin only happens in cold weather here and is a lot of work.
A friend of mine bought a smoker called The Big Green Egg(I know it sounds wierd) it is only the best smoker on the planet! put ANYTHING in it and it gives it the tastiest smokiest taste in the world! Pork is no eseption. It is water proof an it floats, so that when you start drooling, it doesn't break, and you can find it on the celing!
I once knew somone who said he was fond of boiled pig's head and cabbage. It seems he had acquired a taste for that during the Great Depression. I hope I never get that hungry!
A feral pig will taste as good as a domestic hog if it has access to corn and other crops. The taste of the pig will depend on what it has available to eat.
Post an Answer
You cant, buy anything in the stores as good as hog sausage, If you get the right seasoning it cant be beat.. Good Luck, And Good Hunting
I took a nice Florida hog a few years ago that made the best sausage I've ever eaten. The local butcher who processed it charged extra for "special seasoning," and it was well worth it, whatever he put into it. Highly addictive stuff.
I had a feeling PigHunter would have an answer to this one, and I did not expect to hear him say they taste just like chicken.
Carl, I forgot to say and you probably know this already; Never undercook wild pigs. Their nasty animals and can carry all sorts of nasties in their meat.
I know this old boy up in N.Fl that makes the best darn sauasge ever he adds sage and fennel to the mix
its so darn good you want lick the fry-pan. LMAO
Wild Hog is the best eaten ever.
The one that I killed in Alabama was better than any tame pork that I had ever eaten and the one I killed was a boar. The pork chops were out of this world and the rest was likewise. Go for it.
It not only tastes like pork; it IS pork. They are great as long as they are not too big. If you get a big old bore over 300 or 400 pounds, I recommend boiling it with sawdust and eating the saw dust though.
Dakota,
LMFAO
I like to shoot the smaller young female ones to eat. Like Dakota said some of the big male ones are funky, and not in a good James Brown-funky dancin' kind of way.....
We host a wild game supper every December (I can't wait!) and wild hog is always on the menu. Use some of this
http://www.buttrub.com/about.html
and go low and slow with whatever cut of meat you want on the smoker, and it will make you want to slap your mama....almost.
S Ga
DakotaMan, The big bore hogs down in my area can be tough, but they make excellent smoked sausage. No one ever notices the bore smell after smoking. I smoke with pecan wood becuse it is plentiful. I also make smoked bacon, smoked hamhocks, smoked ears, and smoked snots from them. I make my headcheese, pickled pig feet, salt fatback, cracklins, and other innards from sows. The scalding and scraping of the hogs to keep the skin only happens in cold weather here and is a lot of work.
I love wild hog!!!!!! The ones we have been getting local have been eating too good and are over fat. The fact that they are free range still gives them better muscle tone. The young bores do not get a strong smell to the meat until they start breeding and the older bore hogs do not let them breed. We end up skinning most of them because we kill a lot in hot weather and the only way to get them cooded dowm quick is to skin them out fast and in coolers. Big wild bores still make good sausage. From whole smoked hog to fresh neck bones and cabbage, wild hog is hard to beat.
The wild hogs I've killed in Texas are awesome to eat! Put some rub on there and throw 'em in the smoker for some really good pulled pork.
A friend of mine cured his own feral pig ham with sea salt. It was some of the best wild game I have ever had.
Well that settles it I want to Thank you all. I guess low & slow is the way to go with meat and sausage
Someone recently asked me if I had ever eaten pork stew. I said I had never even heard of it. Lamb stew, veal stew and beef stew, yes, but no pork stew. I'm wondering whether there isn't some reason why not.
Carl
I'm glad you asked this question because I have a chance to hunt wild hogs and I'm gonna give it a shot. Sounds like the meat can be very god.
A friend of mine bought a smoker called The Big Green Egg(I know it sounds wierd) it is only the best smoker on the planet! put ANYTHING in it and it gives it the tastiest smokiest taste in the world! Pork is no eseption. It is water proof an it floats, so that when you start drooling, it doesn't break, and you can find it on the celing!
Feral pig taste almost identical to domestic and you won't notice a difference unless you have them side by side. I find the domestic pork tastes just a little sweeter. Perhaps this is because of the heavy acorn diet of the feral ones I shoot. Also, there is less fat on the wild ones.
:-)
I once knew somone who said he was fond of boiled pig's head and cabbage. It seems he had acquired a taste for that during the Great Depression. I hope I never get that hungry!
A feral pig will taste as good as a domestic hog if it has access to corn and other crops. The taste of the pig will depend on what it has available to eat.
Post an Answer