From what I've read on the subject, domestic hogs go feral more quickly than any domestic animal. The folks that study such things wrote it only takes 2 generations for a "full wild hog conversion" to happen.
A wild boar with full tusk is a force to contend with, head on. On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 9:09 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > OR 100% boar... > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 11:08 PM, Andrew Strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Blended with other meats of 100% boar? > > > > On Sat, Jan 6, 2018 at 10:57 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, 5 Jan 2018 21:18:57 -0600 > >> "M. Mitchell Marmel via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dan Penoff wrote: > >> > > We have a local trapper that comes in with his dogs and traps them > for > >> > > free. He’s given me lots of pork in return. Yum. > >> > > He has a couple of dogs that he uses to trap the boars, it’s really > >> pretty > >> > > cool. One is a hound (bay) that finds them, the other a (catch) > >> mastiff > >> > > sort of dog (I don’t know what he breed is) that catches the boars > by > >> the > >> > > throat and holds them until he can get there, snare them and put > them > >> in a > >> > > cage. Both of the dogs wear these big heavy leather collars with > >> spikes on > >> > > them. > >> > >> > I'm minded of that old joke. "If I fall out of the tree, shoot the > damn > >> > dog!" > >> > -MMM- > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> Around here in West Central Florida a wild hog can rip a dog or a person > >> to pieces with its sharp tusks. The trained "boar dogs" will grab a hog > by > >> it's ears so it can't gore them with its tusks, and another will grab > its > >> throat or hold it while the hunter shoots it. > >> Wild hogs are not like domestic pigs. They are built more like dogs and > >> can run like dogs; very dangerous. Your only escape from a wild hog > that's > >> chasing you is to go up a tree or the bed of a pickup truck if you're > not > >> armed. > >> Since boar meat around here can taste "gamey", most of it is ground into > >> sausage. It's some of the best sausage I've ever eaten. > >> Gerry > >> > >> > > >> > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > > >> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> arche...@embarqmail.com <arche...@embarqmail.com> > >> > >> --- > >> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > >> http://www.avg.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
