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Old July 15, 2011, 04:19 AM   #1
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Wild boar

Gunners,

Not really about hunting boar, rather a taste comparison.

Does wild boar taste different than domestic pig? I seem to remember that when I had it about 20 years ago, it was all red meat, but I could be mistaken.

Is it?

How about wild boar compared to feral hog?

Help needed here.

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Old July 15, 2011, 06:26 AM   #2
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Define wild boar and feral hog !
A boar is the male, a sow is the female. In the USA most are mixes of Northern European and domestic.
Some old boars are not worth eating .A sow especially young is the best . Immediate care of the animal ,like any other game , is very important.Diet also effects flavor. Meat is white [the other white meat !] not red.
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Old July 15, 2011, 07:37 AM   #3
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Make it into sausage and nobody knows the difference.
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Old July 15, 2011, 07:52 AM   #4
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The white/red meat difference is in the feeding.
Supermarket pork is nothing like free range pork.
I don't know what we are eating with the white stuff. It just doesn't have the flavor of real pork.
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Old July 15, 2011, 11:53 AM   #5
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Does wild boar taste different than domestic pig?
Absolutely. Just like free-range cattle taste different than feedlot cattle. Just like farmed salmon tastes different than wild salmon. Just like chicken tastes different than pheasant. Just like . . . anyway, you get the idea. It has to do with diet, amount of exercise, and age/sex.
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Old July 15, 2011, 12:30 PM   #6
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Feral swine meat is far more flavorful (in a dang good way) than high production farm raised swine.

After a loin or chops, heck... even the ham, meal... you WILL find pork from the store to be BLAND AND LACKING!!!

Of this, I am positive!

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Old July 15, 2011, 12:40 PM   #7
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You will know its wild once you get a good whiff of it
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Old July 15, 2011, 12:48 PM   #8
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Only if it is a "rank" boar or rotting... Otherwise that is not at all true...

I will bet dollars against hog turds that you cannot tell my feral pork from walmart pork blindfolded... And I have done this with many people including myself.

I have also fed cuts from all four corners of a 250# BOAR to people that swore ANY feral swine is "gamey" and/or "gross"... NARY A ONE COMPLAINED and usually I get... "That was the best dern pork I ever tasted in my life... what did you *flavor* it with..."

UMMM... Salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder mixed in some lemon juice and mopped on is all...

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Old July 15, 2011, 12:52 PM   #9
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While not of the experience of hogdogs, fresh, raw feral pork smells like other pork to me as well. What I smell most during butchering, once the hide is removed, is the blood...and it smells like....blood.
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Old July 15, 2011, 01:34 PM   #10
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Pork taste is somewhat dependent on what hogs eat, especially wild/feral ones. The wild/feral ones around here are pretty much corn, pecan, acorn and a bit of sugar cane eaters, so even the larger boars are edible. Of course the smaller sows are choice. The big ones, which can be a bit tougher, we generally turn into sausage.

If you happen to live in an area that has what we call “piney woods rooters”, those that dine on cypress knees and pine trees, you may have a different quality of pork, hence a different taste.
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Old July 15, 2011, 01:49 PM   #11
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I opt for pigs around 80#'s or less. Easy to clean and cook. I smoked a ham a couple weeks ago - very tasty.
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Old July 15, 2011, 01:57 PM   #12
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Im not much of a wild meat eater. Sorry kind of off the topic but I had some very good whitetail shish ka bobs with jalepeno and bell pepper. I can tell the smell is distinct,I had deer sausage that tasted good one time because it was half domestic pork and half deer.I had deer which consisted mostly of deer and I didnt care for the smell but taste was right good a little but not my best choice of what kinds of meat I will eat. Now back to hogs,I dont think Id eat one unless it was a very young sow under 100 lbs. I wouldnt eat a boar at all.
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Old July 15, 2011, 01:59 PM   #13
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With deer meat, folks often leave the fat as they would with pork or beef...
I learned a while back that deer fat is FOUL!!!

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Old July 15, 2011, 02:04 PM   #14
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I wouldnt eat a boar at all.
And that is exactly what folks would tell me right before their tongue commences giving them black eyes...

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Old July 15, 2011, 02:23 PM   #15
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Down here, the diet varies significantly depending on the time of year. During the fall on a good acorn year, they will feed heavily on acorns. Other times of the year, our hogs are heavy rooters. We aren't fortunate to have the grain fields that other parts of the country have so our hogs don't get corn fed (other than what they get from the deer feeders ).

One thing they do get here though is citrus. I've seen the fat on a hog's back look yellow colored because of the citrus fruit they've been eating.
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Old July 15, 2011, 04:02 PM   #16
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Make it into sausage and nobody knows the difference.
I call BS... Wild makes MUCH MUCH MUCH better sausage, I have not yet had the pleasure of wild chops or anything, but I drool imagining it.
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Old July 15, 2011, 04:16 PM   #17
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I swear on everything I love... After well cared for feral pork, I just go thru the motions of bite and chew with store bought pork.

Nothing I would consider desirable after my first plate of feral pork...

Lucky for me, I get my fix from a local store that buys pork from smaller slaughter houses who buy local raised pigs from small time farmers... Kinda between high production pork and feral...

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Old July 15, 2011, 04:40 PM   #18
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I have to agree with Hogdogs. Feral pork is much better than most store bought pork. It's on par with some of the most expensive specialty pork that can be bought. Don't waste the meat.
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Old July 15, 2011, 04:48 PM   #19
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Taste depends on what they eat. Ive killed hogs living on hard and soft mast that were pretty good. Ive killed some in the brackish marshes feeding on invertebrates and fiddler crabs that were inedible. If Im shooting one for the freezer I'd rather have a gilt thats been feeding on crops.
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Old July 15, 2011, 05:18 PM   #20
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If Im shooting one for the freezer I'd rather have a gilt thats been feeding on crops.
Wouldn't we all... Wouldn't we all...
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Old July 15, 2011, 05:23 PM   #21
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I would leave them ol' pigs to rot where they fall...
Lord knows no one would that crap...

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Old July 15, 2011, 05:25 PM   #22
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The simple answer.

If domestic butchershop pig is 100% ham flavor. I would say that wild boar is 150% ham flavored.
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Old July 15, 2011, 05:32 PM   #23
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Feral pig is much leaner than Walmart pig. Don't over cook it, but don't under cook it either.

I've always wanted to cure a hind. Brent, you ever make cured ham?
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Old July 15, 2011, 05:43 PM   #24
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As a side note to all this most store bought pork, especially ham, is “Flavor Enhanced”. Which means that it’s injected with some kind of liquid. Most of the time this liquid is just water, so you’re paying 3 to 5 dollars a pound for water.
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Old July 15, 2011, 05:47 PM   #25
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Never tried to cure a meat of any sort.
Never tried to pre smoke anything either.


I did buy a TRUE dry cured country style ham and found out it was GAMEY... BAD GAMEY Compared to any feral hog I ever ate.

Basically I missed the part where you boil it for many hours in a big pot then bake it in the pot in the oven for more hours then throw away the ham and eat the pan...

I portioned it all out, vacced it and froze it up... For black eye peas and lima/butter beans... This stuff is STUPID GOOD!!!
Look up the requirements by the FDA to label it as a "dry cured", "country" or "smithfield" ham... Dry cured at like 80* with considerable humidity for some gawd-awful long time... Says dry rotted meat to me but what do I know? I only learned this after I got it home and was researching recipes...

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