Not very familiar with the Buncombe Creek area. Checking it on Google Maps it looks like the public use area where the creek comes into the lake would be a good place to start. Espicially around those backwater pools away from the creek. Looks to be pretty dense area from the satellite image. Just remember if its Corps land, you're going to be restricted to shotgun with pellets or archery equipment on Texoma.
Not very familiar with the Buncombe Creek area. Checking it on Google Maps it looks like the public use area where the creek comes into the lake would be a good place to start. Espicially around those backwater pools away from the creek. Looks to be pretty dense area from the satellite image. Just remember if its Corps land, you're going to be restricted to shotgun with pellets or archery equipment on Texoma.
I caught both shows. I did not really realize the hogs were spreading that quickly.
Cutting the throat of a dead animal does not remove very much blood at all. It used to be an article of faith that you had to cut the throat of a newly killed deer, but check out the current info on that. Once the heart stops, nothing will move the blood, hence very little benefit.
The other things you are doing are quite effective.
Back to the "Pig Bomb." I watched it. Everybody seems to want to believe that persons unknown have inserted Russian Boar stock into the feral pig population. I think what's happening is that natural selection is resulting in wild pigs better suited for survival, hence bigger, longer snout, bigger tusks, etc.
When a pig gets loose from captivity the tail will straighten out within less than two months, and the hair gets longer and more coarse. This isn't natural selection, just adaptation to a new environment.
The show crammed 30 minutes of information into an hour, which is typical of this sort of documentary. Notice how much repetition of video footage there was?
Still, people need to know about the new dangerous game in the US. CB
Personally, I don't think you can judge a boar on size for the quality or taste of the meat. I have trapped some 200+ lb boars that were fine fare, and had some less than 100 lbs that stank to high heaven. Being that pigs breed year round, they don't really have a rut, so I don't know exactly what causes that aroma that is most unpleasant. Some have it, some don't. If it doesn't stink, I'll yank the straps and hams, regardless of size. If it does stink, it goes to the buzzards. Don't toss one just because it is big, use your nose as the judge, it won't be hard to tell a good one from a bad one.
I never cut the throat of any hogs I kill for the very reason you stated. I do bleed the meat out on ice for about 5 days before I pack for freezing.
I definitely believe theres natural selection and evolution going on in the hog populations around the country. However it wouldn't surprise me that people would be releasing European or russian boars into the wild or them escaping from a game ranch. A look into the classifieds in Boar Hunter Magazine and you can readily see any number of game ranches offering hunts for these exotic boar. Also, there's a great article in the July/August 2010 issue of Boar Hunter Magazine on the history of hogs in the U.S.
You should be the expert on that one.
Not sure what you mean by the straight tail, i've had some pigs born with straight tails from show stock...
They will turn wild on you in a hurry though, that's for sure. I used to let some sows free range in 80 acres and they turn burly in no time
They will turn wild on you in a hurry though, that's for sure. I used to let some sows free range in 80 acres and they turn burly in no time
I watched Pig Bomb. Then a show came on another chanel called Hog Wild. It was way over dramatized so I turned it off.
I got a whole bunch of wild hog from my daughter's boyfriend one time. It looked fantastic. It tasted like crap. Not skanky, gamey or bad. Just nasty. It tasted like it was soaked in musty water and no amount of seasoning would get rid of it.
