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I've hunted and harvested a crap load of wild boar. We eat them. They are good eating if properly processed. I used to get various cuts, tenderloin etcetera. These days it's all ground or occasional fancy sausage. Taco meat, burgers, anything that uses ground meat is fine with wild boar. I've never been charged directly, but have seen a few close calls and shot one with a 1911 from concealment. It was going round and round with a tracking dog. Ignem Feram | |||
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I have never hunted them, but you can in NJ. https://www.state.nj.us/dep/fg...2019/feralhogs19.htm September 12, 2019 The NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife is reminding deer hunters that the Division has issued a Special Wildlife Management Permit to control feral hogs in Deer Management Zones 25 and 65. Feral hogs compete with wildlife for available food sources, prey upon ground-nesting birds and small mammals and may carry disease. Feral hogs may be pursued during the season dates prescribed for Deer Management Zones 25 and 65 only. Sportsmen and sportswomen will be permitted to shoot free-ranging feral hogs of either gender and any age while deer hunting during the all deer seasons, provided they have not reached the season bag limit for deer and have the appropriate permit for DMZ 25 and/or DMZ 65 during permit seasons. The bag limit for feral hogs is unlimited. Shooting is permitted only Monday through Saturday during legal deer hunting hours. Archers may pursue feral hogs on Sundays during the fall bow, permit bow and winter bow seasons, while pursuing deer on Wildlife Management Areas and private properties. Only weapons authorized for deer hunting may be used to take feral hogs. Hogs may be harvested anywhere in these zones. Written permission must be obtained from the landowner to pursue feral hogs on private property. Sportsmen who harvest a feral hog must contact the Division at 908-735-6938 to schedule an appointment to check in their hogs. Feral hogs must be checked to be legally possessed. Harvested feral hogs may be retained for personal consumption. Sportsmen are responsible for the butchering and disposal of the carcass. Deer hunters are advised that people can contract diseases from infected feral hogs. Plastic or rubber gloves should be worn while field-dressing feral hogs. Unwanted entrails should be burned, buried or disposed of to prevent access by animals. Work surfaces and utensils used to field-dress and butcher hogs should be cleaned and disinfected to prevent the spread of disease. Feral hog meat should be thoroughly cooked before it is eaten. The special permit offers sportsmen and sportswomen a unique opportunity to assist the Division of Fish and Wildlife in protecting New Jersey's natural resources and species biodiversity. Due to the diligence of the USDA Wildlife Services Section and the Division, feral hogs have been declared eradicated in New Jersey. The Division, out of an abundance of caution, continues to issue this permit in the off chance that any hogs remain. Because of the catastrophic environmental damage feral hogs can inflict on NJ's habitat, it remains imperative that all sightings and harvests continue to be reported to the NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife at 908-735-6938. Feral Hog Special Wildlife Management Permit (pdf, 270kb) Living the Dream | |||
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I never heard of them ever being in NJ, seems typical to offer a "season" designation for something that doesn't exist and I know a lot of rural landowners in the Warren, Sussex, and Hunderton county area. I never heard a word of their existence. But if there were we would have anti-hunters out there hugging them, like black bears. | |||
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When I worked in Southern Jersey there were hogs that got lose from a big farm and have been wild for around 50 years. I'm not sure which hunting zone is in that area though.This message has been edited. Last edited by: rtquig, Living the Dream | |||
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 I did not care for the taste of some cuts (hams) on both boar i have killed. The chops were excellent. "You can take your pistol and stick it so far up your ass, the muzzle of it is visible when you cough." | |||
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My uncle is a guide down in the TX/OK area. He frequently goes. He's not a member but I can pass along your questions and see what he says. Email me. Strive to live your life so when you wake up in the morning and your feet hit the floor, the devil says "Oh crap, he's up." | |||
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I'm sure the piney's enjoyed the bar b Cue, they couldn't last long down there....  | |||
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Years ago a buddy and I went to a game preserve to hunt Russian boars. I wanted to use my new to me Dan Wesson 44 magnum but the preserve did not allow handgun hunts.I used my pump shotgun in 12 gauge with 1oz slugs, my buddy used a rifle in 30/06. The guide said I could use the 44mag for any finishing shots if needed. We found a pack of Boars, I picked one out of the pack to hunt. The old guide from Arkansas smiled and told me if I wanted to use my fancy handgun I could, then heard him chuckle looking at the two Chicago City boys. The guide and my buddy drove the pack around a large field, I was told to hang back and wait, the pack would eventually follow the fence line and come right past me.I could then use my "fancy" handgun to bag my boar. As the guide said I could watch the entire pack follow the fence line and come directly toward me sitting behind a big tree. I waited till the boar was about 15 yards from me, I came out from behind the tree and fired a shot at the heart. I missed my shot and hit the Boar in the upper front leg. The boar dropped then instantly sprung to his feet and ran. I tracked him for about a 1/2mile through the snow spotting him again on the far side of a pasture about 100 yards away, he was moving at a medium speed. Tired of tracking, I decided to try and take him at this, long for a shotgun distance. I fired and was surprised to see him stumble and then get back up and run flat out, I fired again but saw no response. I tracked him for another hour finding him standing by a fence about 20 yards away. I fired 3 shots, he dropped dead. It turned out my first shot with the 44 mag only blew the skin off the upper front leg but did not break the bone. My next shot with the shotgun blew a grove the exact diameter of the shotgun slug straight across his nose.The next shotgun slug made a perfect slug hole through his ear.The boar weighed about 275# My buddy found his Boar about 50yards away. He fired his 30/06 rifle and we both watched his bullet explode to dust on the boars hide. The boar ran like hell but my buddy was able to drop him with his next shot.This Boar weighed about 200# I did not find Boars to be easy to drop. I also did not think the meat was very tasty. | |||
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Don't know about the ones here, but I ate some backstrap of a wild boar in Iran that was excellent. FWIW, Muslims don't mess with wild boars, but Zoroastrians and US military folks did, and the meal was great. flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Eating, well, lots of factors. A QUICK kill will always be better meat. I don’t mess with the Boars to eat, Now a Sow or a Bar-hog oh yes!!!!! | |||
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That's my sentiment. The pic of the 2 hogs on the deck where BAR hogs. they where great and I was very lucky to have been in the right place at right time for that to occur. I'm willing to bet that was a one off. I may not be the only one but would think less than handful of people has done that in the US and maybe the only with a bow. Not talking paid/fenced hunts P226 NSWG P220 W. German P239 SAS gen2 P6 1980 W. German P228 Nickel P365XL M400 SRP | |||
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Oh Great, now I understand all the titties on the pics of the trophy pics. I don’t mess with the Boars to eat, Now a Sow or a Bar-hog oh yes!!! What's the difference? I hope they are experiencing Gender identity issues too!  | |||
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A Bar hog is a lived trapped male pig that has had it's balls chopped off and set free into the wild. They fatten up real good and meat is closer to farm raised P226 NSWG P220 W. German P239 SAS gen2 P6 1980 W. German P228 Nickel P365XL M400 SRP | |||
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P226 NSWG P220 W. German P239 SAS gen2 P6 1980 W. German P228 Nickel P365XL M400 SRP | |||
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P226 NSWG P220 W. German P239 SAS gen2 P6 1980 W. German P228 Nickel P365XL M400 SRP | |||
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I hunted them in Texas a few years back. Used 5.56 AR (JHPs) with great results. Dropped them quick with shoulder shots, 70 yards or less, about as quick as friend with 7.62 M1A. All less than 200 lbs. Big ones taste bad. Young ones taste just OK. Had to finish a couple of them with 9mm Glock. Never had one charged at us, though some had walked/run by us very close in the brush. | |||
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[/QUOTE]A Bar hog is a lived trapped wild male pig that has had it's balls chopped off and set free back into the wild. They fatten up real good and meat is closer to farm raised[/QUOTE] Who is crazy enough to do THAT Job???? Joni Ernst?And please don't tell me they become Rocky Mt Oysters. | |||
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A Bar hog is a lived trapped wild male pig that has had it's balls chopped off and set free back into the wild. They fatten up real good and meat is closer to farm raised[/QUOTE] Who is crazy enough to do THAT Job???? Joni Ernst?And please don't tell me they become Rocky Mt Oysters.[/QUOTE] LOL. yeah not me but the 2 buddies with my daughter and I on that trip one was the owner of the buggy and lease we where on had tried it once and never again LOL. P226 NSWG P220 W. German P239 SAS gen2 P6 1980 W. German P228 Nickel P365XL M400 SRP | |||
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To kill pigs you just need to be where they are. They are not particularly difficult to kill and many places in the south are overrun with them. They sometimes travel in but herds of 20+ and they have 3 litters a year. I have found that they are not overly tough to kill with any centerfire rifle. Also, I am quite happy that we don't have them on our property because they can be very destructive to your food sources. They CAN taste ok when properly handheld, butchered, and prepared by it is kinda tough to do so. In general, I think they are not worth the effort. I'm gonna vote for the funniest frog with the loudest croak on the highest log. | |||
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I have shot three of them here in Texas. I shot them with a 308 at 160 yards. I used a 115-grain bullet because that's what I had but have since gone to 125 and 150 grain. In Texas you can hunt them 24-7-365 and don't have to have a license. I buy a license anyway. | |||
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