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Offline gstoneberg

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Sausage acquisition
« on: February 15, 2011, 05:57:40 pm »
Snuck out to the lease this weekend and brought home a pig to make some sausage.  I took a recurve, but the wind was bad at one bow set up and the feeder had stopped running at the other so I ended up shooting 2 hogs with the .308 out of my rifle blind.  I left the second hog with the landowner who I suspect has the same sausage idea I do. ;D  I had to sensor myself out of the picture because of the hideous sweat suit/green boots outfit I was sporting. ::)  She was 125lbs.  Next hunt I hope to have some cane arrows ready to shoot.

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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2011, 06:01:23 pm »
Lookis Yummy I'd have to put that over some coals.Ronnie
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2011, 06:20:55 pm »
congrats
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #3 on: February 15, 2011, 08:36:54 pm »
Looks tasty mmmm I managed to find two costumers that are trapping hogs and letting me come and get them I am so glad they are letting me get them :) iv cleaned three in the past two weeks one was 60# and on the morning of starleighs 4 th bday party last sat I cleaned a 150# and a 90#  both sows talk about a cranky wife I managed to have all the blood and guts gone 30 min before guests started rolling in lol ttyl


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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #4 on: February 15, 2011, 09:26:00 pm »
That's funny, my wife would have freaked in that circumstance too.  Trappers will often give away small pigs because a lot of buyers won't take them and it's illegal to release them.  Prices for larger hogs have been pretty decent lately from what I've heard.  I just love the sausage we make and it's very lean too.

Thanks all.  I don't have a way of BBQing one this large.  I just love the little 30 lb shoats though, they go on my rotisserie so nicely.  Here's the last one I grilled:



That one disappeared in about 15 minutes.

George
St Paul, TX

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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2011, 10:26:18 pm »
 Nice pigs, George, Congratulations.
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2011, 01:26:25 am »
I have got to come down and see you!! That looks GREAT!

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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2011, 02:08:48 am »
Thanks.  Bevan, just warn me before you come.  Husker fans are especially welcome.  But, it seldom works this well...it was a special weekend.  My brother comes down to hunt in 2 weeks.  Last time he was here we went nearly the whole weekend without seeing a pig, but my nephew took a really nice boar just before we were ready to head back home.  Just never know.  I hope they're still active when he's here.

George
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2011, 12:00:53 pm »
Good looking hog,congrats on that one. :)
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2011, 12:45:26 pm »
That 30lber looks VERY tasty!!! 

I've never tasted wild boar ('cept for some sausages that were probably in my freezer for a couple of years too long...   :-X)

I wouldn't mind tasting the meat off the bone though.  Is it different to farmyard pork much?

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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2011, 02:55:01 pm »
Thanks Pappy.  The little ones are extremely good eating.  I killed a really teeny pig one time that had the misfortune of being behind the one I shot at.  It looked like a rabbit on the grill at the lease.



Wild pork is just like venison.  Cared for properly, it is every bit as good as domestic pork and better for you. However, there is more risk for parasites so it is very important to cook it to correct internal temperature.  Cared for improperly, it can be very gamey.  The hardest thing about hog hunting down here is getting the meat properly cooled and on ice quickly enough.  I hunted into summer last year and the window for finding and processing a wild pig before it begins to spoil is very short.  Fortunately, most hunting is done at night in the coolest part of the day, but if you don't drop a hog on the spot or get a good blood trail it can be trouble.

If your travels lead you over here and to Dallas, I'll be happy to serve you some.

George
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2011, 12:08:26 am »
iv been thinking about summer hunting and i came up with a idea on building a cooler box that will fit in the back of my truck ran by a gen powering a window unit :) with it cranked down it should get close to 40-50 deg
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2011, 12:26:04 am »
Bowl of oatmeal for breakfast and a phone call interrupted me and I didn't get to finish.  Missed my lunch because I was running a long list of errands.  Came in to work this evening early and didn't have time for dinner.  Now you had to go and post that bunch of pig-porno photos!!!

Stoneberg, I am about outa patience with you.

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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2011, 01:30:33 am »
That sounds like a great idea for hot weather hunting.  It takes a good A/C unit to go down more than 40 or 50 degrees though.  I'm taking the middle of the summer off this year.

John, we're going to do that hog hunt at some point.  I'm ready.  Pig-porn, that's funny.

I put loin and ribs in the freezer tonight.  Everything else is cut into strips and the grinding will commence tomorrow night.  Breakfast sausage burritos are in my future!

George
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Re: Sausage acquisition
« Reply #14 on: February 18, 2011, 04:30:28 pm »
I got 2 packages of ribs, one loin and 36lbs of breakfast sausage from this little sow (some went directly from the cooler to the grill :) ).  As an aside I brought in some pulled pork from a wild hog to work today.  I was showing the guys pictures and one of them grabbed a sketch pad and drew me a caricature to use as my avatar over on TexasBoars.  It took him less than 10 minutes.  What an artist, masquerading as a lab technician!!!  Too bad I hadn't used a selfbow...

George

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