Boar!

[sykesville]

Any experienced boar hunters here? Anyone go within a couple states to do it? (PA, VA, WVA, NC, NJ)? Got a hankering to go, and looking for recommendations.
Also, do you have to field clean them like deer before hauling them to a butcher?

 

[Redneck]

Check with Dan @ Gun Connection, he has a place that he really likes.

 

[boule]

Any experienced boar hunters here?

There is a difference between what is running around here in the US and wild boars. What you have here is feral pigs, basically your houshold variant interbred with some real wild boars that were imported for hunting. They may look the part more or less but they definalely lack some traits, namely the aggression of their wild cousins. Also, they taste different...

Wild boar:

feral pig:

Also, do you have to field clean them like deer before hauling them to a butcher?

You should field-dress every animal once you harvest it. The bacteria found in the interstines will have a chance to spoil the meat once you wait for too long.

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

Closest places I could find at good rates was just inside North Carolina. The second closest was West Virginia. It also depends on whether or not you want a free range hog or a fenced hunt. Make sure you find out the details. Sent lots of emails and ask lots of questions. Most of the offerings will also mail you brochures about their camps.

Here's a good one to start:
http://www.mountainmeadowhunting.com

This is for you to jump on immediately in Virginia:
False Cape State Park Hog Hunts (#604) 2011 - 2012 SEASON

Also, be sure to search for states that have free hog / board hunts.

Where you want to go is Michigan. http://sciboarhunter.com

 

[armedsks]

I went to a place a few years ago called The Wilderness up in Everett Pa. About 1 1/2hrs north from hagerstown. Good time.

 

[BUFF7MM]

Boar hunting in West virginia is for residents only and in only 4 counties:
http://www.wvdnr.gov/Regulations/hunting_hrBoarArchFire.shtm

 

[sykesville]

Wow, thanks for all the great information!

Closest places I could find at good rates was just inside North Carolina. The second closest was West Virginia. It also depends on whether or not you want a free range hog or a fenced hunt. Make sure you find out the details. Sent lots of emails and ask lots of questions. Most of the offerings will also mail you brochures about their camps.

Here's a good one to start:
http://www.mountainmeadowhunting.com

This is for you to jump on immediately in Virginia:
False Cape State Park Hog Hunts (#604) 2011 - 2012 SEASON

Also, be sure to search for states that have free hog / board hunts.

Where you want to go is Michigan. http://sciboarhunter.com

 

[Semper Noctem]

Going hunting in Florida over christmas.

 

[CharlieFoxtrot]

So what do either taste like? Don't say chicken...

 

[RangerWillrett]

i want to do it but with a spear doing it old school

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

So what do either taste like? Don't say chicken...

Pork.

 

[IndispensableDestiny]

i want to do it but with a spear doing it old school

Go to Alabama. Spear hunting for large game is legal there. Including deer.

 

[mikec]

Check with Dan @ Gun Connection, he has a place that he really likes.

This is the place Dan has used, http://www.boarhuntingtn.com/

 

[CharlieFoxtrot]

Pork.

Well I had grilled wild boar once and it tasted more like beef than the store bought pork. I was wondering if the feral pigs leaned more to the pork side of the spectrum.

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

So what do either taste like? Don't say chicken...

Believe it or not, it tastes like frog legs.

 

[SOMDSHOOT]

Boar hunting in West virginia is for residents only and in only 4 counties:
http://www.wvdnr.gov/Regulations/hunting_hrBoarArchFire.shtm

I have some friends who go out there for boar a couple times a year from here in MD. I'm not sure of the details in WV.

 

[Half-cocked]

This is a serious question - do boars, when butchered, have any bacon cuts in them?

I know domestic pigs are bred and raised to be unnaturally fat, something that wild animals would quickly lose through natural selection and harsh living conditions. Does this translate into no bacon?

 

[Semper Noctem]

This is a serious question - do boars, when butchered, have any bacon cuts in them?

I know domestic pigs are bred and raised to be unnaturally fat, something that wild animals would quickly lose through natural selection and harsh living conditions. Does this translate into no bacon?

In my experience with Florida Russian Boar - technically there is the same cut of meat there, yes. But they are so lean that it isnt at all like the bacon you are thinking of.

 

[kfrede86]

My dad went to this place in Georgia. Its a night hunt with thermal optics. http://www.jagerpro.com/

 

[frozencesium]

I go to TX every year to hunt 'em. They field dress and butcher the same, but skinning is usually a little more difficult as the hide is thicker.