Anyone ever smoke a wildhog?

smokinezz · Joined: 20 Feb 2009 Posts: 22 Location: Dublin,GA.

Just wondering if anyone out there has ever smoked a wildhog if so what where the results I am thinking of trying one they are plentiful where I live but not sure if it would be any good often heard the lower fat content does not make it very good for a long smoke

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erniesshop · Posted: Mar 17 2009 Post subject:

I Did ....ONCE...............
Never Again... It was Tough as Boot leather, After 8 hrs of smoke and 1/2 gallon of wine I Injected in It !

smokinezz · Joined: 20 Feb 2009 Posts: 22 Location: Dublin,GA.

Thanks Uncle Ernie that is exactly what I was thinking I beleive I will pass and just buy a half of hog from local slaughter yard
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erniesshop · Posted: Mar 17 2009 Post subject:

Your alot better off buying GOOD meat , Than Free wild Meat !

deersteak · BBQ Fan Joined: 24 Sep 2008 Posts: 185

My brother in law has done it a few times. It's not as good (tender) as the domesticated hogs, but I say give it a shot. You only live once.

NaughtyNurse · Posted: Mar 17 2009 Post subject:

Had what I was told was smoked wild hog once, it was very good..... but can't say for sure that's what it was.
I tried smoking a Javelina once and I would have to say; NEVER TRY THIS AT HOME Shocked

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Big Daddy Woo Woo · Posted: Mar 17 2009 Post subject:

Wild hog needs to be smoked for a short time and then wrapped in foil for the rest of the cook. Can try to build a lil bark at the end, but it must be wrapped in foil. That is my past experiences with it. YMMV
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swampcook · BBQ Fan Joined: 16 Apr 2006 Posts: 156 Location: LOUISIANA

Hold the F--- up! Just because you had a bad one doesn't mean it can't be done! Jesus Christ! I just had a 150lb female feral pig last weekend! It is 10 times better than any farm raised crap from the store. Yes a pig from the store is easier. But if you know what kind of pig wild pig to kill, you can't beat a wild pig. You either have to get a young female, a mature female that never had kids, or a male that had his nuts cut off when he was just a little pig. how does this happen? you catch the little bastard when he is a piglet...and cut his nuts off...thats how! Then his glands will never flare up and he will never get that "twang" in him! Stay away from all others...I'm sure there is someone else here that will agree with me... Wink

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Skidder · BBQ Super Pro Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 1720

A friend gave me two wild hog roasts trom a Tenn. hog and I smoked it a few hours with some cherry and it was some of the most tender and sweetest meat I have ever eaten.

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jess · Posted: Mar 17 2009 Post subject:

Hate to disagree with the majority but I have a "wild pig" cook at least twice a yr. I also cook/eat wild pork regularly. IMHO the key to good wild pork is not sex but a combination of their main diet & age. A pig dressed 60 to 90 lbs. that has fed on high ground ( For S.Fla.) oak & palmetto has a great taste. As to being too lean, they have plenty of fat on them unless you are making soap or lard.. I just did a 80 lber 3 wks. ago marinaded in mojo overnight then smoked for 12 hrs. 28 people and there was not a bit left. I do admit if you brake them down the ribs are not much smoked alone..JMHO...

loomis1228 · Posted: Mar 17 2009 Post subject:

Do a search for Zilla. At the bottom of all of his posts he puts a link to a slide show of all of his cooks, builds, etc. He did a whole wild hog one time and he talks about how it was. Give a look.
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99nails · Newbie Joined: 11 Oct 2008 Posts: 30 Location: western NY

purplewg, why not a boar?

The reason I ask is a friend went on a game farm hunt and took a 90# Russian boar. I have ribs and a roast that he asked me to smoke. Is there a health issue here?

Anyone that has input on boar would be a great help.

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blackduck · Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 14

I new at this also. I was wondering how people cook a whole hog without drying out the thinner parts while getting the hams and shoulders tender enough to pull? It seems to me that the ribs and lions would dry out. Educate me please.

zilla · Posted: Mar 18 2009 Post subject:

I've smoked many a wild pig. Sows and yearlings under 130 or so are great. Watch the temps and foil to help keep them moist. The big old boars can taste real bad as stated above.
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Surfnturf · Newbie Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 61 Location: Mobile, AL

sound advice from all above. Wild hog can be great if the right hog is harvested. I smoked an 80lb sow last year a friend gave me and it was every bit as good if not better than farm raised pigs.

I am ready to do another in fact.

Buffalo Hunter · Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 18 Location: Keller, Tx

I have done 200lbs boars and they turn out fine. You can put the meat in a cooler with ice and add vinagar and lemon juice to help leach out the game taste. Drain the water and repeat a few times over a 24 hour period.

As for smoking them I have to agree with using foil. I have even smoked a leg or two in the open with out foil for a few hours to get the smoke flavor them removed the leg and wrapped them in foil adding some italian dressing and finish it in the oven. Turns out great.

BonzBBQ · Posted: Mar 18 2009 Post subject: wild hog

I have to agree with jess and buffalo, I grew up hunting wild pigs in florida, there ideas work great, we also caught them live and kept them in pens and fed them sweet corn and feed for a couple of months, hunted a LOT and always had one ready, never remember a bad cook, Jake

purplewg · Posted: Mar 18 2009 Post subject:

So are you guys foiling these whole hogs from the beginning? I recently just built my first smoker big enough to do a whole one. We have always roasted them whole before over a wood fire in a pit.
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