Feral hogs in eastern Ontario

I wasn't sure if you would get much good meat. What about chops and ribs would the be any good or all fatty?

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Originally Posted by DGearyFTE

I am okay with that. Eventually the pigs get too big and the owners want to get rid of them. They are not good for bacon (too much fat) but with a little work the make good ground pork and the hams are excellent. Often the owners offer them free in order to get rid of them. People don't realize that they need attention and care to look after trimming hoofs and trips to the vet.

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Originally Posted by DGearyFTE

I am okay with that. Eventually the pigs get too big and the owners want to get rid of them. They are not good for bacon (too much fat) but with a little work the make good ground pork and the hams are excellent. Often the owners offer them free in order to get rid of them. People don't realize that they need attention and care to look after trimming hoofs and trips to the vet.

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I'm I missing something? how can bacon have too much fat?

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Originally Posted by finsfurfeathers

I'm I missing something? how can bacon have too much fat?

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We just had some fatty bacon this morning - toasted bacon and tomatoe sandwich for brunch , yum, yum!:goodstuff:

Video: Hunter Instantly Drops a Wild Boar with a .22 LR

http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2015/...ld-boar-22-lr/

Quite possible with a lucky shot. A grizzly was shot with a 22

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Originally Posted by Marko

Video: Hunter Instantly Drops a Wild Boar with a .22 LR


http://www.outdoorhub.com/news/2015/...ld-boar-22-lr/

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That wasn't a lucky shot GW...it was a fairly close, broadside, head shot. Good shot, with good results.

They won't get rid of them that way...

Here's the article or a copy of it.

http://www.ammoland.com/2014/11/what...#axzz3dJVXGgq1

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Originally Posted by greatwhite

Here's the article or a copy of it.

http://www.ammoland.com/2014/11/what...#axzz3dJVXGgq1

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Yea....same deal..." But the bear came much too close, and when the big boar was only a few yards away, Bella Twin shot him in the side of the head with a .22 Long cartridge. The bear dropped, kicked and then lay still"

It's all about shot placement..

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Originally Posted by MikePal

Yea....same deal..." But the bear came much too close, and when the big boar was only a few yards away, Bella Twin shot him in the side of the head with a .22 Long cartridge. The bear dropped, kicked and then lay still"

It's all about shot placement..

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More deer and moose have been killed with a 22LR and other rimfire cartridges than many care to believe.
The 25 Stevens Long rimfire that I received when my grandpa passed away was used for sustenance hunting, it is just a boys rifle too.

Has anyone heard of any of these hogs being seen let alone shot?