Anyone here eat Javelina?

[BigL]

any animal will taste good cleaned properly and with enough pepper, garlic, and smoke it long enough!

[jpbruni]

I look in my deep freeze, I see axis deer steaks and strap, deer steaks and strap, antelope, dove, quail, duck, and the very last thing on my mind is eating one of those nasty critters! Lol I have never had them taste good let alone better than deer. Very few will agree to the above post about a rodent being tastier than a deer that's for sure!

1st of all Russ, contrary to popular belief; they are NOT rodents. They are their own species and a very fascinating critter. Actually their closest relative is a hippo! They are only found in TX, NZ, AZ and Mexico.

They are a BLAST to bowhunt and are one of the most fun to spot and stalk.
Properly field dressed, skinned and butchered, they are excellent to eat. I have cooked them many ways and have never had a bad meal. My favorite is to put a hind quarter in an XL Dutch Oven with sliced apples, peaches and grapes and a jug of apple cider, then slow cooked for about 6 hours.

It will make you slap Yo Mama's Mama!

As I say to you guys who think it is not as good as venison (and I LOVE venison; you just haven't had it done right yet!

J.P.

[shark79]

Ate some jav sausage once. Never again. Greasiest stuff I've ever eaten.

[flatlander]

I'd try it, I'll try anything once, but I've never had the chance and I havent made any effort to either. Somethign about eating a giant rat that just has me looking for other protein.

Let us know how it goes.

[JP8]

Thanks for all the info, If I stick one tomorrow I will let you know how it taste in a few days.

[silentstare]

good luck

[rudeman]

When we lived in south Texas (Mathis Tx) we eat them quit often they were dang tasty, wish we had them up here in central Texas

[TX CHICKEN]

I would also be careful not to shoot too many of them as they only have a few babies a year unlike hogs that mutiply like crazy. We used to have them on our lease and shot 7 or 8 one year and now we rarely see them and I kind of miss the things.

[Cuz]

Taste like poop! You'll notice that all the "bad" meat (Javvy, Aoudad, etc) that people claim is good has to be cooked long hours and/or HEAVILY seasoned with some special ingredients. There's a reason for this! You can over season and cook a rock for 10 hours and if you lick it will taste ok. Just sayin...
Anything that HAS to be soaked in milk or cooked with peaches and grapes OR has a gland with a foul smelling ooze
I'll pass on...

[Firecuss]

I have bbq them many times and if properly field dressed, skinned and butchered, I agree they are excellent to eat.

[muddyfuzzy]

they eat fine, i prefer to use them to make tamales!

[JVasquez]

Rodent! Thanks Russ!

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Calling a Javelina a rat is pretty silly in this day and age, it’s just too easy to do a Google search and learn that they are no more closely related to a rat than is a deer… They are both Ungulates http://www.ultimateungulate.com/WhatIsAnUngulate.html

http://www.ultimateungulate.com/familytree.html

[Mayhem]

i think they are related to swine regardless of what anyone say. they both have the same characteristics.

[jpbruni]

i think they are related to swine regardless of what anyone say. they both have the same characteristics.

Yeah, I've seen a lot of cloven-hooved rats with tusks and a musk gland

Wive's tale.

Really? C'mon people!

J.P.