why shoot a javelina?

[Shurshot]

Watch what you say Chris, that is highly illegal.

Highly illegal vs just illegal.

I'm sure everyone only shoots "2" per year.

[denimdeerslayer]

Just make sure you cut off the musk gland right after you kill it if you want to eat it. The young ones are good.

[Geezy Rider]

Kill them and eat them. Keep on ice for a week, brine for 24 hours, inject with Tony's, wrap in bacon and slow smoke for 8 hours. Dang good eating.

[ken]

The last three hunts (with a rifle) I have been covered up with javelinas. I just can't decide on a good reason why i should shoot one. I am not going to eat one and there is no way my wife would let me bring a mount into the house. I have had to get out of the blind and run them off. Do most of u guys let them walk? If u do shoot one, what are u doing with them?

I eat them and do european mounts. They smell bad but the meat is good. I've never shot one with a rifle but javelinas are fun to bowhunt.

[ken]

Just make sure you cut off the musk gland right after you kill it if you want to eat it. The young ones are good.

I don't recommend doing this. The musk gland is in the skin and comes off when you skin them. Cutting it off is asking for trouble. If it goes wrong you might have to buy a new knife

[DoubleGArchery]

I would like to shoot a big one to have a full mount done. I know Marjo would love another pig mount in the house.

[93racer]

I have eaten them as well I prefer to make them like chicken fried steak but fry onions at the same time, they are good.

[bowhuntertex]

We make ours into Carne Guisada. It is awesome. Just like any other game animal you have to take care of them properly. Old Fiesta Spice has a premix for carne guisada with instructions that are easy to follow. Once you make this you will never throw another javi out. Even makes big boars taste good.

[Texas8point]

My buddy has sausage made with them and its pretty dern good.

[Black Ice]

I keep the population in check. When I bring people to the ranch that have never killed one I allow them to take one. Plus they make cool mounts.

[lesson 101]

I heard they were good but I've never seen one to even take a shot!!!

[clintb]

I don't recommend doing this. The musk gland is in the skin and comes off when you skin them. Cutting it off is asking for trouble. If it goes wrong you might have to buy a new knife

It is a known fact that if going to eat you must cut the gland off the back as soon as you kill. If you dont the meat will be ruined.I have cut many glands off and never ruined a knife.
Now, for those that have never eaten a javi. They are awesome if cut all the meat off the bone and into one inch squares. Roll in milk and then flour. Your favorite spices. Then deep fry. Hmmm good

[Farmdog]

I will take my time staring at the herd to see which one I am willing to eat...but first..I must be in Mexico really far away from HEB, then I must be really hungry after a few beers, next, the cowboy has to be there to gut and skin it, then, after his wife makes carne guisada with the young famale javelina along with homemade tortillas...I will happily scarf it down everytime

[chief longshaft]

Beside they eat all my corn

[ground level]

Shoot em and drag em to our "graveyard" for them

•Waste of Game: It is an offense (Class C misdemeanor) if a person while hunting kills or wounds a game bird or game animal and intentionally or knowingly fails to make a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal or bird and include it in the person's daily or seasonal bag limit. It is an offense if a person intentionally takes or possesses a game bird, game animal, or fish and intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, or with criminal negligence, fails to keep the edible portions of the bird, animal, or fish in an edible condition. It is a Class A misdemeanor to fail to retrieve or to keep in an edible condition a whitetail or mule deer, pronghorn antelope, or desert bighorn sheep hunted without landowner consent; from a vehicle, boat, or aircraft; on a public road; at night; or with the aid of a light.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/regulations/fish_hunt/general_law.phtml

Game Animals
The following are classified as game animals:

White-tailed deer
Mule deer
Desert bighorn sheep
Pronghorn antelope
Gray or cat squirrel
Red or fox squirrel
Collared peccary or javelina