Hog meat spoil time???

[bloodtrailer28]

I'm curious how many big pigs you have ate because I have ate many boars over 200#s(4 so far this year) and have never had a bad tasting one. In fact, I prefer boars over 200#s for eating. A big boar almost always has a good layer of fat on them and the fat adds a lot of flavor to the meat and they are the only ones we eat the ribs off of. I just don't get when people say the best hogs to eat are sows under 150#s. I have killed way over 100 sows under 150#s and almost everyone of them were so drawn down from piglets sucking on them or pregnant that they had almost zero fat on them. Because they are so drawn down a 150# sow will only have about half the amount of meat on it that a 150# boar has.

Basically what I'm saying is, if you kill a big hog, don't just throw it away because you heard people say big boars are no good to eat. Try it for yourself and decide.

I do a ton of night hunting from April through August and many times I didn't have the meat on Ice or in the fridge until 4+ hours after it was dead and never have had one spoil. Now sitting outside in the sun for 4+ hours will spoil one. With this said, you should always get the meat cooled down as fast as possible.

Couldnt agree more We eat every pig we shoot and have never had one that tasted any different than the next. Thats with boars up to 240 as well.

[Moonstalker]

In our beginning hog hunting days we tried to keep some overnight in the summer with a bag of ice in the cavity until we quartered them up next day, no bueno. Quarter and get on ice immediately if no walkin cooler available.

[Chunky]

I have eaten a bunch of hogs that I have found the early the next morning.

I think a lot of people, decide they are spoiled, too quickly.

I am curious, do you think there is a difference between a hog and a deer on the time when they are not safe to consume? If you think there is a difference can you please explain why. If is often very hot during early bow season and many deer are not recovered until the next morning.

I am not saying that I don't look at night, as I do, very hard. I also agree that the quicker you get them cleaned and cooled down the better. I just hate to see waste.

I will disagree with the "all pigs are the same" claim. I have killed and tried to eat big boars. You know the ones that you can smell long before you get to them. They meat has a musky/urine smell, and no amount of soaking or spicing can get rid of it. It reeks when it is being cooked. I have forced it down, but it is not pleasant.

[Graysonhogs]

This time of year, my goal is 60-90 minutes from going sleepy time till I put in my high performance Pelican Roto molded cooler



I wouldn't leave one out overnight. Where I am, the yotes or buzzards would have found anyway.

If its a planned hunt, I have everything ready to roll processing wise. I realize hogs sometimes appear and are dispatched unexpectedly. If that's the case, I just hurry

[hogslayer78]

Couldnt agree more We eat every pig we shoot and have never had one that tasted any different than the next. Thats with boars up to 240 as well.

Same here

[ranchdog]

Sometimes I just carry a few 2 gallon zip locks in my fanny pack and in the Hot summer heat I just take the back straps and leave the rest. Lay them on their stomach and then unzip the skin over the back straps and away you go. The goal is to eliminate them. They are not a game animal. They are an invasive species. I can have the back straps on ice in just a few minutes versus trying to clean the whole hog.

[Graysonhogs]

Sometimes I just carry a few 2 gallon zip locks in my fanny pack and in the Hot summer heat I just take the back straps and leave the rest. Lay them on their stomach and then unzip the skin over the back straps and away you go. The goal is to eliminate them. They are not a game animal. They are an invasive species. I can have the back straps on ice in just a few minutes versus trying to clean the whole hog.

A tasty,tasty invasive species..

[gingib]

I wouldn't let one lay all night unless it's winter.

x2

No way I leave one now all night and eat it