Freezing a whole hog

[Ætheling]

I have a 50 lb gross wild hog skinned and processed whole, head detached. Im gonna smoke it whole. Been on ice since Monday


Whats the best way to get this carcass in my chest freezer and keep it fresh for a month or two? Butcher paper?




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[stickerpatch59]

I don't think you will have any problem keeping it fresh for that length of time.
I would dry it off as best you can and wrap it well in butcher wrap. I prefer the brown paper wrap.

[Austin]

I would use butcher twine to tie it up in a nice package then wrap well in butcher paper

[texashunter56]

I have wrapped them butcher paper then put that inside a trash bag or double wrap butcher paper if not using the trash bag.

[gonehuntin68]

I would first get is as dry as you can and then wrap it as tight as you can get with saran plastic cling wrap or another brand of cling wrap. Then wrap with butcher paper. It helps if you cut all the legs and head off at the joints instead of lopping them off with cutters that makes the bones sharp that will cut through the cling wrap and paper when you try to wrap it tight. The cling wrap with help keep the meat from getting freezer burnt.

[SaltwaterSlick]

I would first get is as dry as you can and then wrap it as tight as you can get with saran plastic cling wrap or another brand of cling wrap. Then wrap with butcher paper. It helps if you cut all the legs and head off at the joints instead of lopping them off with cutters that makes the bones sharp that will cut through the cling wrap and paper when you try to wrap it tight. The cling wrap with help keep the meat from getting freezer burnt.

Exactly this right here. Butcher paper will not shape itself to the curves of the pig and you'll tear it leaving edges of the meat exposed. Also hopefully the freezer is not a frost free freezer. If it is, then the plastic wrap is even more important.

[Low Fence]

I've got 3 in my freezer now. I wrap in Reynolds wrap, then butcher paper. Keep for months

[CastAndBlast]

Im not sure if it will fit, but I have vacuum sealed multiple smaller hogs whole. I just get the biggest roll of custome size bags. Make one long bag. Then stretch the carcass like a rabbit and cram it in there.

A 50 pounder may be a tad too big, but I bet with some beer and time you can get it to fit.

[DUSTINMINCHEW25]

butcher paper

[Ætheling]

Freezing a whole hog

may be a tad too big, but I bet with some beer and time you can get it to fit.

Thats what she said. [emoji1]


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[Buck Slayer]

Just wrap it like a body... I mean, oops

[Ætheling]

Just wrap it like a body... I mean, oops

Ok Dexter Morgan. Lol


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[CastAndBlast]

Thats what she said. [emoji1]


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[emoji51]... If that was the case, I would be in a different profession!

[JWalker08]

What about one of those giant zip lock bags you can store clothes and stuff in that can be vacuum sealed with a vacuum cleaner?? Might work