How to field dress a hog?

[AGAF]

Looking to get my first hog kill soon and was wondering if you all could point me to a resource that explains and shows you how to field dress a hog. I assume that it can't be too much different than a WT. I'd also like to see how you handle the meat (how to cut it, process it, etc). I'll take the meat on a sow, but if I get a big boar, well.....back to nature for him!

[charlie mcmahan]

Same as field dressing a deer for me

[Cajun Blake]

agaf

go to my post titled " processing a deer ......"

i just bumped it TTT for you

follow the same steps , yet for a hog

hope this helps

cb <*)))>{

[AGAF]

Thanks guys

[Zookeeper]

Just move everyting from the inside to the outside without poping anything. That would really stink

[jerp]

Like alot of people around here, I never gut hogs. Some people hang'em up and skin the whole thing before removing all the "eatin' parts". I make a cut down the spine with a utility knife first then make a perpendicular cut at the top of the spine. This will allow you to peel back the hide enough to just fillet-off the backstraps. I then make a cut up the inside of a back leg then remove enough of the hide so I can cut off the ham at the joint. You can do the same with a shoulder. I rarely take more than the straps and a ham.

[Roscoe]

I take everything off a hog just like I would a deer. Hog ribs on the grill are good and may not seem worth the effort at the time, but when chowing down on them, you will realize they are. And even though they are small, there's no way I'm not going to have the culinary joy of getting those tenderloins and bacon wrapping them for the grill! If I get a larger sow that is heavy on fat, I will even save/freeze some of the good firm fat for mixing with venison and lean wild pork for sausage. I like being able to make venison sausauge w/o having to buy anything but seasonings.

On the boars, while I won't mess with a big boar, If I kill 75-100lber, it's be about as good a eatin as any sow and I'll process everyone of them every time.