What to do with all this wild boar?
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I keep getting multiple wild boar in my trap and have no room in my freezer. Besides giving it away is there a simple way to cure it so I don’t need to refrigerate it? These were a nice size between 80-100lbs each.
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you could contact your local sportsman association ,maybe someone there is not having any luck and would jump at the chance
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I do donate it to a local church when I can reach them and they have room to store it.
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there is always a homeless shelter that would welcome it
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craigrice will they though? I’ve heard they were doing it in Texas but I thought I read something saying in KS and AR they were not accepting this since it is wild game.
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it is possible the shelter in my area were glad to accept the summer sausage and smoked cheese i gave them at xmass but it was made from store bought ingredients it would be worth asking in these times !
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Yeah. I was told the homeless shelters will not accept it directly. It has to be process by a licensed meat processor. And they want to be paid to do that.
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Hunter-Steve Yeah, that’s what it was. It was tied into a wounded warrior type project (I think) and they didn’t know what to do with all the meat, and the homeless shelter told them they wouldn’t take it. I guess it makes a kind of sense but …not really. Do they think people are going to try to poison them?
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it is sad that good will has to fall to regulations but I guess it needs to be
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In many cases, there is no reason other than so people needing to feel important and making an arbitrary decision with no reason other then they need to flex their importance. there are some people that just pull things out of their >>>>>
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Where are you located? Throw 5 in a crate and ship them to Ohio! We dont have them near me. Free pork sounds heavenly!! I do see how too much of a good thing can be bad. They are very distructive.
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My property is located near Bailey, Texas. They are very destructive to the crops so I trap them as often as I can. There are at least 20 more in a sounder that roams this area. And there may even be more. I’ve got my freezer full with more sausage and hams than I and my family could ever eat. I usually donate brats to the police for community cookouts. But with this COVID going around they haven’t been holding them this past year.
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Build a salt box and pack it full.
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My understanding is that you need to keep the salted pork refrigerated. if that’s not true please educate me on if there is a way to pack the meat in salt without refrigeration.
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we have had good luck dropping off at a hunter for the hungry program market… they accept donations for them to cut and wrap and they in send to shelters and the like. There are also places that will buy them ( your not going to be rich…) and they send overseas etc. decent meat but just too many of em!
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From the Hunters for the Hungry website “Due to state and federal health regulations, Hunters for the Hungry is not able to accept donations of feral hog.” I know about selling them. And as you said there is not much money that you get for them. They also want you to bring them to their location alive. That would involve way too much time and cost on my part to mess with.
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processhead Power User Regular Contributors Smoker Build Expert Bowl Choppers Nebraska Veteran Team Camo
I have heard of controlled shooting where landowners charge for folks to come in and shoot feral hogs. Hosting people to come shoot on your property also raises a host of other legal concerns you would need to be aware of such as liability waivers, etc.
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Right now I don’t need help killing them. I’m just looking for alternate ways to use/cure the meat that does not involve refrigeration.
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have you thought about canning the meat in jars doing it in this manner you can leave it on the shelf the way our ancestors did
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Chef Canning Dry Cured Sausage Primo Grills Team Blue Sous Vide Power User Cast Ironreplied to craigrice on last edited by
craigrice Hunter-Steve - great idea. can even just put raw meat in a quart jar, add 1 teaspoon salt, and can at 20 pounds pressure for 75 minutes. Could also season it with herbs, spices, and vegetables to have a ready to eat stew. Ready to use whenever needed. I have, as an experiment, kept it for 3 years with no loss of flavor at all.
