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- Butterbean
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I wish you were closer because I'd have gladly given you the big red spotted one and together I think we could have drug her to the hill easy enough. I think she probably went about 275 lbs and had some pretty hams on her but I just couldn't manage it myself even with the "help" I had. I even got her within 100 yards of the hill before I gave up. That dead weight is something else to try and move and a pig is a dense animal.
I have set some snares so I hope to catch some more. Of course all of my snares are within 30 yards of places I can get the truck to. I've never tried this but I think it should work. In all your travels if you ever head south let me know and I'll load you up with pig meat. It seems to have a good balance of fat and flesh.
I have set some snares so I hope to catch some more. Of course all of my snares are within 30 yards of places I can get the truck to. I've never tried this but I think it should work. In all your travels if you ever head south let me know and I'll load you up with pig meat. It seems to have a good balance of fat and flesh.
Butterbean. The way I do hogs is with a tiger torch. Hang the hog hit a spot about the size of a dinner plate with the torch until the skin blisters then scrape with knife or hog scraper. keep working plate size areas until done. After all scraped you give it a wash to get the the char off.
Should work for you. Our outdoor hogs here have pretty thick hair here in the winter too.
Should work for you. Our outdoor hogs here have pretty thick hair here in the winter too.
- Butterbean
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Thanks, I'll have to give that a try. I figured with the small one would make a great thing to cook whole and I had a large pot it would fit right in. Didn't think it would be much trouble at all. After dipping it the hair - which was thick and dense - started to come right off but the ribs were so pliable I had trouble getting enough pressure to scrape them properly and had to resort to plucking by hand. That got old fast.