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   Interesting thing about ALL the wild hogs I've dressed out.  They all had slugs or parts of bullets in them.  One had about 10 bullets, frags.  Always told me just how tough those big boars are to kill.  I found a perfect mushroom 100 grain .243 slug in one.  That boar just caughts that slug like a catchers mitt.  All have been old wounds without any abcesses or even infections.  No loss of meat.  Tough old boys those hogs.
BEAR 

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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2005 at 11:18
	Interesting thing about ALL the wild hogs I've dressed out. They all had slugs or parts of bullets in them. One had about 10 bullets, frags. Always told me just how tough those big boars are to kill. I found a perfect mushroom 100 grain .243 slug in one. That boar just caughts that slug like a catchers mitt. All have been old wounds without any abcesses or even infections. No loss of meat. Tough old boys those hogs. BEAR

Hudge Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .375 Holland & Holland Magnum Joined: 30 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 889	Post Options Post Reply Quote Hudge Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2005 at 13:48
	Rob1, I know several locals born and bred in MT that reside in many parts of the state, that will not eat antelope. True, some of them do or did live in GF, but they still would treat antelope like I said, or just not eat it. My wife had a friend that moved to Butte that her and her husband used to make fun of me for going after antelope. They didn't know why I wanted to kill and eat such a nasty tasting animal. I've eaten some weird things in my life, and have even eaten giraffe once, which I found to be very delicious. I feel if some one wants to eat an antelope or any other game, take care of properly to ensure it's at it's best. Don't be lazy, and then complain about it being nasty. I firmly beleive that the taste of an animal depends on where it lived and what it ate. The first deer I got in MT, was in the Highwood Mtns. that thing tasted like crap! I killed three more near that area, but in or around agri fields since, and they were all delicious!

Rob1 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby The Walnut Whisperer Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Vatican City State Status: Offline Points: 3413	Post Options Post Reply Quote Rob1 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2005 at 14:13
	Hudge, Butte is normally known as Butte, America.....Even they call it that. I like a good elk steak, but Beef can't be beat. Taste is a preference like anything else. Antelope are one of the most foul smelling creatures we hunt. I think that has something to do with it. Regional preferences vary, I've known people who eat possum I've met people who think suckers are prime table fare, most in Mt. would disagree, probably never have tried it, same with carp. I eat what I shoot, I just find it neccessary to transform it into something edible (to me), things like suasage.
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2005 at 14:51
	Bear, here in Kansas we have a problem with the same mentality. Nobody wants to shoot does or the smaller bucks, they could care less for herd management, as long as they get their antlers. I personally am a meat hunter, and prefer to remove the weaker animals where I get the chance. As to eating them, the only complaint I've gotten so far was " Dad, do we have to eat deer again?", from my 5 year old, and I process my own meat, from field to freezer.

Triggerguard Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby aka The San Antonio Terminator Joined: 13 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2212	Post Options Post Reply Quote Triggerguard Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2005 at 16:07
	Possums aren't bad eating. Roast 'em on a rack, because they are a bit greasy...
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Guests Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Guest	Post Options Post Reply Quote Guests Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 January 2005 at 23:40
	Triggerguard, You eating those road pizza! BEAR

The_Mountaineer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .416 Rigby West BY-GOD Virginian! Joined: 02 July 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2653	Post Options Post Reply Quote The_Mountaineer Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2005 at 02:53
	Good post BEAR I've eaten about all the game animals you can eat east of the Mississippi with whitetails being the number one thing that we pack into our freezer. I/we (my family & friends) do a lot of management hunting on our own property - cull hunts and shooting the big ones. I too believe that proper care of the animal (quick skinning, cooling, cleaning, processing, etc.) is what makes good game meat. Had it not been for venison, I'd probably have starved in college or worse become a dang vegan , (yeah right). Anywhoo, I think what the crowd here has been saying is right on track with what I've heard and seen with my own experience. As for western critters, I've eaten elk and antelope and bear and mule deer - all very good, killed by eastern hunters. The antelope roast was good, prepared using various fruit juices and apples and other stuff that I can't remember. The hunter providing it did say that the outfitter he was hunting with mentioned that he didn't care for antelope and would provide some "leftover" lope meat to him if he had the room to pack back east along with his own antelope. Don't suppose that means a whole lot being an isolated case, guess it really boils down to what are the reasons these folks hunt?
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Ivan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 03 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2005 at 13:59
	I've lived in Wyoming most of my life. We debone the 'lope and then grind all the meat together. Next mix it half and half with Jimmy Dean HOT pork sausage. Freeze in 1lb packages. Makes a great breakfast sausage. Everyone likes it! Mulies are better eatin' when the rut is not going full swing. A big herd buck can be a stinky rascal and will not seem like a great meat animal to most hunters. I shoot as many does as legally permissable each year. There comes a point when big racks become a storage problem. A cow elk is fairly easy to hunt and quite tasty indeed! Ivan

CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Post Options Post Reply Quote CB900F Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2005 at 14:30
	Ivan; What general are of Wyoming are ya in? I lived there for most of my life & regard myself as a Wyomingite who happens to be living in Montana at this time. 900F
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Wing master Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator AKA StraightShooter Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8029	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wing master Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 03 January 2005 at 16:00
	I guess I am lucky. My family eats and likes Elk, Antelope, and Deer. In that order. Nothing beats an elk steak. It was kinda funny back when my daughter was about 9 or 10 my parrents said they would take the kids out for a steak. My daughter said "why would we want to do that? my daddy makes the best steaks anywhere." Kinda makes a daddy proud. Wing master
	I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on.

Ivan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 03 January 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 44	Post Options Post Reply Quote Ivan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 January 2005 at 13:55
	CB900F: I grew up on a ranch between Garland and Powell. But now live about 25 miles outside of Sundance. Plenty of 'lopes and mulies SW of Colony. Area seems under-hunted to me. Ivan

Wing master Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator AKA StraightShooter Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8029	Post Options Post Reply Quote Wing master Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 04 January 2005 at 16:32
	Hi Ivan, I guess we are almost neighbors. I am from Gillette. Wing master
	I have always considered myself to be quite the bullshitter, But ocasionally it is nice to sit back and listen to a true professional......So, Carry on.

BIG LOST Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 28 August 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote BIG LOST Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 February 2005 at 14:14
	Being raised with hunters and christians,,I was taught 2 things,,,to waste food when so many go hungry is a major sin and to kill something,,,with few exceptions,,,and not eat it is almost as big a sin,,,more than once,,,but not many times,,,i have had an old timer scowl at me so intensely that I woulda rather been horse whipped, for either shootin' somethin' I didn't eat or for wasteing something.Now-a-days,,when I encounter the same,I keep my mouth shut but let the person in question see my disgust and shake my head at them,,,maybe it will have the affect on them as it did on me
	"....I LONG TO BE WHERE THERE IS NO LAW FOR THE BRAVE,....AND NO ASYLUMS FOR THE CRAZY.......AND I NEVER TAKE NO FROM A MAN WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY TO SAY YES........BUT I NEVER ASK ANYWAY......

CB900F Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Administrator Honor, Integrity Joined: 10 June 2003 Location: Eritrea Status: Offline Points: 8857	Post Options Post Reply Quote CB900F Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 February 2005 at 14:47
	Big Lost; What's Mauserman up to these days? I'd like to see him come around some more. 900F
	Birth certificate!? He don't need no steenkink birth certificate!!

BIG LOST Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List .22 LongRifle Joined: 28 August 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 48	Post Options Post Reply Quote BIG LOST Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 February 2005 at 15:41
	Hey cb,he's still down in argentina but has taken over as manager on the place he was working loss prevention,,got lots of work as they have 7 mines,,alot of cattle and sheep and horses and lots to do..............on 935 sections!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!he loves it down there, looks like he might stay,,,he says it is miles and miles from anywhere and it is like the west used to be,,,says he burns about 10 cases of shotshells a month on predation shoots for doves and pigeons,,,he wants me and our buddy"TOMFROMBUTTE" to come down and work with him,but I don't want to leave the states and tom wont leave montana again he says,,,when I finish up on the rest of the contract I work in Mausermanns place here in Louisiana,it's back to Butte for me....well the Pintlar country anyway!!
	"....I LONG TO BE WHERE THERE IS NO LAW FOR THE BRAVE,....AND NO ASYLUMS FOR THE CRAZY.......AND I NEVER TAKE NO FROM A MAN WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY TO SAY YES........BUT I NEVER ASK ANYWAY......