We watched that the other night. It was called "Pig Bomb." I missed it before, and was looking forward to watching it. Then they started pushing how dangerous they are and how huge they get. I hate it when a program pushes an agenda, and I felt this show was doing just that. All hogs in this country come from Europe, so to do a show saying that all of a sudden, the American wild hogs are now breeding with European wild hogs was just silly. Once they crossed the line from facts and moved into Rambo Fantasy, I started getting nit picky about what they were trying to push. All in all, a pretty disapointing program.
There is one Hog show on National Geographic Channel that is really good. They stuck wih the facts, explained allot of the history and behavior of hogs and then focused on that giant hog that was killed a few years ago that was named Hogzilla. Really a good show.
As for the hogs that I have here, they are mostly nocturnal. It's pretty rare to see them out in the open during the day, but it happens. Most of the time we see them at first light or just before dark. During the school year, the kids and I have seen them crossing our back pasture to get from the feeder to my neighbors land. He has some nasty creek bottom that I'm sure is a favorite place for them to spend the day.
These pics are unusual in that I've never seen them keep coming back during the day like they are in those pics. Temps are in the high 90's right now and that makes it even more unexpected. One thing that I have noticed over the years is that summer time is our most active time for seeing hogs. I'm guessing that the food supply is down and the corn is something that they'll eat.
As for eating them, a young sow is the very best. The bigger they get, the tougher the meat is, and then when you get into the bigger boars, it's mostly just jerky meat. It's not like Pork that you buy in the store or eat at a resturant. The meat is very lean and has a unique taste to it. It grills up really good, but roasts and stews are also favorites. I usually take the backstraps and maybe a rear ham, then give away the rest. Steph has a big family in the area, and I can call five or six of them to come get the rest. Her brother is a great cook, and can take just about anything and cook it up into something tastey. He'll spend several days on it, which I'm never going to do.
Here's a few more pics of some hogs that we've shot here.
Eddie
