Javelina

[Fire652]

Just got my mount back from the taxidermist. Went on a coues deer hunt this year and had opportunities but those deer are difficult with a bow. Did manage to get a javelina. Will probably never hunt them again, but they do make a nice mount

 

[Fire652]

 

[cpr0312]

Very nice and congrats! Thanks for sharing

 

[Ridge Top Ranch]

Very cool!

 

[JimP]

I have been hunting those little buggers for over 25 years now driving from Colorado to Arizona to do it. It is one of the funnest and hardest and frustrating hunts all at the same time.

A lot of the fun part is how you do it. If you sit over bait it can just be a shoot them type of hunt but if you go for a spot and stalk hunt it can become quite interesting.

 

[Fire652]

I agree. Mine was spot and stalk. Did not enjoy the meat and they smell terrible. However, it was a really fun hunt

 

[JimP]

If you shoot a old boar they can be quite rank. In all the time that two of us have been hunting them we have come up with only a couple that we were not able to eat.

I usually slow smoke them over mesquite wood and the meat turns out fantastic. We have also ground it up for jerky which is also quite good.

 

[wesheltonj]

Unfortunately, if you want to eat one, you need to shoot a very young one. And then still not real tasty. You have to be very careful with the gland on their back, break it and the animal is done. This year I have a group of 30, that are wiping out my feeder.

Also, if you get a baby one, it will tame down just like a dog, but you can't do that anymore now that they are a game animal.