Baymule’s Journal

[farmerjan]

Many of the ones that trap them do donate it to things like hunters for the hungry and such... many give through organizations like churches and that.. most of the farmers/ranchers that I see posting will take the younger ones home for butcher into different cuts and bigger sows into sausage and such... But there have been protests by some of these "do-gooder" idiots about how inhumane it is to trap and kill them like that...

One thing, when they are caught in the traps, their adrenaline goes through the roof and can make the meat taste gamey/bad.... that is why the younger ones are preferred... plus the old boars in those situations will have the "boar taint" to the meat and it is mostly inedible...

You CAN NOT feed meat or meat products legally to hogs... even rendered now, they are not allowing it in some areas... Trichinosis.... gets passed to people eating pork... Yes, hogs will eat meat, but any and all meat products are not allowed in the feeds for hogs or any other animal that can be consumed by humans.

Part of the problem with using it for hungry people, is the rules and regulations put on any plant slaughtering animals for meat for human consumption... Have to be ambulatory to WALK INTO A KILL PLANT on their own... so not even supposed to have a cow that just broke it's leg to be butchered into meat for the family.... all to "protect" the consumers... but sooooo much gets wasted nowadays due to the "protection" rules... That is why deer can only be processed in a state approved facility... not USDA... unless they are raised on a deer farm and follow the protocols in place to legally harvest the deer... All venison served in some of these high end restaurants is from game farm raised deer.....

 

[Baymule]

Texas has some innovative ideas on hog hunting. You can hunt hogs 365 days of the year. Night hunting is legal. You don’t have to even have a hunting license if shooting hogs on your own property or if you have permission from the landowner. You can shoot hogs from a helicopter. You can hunt hogs on horseback with dogs. Basically anything goes except shooting from the road.

 

[fuzzi]

Many of the ones that trap them do donate it to things like hunters for the hungry and such... many give through organizations like churches and that.. most of the farmers/ranchers that I see posting will take the younger ones home for butcher into different cuts and bigger sows into sausage and such... But there have been protests by some of these "do-gooder" idiots about how inhumane it is to trap and kill them like that...

One thing, when they are caught in the traps, their adrenaline goes through the roof and can make the meat taste gamey/bad.... that is why the younger ones are preferred... plus the old boars in those situations will have the "boar taint" to the meat and it is mostly inedible...

You CAN NOT feed meat or meat products legally to hogs... even rendered now, they are not allowing it in some areas... Trichinosis.... gets passed to people eating pork... Yes, hogs will eat meat, but any and all meat products are not allowed in the feeds for hogs or any other animal that can be consumed by humans.

Part of the problem with using it for hungry people, is the rules and regulations put on any plant slaughtering animals for meat for human consumption... Have to be ambulatory to WALK INTO A KILL PLANT on their own... so not even supposed to have a cow that just broke it's leg to be butchered into meat for the family.... all to "protect" the consumers... but sooooo much gets wasted nowadays due to the "protection" rules... That is why deer can only be processed in a state approved facility... not USDA... unless they are raised on a deer farm and follow the protocols in place to legally harvest the deer... All venison served in some of these high end restaurants is from game farm raised deer.....

Thanks. I didn't know.

 

[Margali]

Part of the problem with using it for hungry people, is the rules and regulations put on any plant slaughtering animals for meat for human consumption... Have to be ambulatory to WALK INTO A KILL PLANT on their own... so not even supposed to have a cow that just broke it's leg to be butchered into meat for the family.... all to "protect" the consumers... but sooooo much gets wasted nowadays due to the "protection" rules... That is why deer can only be processed in a state approved facility... not USDA... unless they are raised on a deer farm and follow the protocols in place to legally harvest the deer... All venison served in some of these high end restaurants is from game farm raised deer.....

I wonder if it is easier to donate the meat to animal shelters and zoos?

 

[SageHill]

I wonder if it is easier to donate the meat to animal shelters and zoos?

I called around a few years ago - thinking perhaps they'd like a sheep. Sure they'll take it - BUT it has to be slaughtered and cut and wrapped. I ~think they also required frozen. Zoos and wild life rescues. For that much I decided they were asking too much to be done for something free. It could be different in different states.

 

[R2elk]

I called around a few years ago - thinking perhaps they'd like a sheep. Sure they'll take it - BUT it has to be slaughtered and cut and wrapped. I ~think they also required frozen. Zoos and wild life rescues. For that much I decided they were asking too much to be done for something free. It could be different in different states.

My experience is that it is much easier to give directly to people than it is to try to give to any kind of organization.

 

[SageHill]

My experience is that it is much easier to give directly to people than it is to try to give to any kind of organization.

Yup - same here. Our worker who we have come take care of somethings is happy to take and then shares with his family. Doing that makes me feel good as well.

 

[Baymule]

When I get hogs, I process them and give most of it away.

I called around a few years ago - thinking perhaps they'd like a sheep. Sure they'll take it - BUT it has to be slaughtered and cut and wrapped. I ~think they also required frozen. Zoos and wild life rescues. For that much I decided they were asking too much to be done for something free. It could be different in different states.

You gotta slaughter, cut, wrap and freeze to GIVE a sheep to a zoo? If you got to do all of that, put it in your own freezer.

 

[SageHill]

You gotta slaughter, cut, wrap and freeze to GIVE a sheep to a zoo? If you got to do all of that, put it in your own freezer.

EXACTLY!

 

[HomeOnTheRange]

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