Thread: Wild pork, any good for ham?

We ate a lot of wild pork growing up but the old man was very picky, most was sold through consolidated traders ,even the stuff that I wouldn't have fed to the dogs was worth .40 -60 cents a lb. All pigs are omnivores and opportunistic feeders so you wont really know what they've been eating or how long they've been eating it. Ill go against the grain a bit because I think pigs are alchemists to a degree. Dead animal is simply protein to a pig and it will just turn it into fat. We bait them where we are now using beef/mutton fat from the home kill guys, lately wev'e been getting leftovers from a bakery, dounts, cream buns, pies etc. Its imposable to tell the pork that's been on the old maggoty fat to the latter ones off the bakery stuff. I personally think the dislike of the offal eating pigs is more a mindset thing and sometimes of the smell comes more from them rolling in it . Though I will avoid one if I think its been living on fern roots and Iv inherited Dads pickyness, only taking the young 50-80lbers and only in top condition. Iv had a couple of hams done but wont do anymore, just not to my taste really.

Good wild pork bacon


from a top condition porker