Baymule's 500 Pound Boar!

Carla D

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Your boar is a pretty boy! Love the spots. Does he have a good disposition?
He does have an amazing disposition. He does love me and my daughter, possibly more than my hubby and FIL. They don’t stand there bent over talking sweetly to him, telling what a handsome boy he his, scratching his head, ears and snout. We also feed him fresh green grass where the guys give him old hay that’s been sitting outside all summer. He’s kinda a ladies pig.
 

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Wilbur was a ladies hog. He was his Mommy's first pig and she loved him. He got so big that she became afraid of him-he wanted to come love on her. He got too big to breed their sows, so they sold him. His Mommy just couldn't put him in the freezer. We went through a friend of hers, she was out of town. Wilbur liked to come up to the fence for ear rubs and he talked to me. I was growing quite fond of him, but he was just too darn big to keep for a pet. LOL
 

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So all in all, how did Wilbur turn out? Seems like you are pretty happy with everything you've chomped so far! :drool
 

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So all in all, how did Wilbur turn out? Seems like you are pretty happy with everything you've chomped so far! :drool
Wilbur is quite the tasty hog! It turned out to be a very good purchase, buying a humongous older boar. I wouldn’t recommend it for just anyone, but it worked for us. The meat is marbled with fat, tender and cooks up to make a sumptuous meal.
 

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So very glad that the meat turned out good. Had a taste of an old boar that had the "taint".....it was the rankest meat I have ever tasted and almost turned me totally against any kind of hog meat...especially sausage!!!! So, we have always castrated....
 
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