Shotgun Hunting Wild Pigs

Apple Braised Hog

I was lucky enough to acquire a suckling feral hog recently. I specifically use the term acquire in this particular situation because I didn’t shoot or trap it. One evening out in the Texas Hill Country, my Deutsch Drahthaar disappeared into the wilderness to explore, as he often does. Minutes later we heard a squeal, and the next thing I know my boy is heeled up next to my husband delivering the pig to hand. I was grateful that he found a young...

3 Easy Ways to Make Any Wild Hog Delicious

A lot of folks get nervous when you start throwing wild pig into the dinner table conversation. Log onto any hunting forum and the majority of people will say they don’t bother eating hogs for any number of reasons—smell, taste, unfounded rumors, you name it. It’s simply the majority mindset, or at least it was. Where I live in Texas, we’re inundated with these feral critters, but there’s a love/hate relationship at play. I hate that they destroy...