Crazymonkey Report post Posted February 28 Out hunting pigs last weekend Friday and Saturday for me . My buddy stayed till Sunday and heard a shot and came across another hunter with a pig . Tells him his friends are on pigs then boom ,boom in the draw . Up comes the other guys . They put the gun up and go to get the pig . I guess it wasn't dead so they scurry back and get the gun and shoot some more . My buddy is watching this and asked what they were shooting with. When he's headed back the first guy is high tailing it out of there back to camp . Found this left out there. Only the head and straps were gone . Is this legal? Or a poacher. The same guys were in about the same spot last year . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FrustratedMonk Report post Posted February 28 From the regs.... “Edible portions of game meat” means, for: Upland game birds, migratory game birds and wild turkey: breast. Bear, bighorn sheep, bison, deer, elk, javelina, mountain lion, and pronghorn antelope: front quarters, hind quarters, loins (backstraps), neck meat, and tenderloins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted February 28 It looks like the quarters are gone as well and someone used the gutless method. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roosevelt Mark Report post Posted February 28 You sure it ain't quartered? Hard to tell in the picture Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted February 28 And to answer the question, I packed mine out whole. Gut in the field obviously but pack the entire Pig out. I then debone it completely turn the shoulder blades and rib bones and everything else into dog food. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twistzz Report post Posted February 28 Poor dog lol... 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couzer Report post Posted February 28 Looks like the gutless method like Casey was saying. Educate yourself and look it up, it's the only way to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
high rise hunter Report post Posted February 28 Looks like he did a decent job. Maybe just left the tendies but hard to tell. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazymonkey Report post Posted February 28 2 hours ago, firstcoueswas80 said: It looks like the quarters are gone as well and someone used the gutless method. I don't know it's the only pic I got . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
07Guardian Report post Posted February 28 Looks like a good job of gutless method do me. Only way to go if you process your own meat. I do it on all game animals even if near a road. Some processors get grumpy about it though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted February 28 The head is gone, the back straps, and the quarters. What else should he have taken OP? 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mc68 Report post Posted February 28 Edible portion on a Javelina is def debatable…BUT this looks 100% like gutless method was used. They took what is required. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Coues247 Report post Posted February 28 I'll be the first to say that javelina should not be on the list of animals that you should have to take the meat out of the field in the first place. Props to them for taking what they did take. 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZLance Report post Posted February 28 that's good dog food right there! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Crazymonkey Report post Posted February 28 I hadn't seen this done myself. We gut and skin them out and have chorizo or some form of brats or sausage made . He was asking me and I didn't know myself so there is why I'm asking . Seems like a waste of a few good pounds of meat especially if you've already skinned the back and hopefully removed the gland. It's not much more to just clean the rest out. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
