AZDirtyTaco Report post Posted January 24, 2018 Alright Gents! If you are one of those guys that call javi 'stink pigs', can you please stop putting in for them and drawing tags??? I would really like more options when taking up left over tags. You don't like the meat and I'm not suggesting you should. They stink and taste awful - end of story. Thanks for the consideration. :-) . While we’re at can we stop calling them pigs of any kind. They are not pigs, they are not related to pigs. They are javelina. The funny thing is that, as a wildlife biologist who specializes in evolution and taxonomy, I know exactly what javelina are related to and even I've learned to go with the flow and call them pigs...sometimes even referring to them as stink pigs. I've even got my kids calling them pigs, although they absolutely know the reality. No matter what I call them, they are among my favorite things to hunt and they are great eating. But then I once ate a grasshopper on a dare and a cold pot roast MRE for breakfast, so there's that... I've even started saying Cooooze, but that's a whole other debate and thread. It has to be because cooooze or coooosi just sounds sooo much cooler than cows. Thing is... I love hunting and eating them (javelina). I have ZERO problemo with anyone contributing to the existing negative connotation or speaking in that type of vernacular. All it does is add to an already perceived notion that they are not good eating. Which is getting back the point and intended light nature of my post - I'm just looking for even less competition on tags and even better options on leftovers. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billrquimby Report post Posted January 24, 2018 'Maybe some young geek could create for Amanda an auto correct program for this site with all words not just words like shoot." Years ago, I created a list of words that appeared frequently on CW and translated them for newcomers to this site. Anyone know how I might find that list? Bill Quimby 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted January 24, 2018 http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/8832-coueswhitetailcom-dictionary/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tropicalmulch Report post Posted January 24, 2018 Dirty taco I lake the way you think. Maybe coooze deer can get the same reputation. Those things are nasty I dunno why anyone would want to eat one! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
D.F.M. Report post Posted January 25, 2018 How bout stink javelina. I see there is a new call them by there right name sheriff in town? So while were at it is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable? Thought i would ask. Just kidding take it easy!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr September Report post Posted January 25, 2018 Prickle Pigs, Cactus Bounders, Desert Warriors, Spine Swine are some of the names we call them. We try and give them the respect they deserve. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
208muley Report post Posted January 25, 2018 Cool critter and fun to hunt no matter what you call em. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
firstcoueswas80 Report post Posted January 25, 2018 Cool critter and fun to hunt no matter what you call em. Amen. One of my favorite hunts every season. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trphyhntr Report post Posted January 25, 2018 rodent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
More D Report post Posted January 25, 2018 Certainly NOT a rodent. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted January 26, 2018 Prickle Pigs, Cactus Bounders, Desert Warriors, Spine Swine are some of the names we call them. We try and give them the respect they deserve. I like SPINE SWINE 👍👍👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hoghntr Report post Posted January 26, 2018 'Maybe some young geek could create for Amanda an auto correct program for this site with all words not just words like shoot." Years ago, I created a list of words that appeared frequently on CW and translated them for newcomers to this site. Anyone know how I might find that list? Bill Quimby http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/8832-coueswhitetailcom-dictionary/ Love it Bill. Thank you Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted January 26, 2018 Another vote for spine swine. But i will still call them stink pigs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AZDirtyTaco Report post Posted January 26, 2018 http://www.coueswhitetail.com/forums/topic/8832-coueswhitetailcom-dictionary/ Now this is funny - Javi -- Noun. A foul-smelling, debatably inedible new world species found from the American Southwest into Central and South America. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr September Report post Posted February 13, 2018 Alright Gents! If you are one of those guys that call javi 'stink pigs', can you please stop putting in for them and drawing tags??? I would really like more options when taking up left over tags. You don't like the meat and I'm not suggesting you should. They stink and taste awful - end of story. Thanks for the consideration. :-) . While we’re at can we stop calling them pigs of any kind. They are not pigs, they are not related to pigs. They are javelina. The funny thing is that, as a wildlife biologist who specializes in evolution and taxonomy, I know exactly what javelina are related to and even I've learned to go with the flow and call them pigs...sometimes even referring to them as stink pigs. I've even got my kids calling them pigs, although they absolutely know the reality. No matter what I call them, they are among my favorite things to hunt and they are great eating. But then I once ate a grasshopper on a dare and a cold pot roast MRE for breakfast, so there's that... I've even started saying Cooooze, but that's a whole other debate and thread. They are "New World Pigs" as opposed to "Old World Pigs". You look at the snout and the teeth and common sense tells you they are some kind of pig. Pigs of a different feather, but pigs none the less regardless of what the books say. Just like a Bear is essentially a pig, or an Elk is essentially a Bovine. Missing one dew claw, and lacking a gal bladder does not disqualify you from being essentially a "PIG"... JMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites