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Dec 3, 2023 · This comprehensive guide provides essential tips for beginners on how to properly butcher a wild hog at home. Learn key techniques for primary and secondary butchering, safely sanitizing, step-by-step instructions for cutting primals and subprimals, curing cuts of meat, and preserving the harvest.
- Lay It to Rest
- Pull Out The Heavy Machinery
- Give The Pig A Bath
- There Is More Than One Way to Skin A Pig
- Clean Out The Insides
- Divide Out The Meat
- Process It
I’ll tell you upfront, we used to raise pigs. I quickly realized how much work they were, and we stopped raising them. However, we have a friend that works on a hog farm. He often has to dispatch and waste the meat of pigs that don’t grow to size. Instead of just burning the meat up, he usually gives it away to anyone that will come get the hog. We...
I was very thankful that we actually culled those hogs at the hog farm because we would’ve never been able to move them around ourselves because of how big they are. So we were able to use a large tractor with a front-end loader to load the pigs on our truck and bring them home, quickly. We didn’t live far from the hog farm so we knew it would be s...
When you are finished weighing your pig, you’ll bathe it. If you opted out of weighing the pig, then you’ll just lay the pig on a flat surface (as we did), or you can hang it temporarily just to bathe. The point is to not contaminate your meat and to have a clean workspace. This means that the pig needs to be cleaned off. If the pig is hanging then...
When we butchered the pigs that we were given, my husband was fascinated to see how similar it was to skin a deer. Some other people don’t feel like it is at all. I guess it’ll be up to your own opinion as to whether you feel like you are riding a bike when skinning a pig or not. Either way, the pig must be skinned. You’ll need a sharp knife, a was...
Now, this next step actually is easier if the pig is hung up. You’ll hang the pig upside down with meat hooks through its hocks. Then you’ll cut from the anus down to where the guts are exposed. Gravity will do its job, and they will try to flop out. You’ll need to carefully cut them loose without damaging an organ because you don’t want to rupture...
Now, it is time to divide out the meat. People have different ways of doing this. If you have heavy machinery and can hang up your pig, then you may just want to divide the pigs in two. That way you can leave them hanging, smoke them, etc. If that is the case, then you’ll take your sharp knife and cut a slight indentation down the back of the pig s...
Your last step is processing the pig. I rarely pay to have our meat processed, but I did with the pigs because there was so much meat. However, you can do it yourself by grinding some of the meat into sausage. You usually use the shoulders or the hams for this type. Or you can smoke your own baconand hams. You usually use the meat around the belly ...
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May 14, 2020 · How to Butcher a Pig. Step one in how to butcher a pig is to render the hog unconscious. This is done with a single shot from the .22 caliber rifle. Bigger is not better, do not use a larger caliber gun, which will kill the hog instantly and it will not bleed out.
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Dec 12, 2022 · Essentially, when pigs are hauled off for slaughter, you are negating much of your good husbandry that you worked so hard to achieve their entire life. What to Know Before Butchering Pigs. It’s important to restrict food for 12-24 hours before butchering. You don’t want their intestines to be full of food when you butcher.
Jan 11, 2022 · Homesteading And Livestock. How to Butcher a Hog. A guide on how to butcher a hog. Going through the steps of a successful hog slaughter and butcher isn't as difficult as you might...
