No Wild Hog is a hugely sought after product worth millions in Europe, where it is highly sought after for the making of Salamis etc. etc. Back when Chernobyl happened they were sending something like $50 million a year worth to the EU. Back at the end of the 90's l went & did 2 seasons as a Helicopter shooter in Australia ,where guys were still becoming Millionaires supplying the Wild Hogs to chillers for the Eu Market .
The winds spread the radioactive contamination from Chernobyl over the EU forests where they sourced the Wild Hogs for their markets .Australia being so remote & 'clean' & with more Wild Hogs than people by a factor of 2 stepped up & made bank supplying them .I was really lucky as l was asked to go partners in a helicopter operation & while we tossing it over the market collapsed because some greedy idiot tried to run improperly refrigerated carcasses through the supply chain . The market crashed within months & by then the EU authorities had approved game to come out of areas they had tested ,the price of Wild Pork went up 600%.
Like any animal, even farm raised, as long as you properly chill/butcher & inspect a Wild Hogs Carcass it is a really good meat. We here in America should be exporting Wild Hog now as many do not realize there is a huge threat to even our farmed Pork from another virus China has let loose on the world,African swine fever that in China alone has wiped out 40% of Chinas 440 million pigs, if it reaches here we are going to have a huge problem in our Agricultural sector.
Here being a Rancher & Guide l do a bit of reading on things city folks probably did not know existed ,like l say l have been thinking of opportunities here for developing a export Wild Hog business model .
Just a while ago was reading this article on it looking like the Australians were going to try it again,so l saved it ,you may find it interesting -
Is reviving wild boar industry part of feral pig solution?
"I'm especially interested in understanding any commercial opportunities to help better control the feral pig population in Australia, which is estimated to be up to 24 million head,"
No Wild Hog is a hugely sought after product worth millions in Europe, where it is highly sought after for the making of Salamis etc. etc. Back when Chernobyl happened l went & did 2 seasons as a Helicopter shooter in Australia ,where guys were becoming Millionaires supplying the Wild Hogs to chillers for the Eu Market .
The winds spread the radioactive contamination from Chernobyl over the EU forests where they sourced the Wild Hogs for their markets .Australia being so remote & 'clean' & with more Wild Hogs than people by a factor of 2 stepped up & made bank supplying them .I was really lucky as l was asked to go partners in a helicopter operation & while we tossing it over the market collapsed because some greedy idiot tried to run improperly refrigerated carcasses through the supply chain . The market crashed within months & by then the EU authorities had approved game to come out of areas they had tested ,the price of Wild Pork went up 600%.
Like any animal, even farm raised, as long as you properly chill/butcher & inspect a Wild Hogs Carcass it is a really good meat. We here in America should be exporting Wild Hog now as many do not realize there is a huge threat to even our farmed Pork from another virus China has let loose on the world,African swine fever that in China alone has wiped out 40% of Chinas 440 million pigs, if it reaches here we are going to have a huge problem in our Agricultural sector.