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On a recent camping trip North of Payson, I encountered very large and large groups of javelina. I have heard they are as far North as Pine. They posed no problem and I was within 15 feet of them (sitting on the ground) and watched them eat acorns around me.

Banjo music relaxes pigs. Makes them easier to catch.

Tough_Boots wrote:I'm getting a bumper sticker made that says "my javelina beat up your feral cat"

I've always liked the "My kid beat the crap out of your honor student" bumper sticker. But the javelina v. feral cat one is probably a little bit less offensive to parents of honor students.

skatchkins wrote:Banjo music relaxes pigs. Makes them easier to catch.

Is it just me or does this seem wrong !?

Do they squeal?

PLC92084 wrote: Do they squeal?

Like a pig

This is quickly turning into one of the most amusing threads in the forums...

@paulhubbard

Yeah... but lessons learned from the feral cat thread... No recipe sharing and we'll keep editorial comments to a minimum. I don't want to be BBQ'd by the HAZ boss!

Someone mention Feline Fondue?

@Alston Neal

I wonder if we can run a report to see how many posts you've made in the last month that DON'T involve feral cat recipes. I imagine a very short list!

I'm sure I must have mentioned something about hiking at some time.


Oh wait! Pardon me I thought I was on the Feral Cat Forum. I keep getting these two mixed up.

I have eaten javelina. No, that's not accurate. I have put a bite of it in my mouth and spit it out. Although I am told it can be prepared in an edible fashion, what I took a bite of I am pretty sure not even a POOR, HUNGRY feral cat would have eaten.

@azbackpackr etal...

I was the vet with my dog this morning and a woman at the front desk started talking about the feral cats she rescues... thought I was going to choke !

Chatting with a friend the other day he was excited to tell me his young daughter got her first javelina.
Wow! How did ya prepare the meat?
They dressed it and donated the meat to a wildlife rehab place.
I thought that was a great idea......




You should take your daughter to Gilbert..... ;)

Javelina's smell like skunks. Most of that smell comes from a scent gland behind their shoulder. If the meat is not butchered correctly, you might get some contamination from that. The REI in Glendale has a lunch counter that sells sandwiches with javelina meat. :-)

My family and I once had javelina tags, so we went to a lecture given by a leading expert in javelinas, the history of their migration northward (they were not found in AZ when the Spaniards first arrived here, they were only further south) and many other very interesting things to do with their habits, biology, etc. The guy spent considerable time explaining how to dress the meat. Apparently you never want to stick a knife anywhere near those scent glands, located in the rear of the animal. What you have to do is to pull the skin off without cutting that area, and it is supposed to bring the scent glands along with it.

We went hunting in the Winchesters, but saw nary a piggie, just a lot of tracks.

I think that it can be done well, but I just personally have not tasted it when it was prepared correctly. And guess what, when it is not prepared correctly, it is just flat not edible. Even by a feral cat. Cats tend to be a bit picky, after all!