I'm wanting to go after my first hog but have no idea how to dress it out. Is it anything like a deer? PLEASE HELP!!!

Just like a deer with a lot of grease.

Mudd what shade of lipstick for a big red girl.

QuoteOriginally posted by BigJohn:
I'm wanting to go after my first hog but have no idea how to dress it out. Is it anything like a deer? PLEASE HELP!!!

Yep.....

First he`ll need a bath..... Really just pretend its a deer thats built different.RC

peeled a few myself and I agree, do'em like a deer

Careful with the bladder,  seems to me that they're easier to nick than a whitetail.

Arwin   how perfect.  I HAD to read this one cause I just KNEW what was coming.

ChuckC

I actually never gut one. I field quarter them where they lay. Don`t have to worry about busting a gut.RC

I actually never gut one. I field quarter them where they lay. Don`t have to worry about busting a gut.RC

Hogs are tuff, they wont give you an inch when skinning like a deer will, but other than that it is all about the same.

NOT in a tutu!

I do the same as RC. Hot weather and the need to process the meat as quickly as possible makes quartering them in the field the thing to do.

Hot pink bikini.  If the hawg is dressing up she might as well go all the way.  Heels too.

just like a deer except for the thickness of the skin/hair. they will do a number on the edge of a knife.

QuoteOriginally posted by RC:
I actually never gut one. I field quarter them where they lay. Don`t have to worry about busting a gut.RC

this! I do the same for deer. much better than dragging

Make sure it has a silk purse before you hit the town!

Pigs shed their skin and spill their guts just like a deer only a deer is easier to manuveur around than a hog.  Hogs are smaller in stature, normally, but a don't have the hand holds other game animals do.  I think they got the term, "Dead Weight" from trying to drag a hog.  If you have a tree and pully set up it will make your life easier.

Apparently my attempt at humor wasn't appreciated as my reply was pulled.

If the original poster of the thread was offended, I am sorry.Please accept my apology.

I had also posted that all of my experience with the handling hogs after killing all relates to domestic pigs and my favorite job was the rendering of lard as it kept me supplied with fresh hot cracklings to munch on.

God bless,Mudd

PS: I don't feel like "The Lone Ranger" as mine wasn't the only post expunged.

Yea, but the scrapping that took place to get to those cracklings.

We got a strapping if we munched on them--crackling cornbread.  

With a mustard based bbq sauce that is sweet and spicy and some slaw.