naw- we did not kill him with that pig sticker
he was shot
a clean single shot from a country boy who lives here in cattle country
God knows my choniees are not that big to take one on
a wild one even with a pig sicker ! well if i had to .. would want that sticker for dang sure!
what bucksway meant was that he was cut up using that big knife
and yes my friend garryale from using it to cut that hog up i will tell you
it Does have the right mass and shape to go after one still alive
but not by ME
that " whole " boar was caught taking his afternoon nap
and did not get to run and get his 'juices' going and into his system
his meat smelled jest like the pork you would buy at a meat market
instead of wild or boorish as most will after running from dogs..
he had one tusk broke off the other about one and
the other was a good one and a half inches( 3.5cm) long
as i was butchering him i could see of were he had been in fights
and had had dogs bite him before so he was a fighter survivor
i was impressed with pure solidness of this 150 lb boar
and the thickness and density of the shield around his belly and ribcage
i had help from bucksways friend as have a torn rotator cuff
and could not pick the carcass up or move it well at all
it took some thing around 4 hrs ..start to in the freezer
{{{ugh ,,, well,.. gee...ugh..
imafritz, postfallsidaho jest so you two alone know
i had a my own right sharp 112 bucklite i used later in cleanup of smaller chunks getting membranous off }}}
(OMG dont NONE of youa'l out there tell any one dave used a dang girly knife!! )
the pig sticker worked well in places with its long reach and thick blade
as in cutting down through his neck to bone to snap the head off
good reaching up to trim the anus free and getting to bone for the hams and shoulders and through the rib cage
was a tad long for skinning
mostly
i used that D2 bladed knifee that is bucksways go to for fishing.
it is a great profile that is handy and worked better then
(gasp) my go to 110's i used in the past
there was not time to put a real edge back on it
((bucksway has used it for a while ))
but had a tri-stone there and got a usable edge on it easily enough
jest had to touch it back up a few times
with gloves on you cant test the edge ya know..
well i was going to the post office yesterday to send some
buck stuff to Haebbie .. and that .. well i still got to go
sorry haebbie ! jest another day delay ...
i know you dont mind another day getting there over
cutting some meat for the family!