Here Piggie!

[Hotzcatz]

Looks like a cross between a feral and domestic pig. Not as black and hairy as usual. I'd post a picture of the last pig that went through our neighbor's yard but it is a bit graphic unless you are a very enthusiastic carnivore.

My neighbor caught it with a piece of clothesline. He took about ten feet of clothesline, tied one end to a tree and then made a slip loop in the other end. The loop was about eight inches wide and about ten to twelve inches tall. He arranged stuff in the yard to make a chute so the pig would go through the chute and then through the loop at the opening of the chute.

I was amazed when he called and said there was a pig since we hadn't moved to trap over to his yard yet. It was a nice sized sow. We had arranged that he would catch them and I'd process them in exchange for the parts he didn't want. He didn't want much more than a few pork chops, a few ribs and I pressed a loin roast on him since it was "his" pig. There are five roasts in my freezer, a big bucket of chopped pork to make sausage with, a small jar of casings and a huge pot of pork bones simmering for broth. Yum!

So, is anyone building a smoker house?