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Old 03/19/13, 12:53 PM
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Butchering a 10 month old intact buckling
I have a 10 month old buckling that is causing trouble. He is a Nubian Boar Cross. Is he too old to butcher and still taste good? Thanks for any advice.
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Old 03/19/13, 01:03 PM
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I've done it before without issue.
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Old 03/19/13, 01:12 PM
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Great thanks, I didn't want to waste him. If anything, I can make dog treats!
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He'll be delish! Grind him all up, make brats & Hot Italian sausage too.
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We did our intact buckling at about the same age last fall. Made regular ground and some breakfast sausage. He was yummy!
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I'm eating an 11 month old buck right this minute! Delicious!
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Old 03/20/13, 02:54 AM
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I've gotten lazy enough to do little castration or banding and just let those bucklings that we're gonna eat stay in the pasture and graze/browse until I take a mind to butcher them. When I get butchering on my mind, I pen them up and put them on corn for about a month and then do the deed. They always taste just fine. I keep the backstrap out for making small chicken fry steaks and grind the rest. Don't notice a "bucky" flavor.
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