[MR] Buckskinner Cookbook/Wild Boar/Pig hunts

[rmhowe]

http://www.coon-n-crockett.org/cookbook.htm
The buckskinner cookbook I found today while looking for
a page on an antique sheet metal stove Anne bought herself
yesterday to use in the yurt we may build one day.
They even have recipes for skunk, or shunk as it may
be called in Sacred Stone, the little barony to our west. ;)
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If you were unaware that Johnston County, North Carolina, USA
has a serious problem with Feral Pigs / wild semi-Boars they do.

This apparently is happening in 23 states so you might want to
check with your local State Wildlife Enforcement for other
opportunities.

They are a problem down near Johnston Community College and they are
in a managed forest down there. The Howell Woods management people are
organizing various hunts for the things.

Johnston County is just south of Wake County, North Carolina, USA
which is where our state capitol, Raleigh, is. [There are a hundred
counties in North Carolina.] Since I am cross-posting this to
the Medieval Encampments list and Manx list as well as the
Atlantian list this might help you locate it a little bit.

The article was in the Jan 13th (Raleigh, NC) News and Observer
and entitled 'This Little Piggy Rips Up the Forest' (Howell Woods).

James Sasser is director of the Howell Woods Environmental
Learning Program there.  Suggestions for hunting are with a
shotgun from a ten foot high tree stand.

There are no hunting season regulations applicable to the pigs.
There is no bag limit.
Meaning anyone can hunt them at any time outside of Howell Woods.
Inside Howell Woods there are times and rules.

They are thought to be descended from imported Russian Wild Boars
who have intermixed with domesticated swine that farmers once
allowed to roam the Johnston County countryside. They are quite
hairy, up to 400 pounds, many with tusks, and because of the
intermixing are lower in front than the back end. These things
have a substantial range that apparently does not limit them
only to the forest.

There are probably two hundred of the things and they
reproduce at such a rate that they can't be exterminated
and they are ripping up the woods which are rather
dense at ground level and contain rare plants. Each sow
can get pregnant up to three times per year and have up
to 12 young twice per year. They can get pregnant at 4 mos.
of age. So you see why they have a problem. The woods floor
apparently looks like it has been run under a harrow.
They make tunnels through the thick bushes.

They apparently eat anything, including each other, so you
might want to consider your own tender hide. My great uncle, who
was an ivory trader in Africa, once attended a compulsory feast with
a tribe that was cannibalistic. All my ancestors that knew the
first-hand gory details are long gone now. I have read that humans
are called long pigs and similar in flavor. My grandfather's brother's
name was Ernst Moore and he wrote the history book "The Ivory
Scourge of Africa" which referred to both the white and black
varieties - ivory and slaves. Most of the time he was in
Zanzibar, a large island off the southeast coast. My grandfather's
family once ran the Grand Excelsior Import/Export Company and
his father was a clipper ship captain on the China Tea Run, the
son of a real Prussian Baron.

Excerpt:
Feral Pig Hunts
Howell Woods Environmental Learning Center in
Johnston County will hold six feral pig hunts
this month through mid-April.

There are three ways to join:
Lottery, sponsorship and volunteering.
All hunts take place on Friday and Saturday
afternoons and hunters must complete a two hour
safety training class.

Lottery:
Hunters pay $10 a chance for one of 15 spots.
Hunters may enter more than once. If chosen hunters
pay an additional $25 fee.

Sponsorship:
Sponsors pay a fee of $160 to $200 per hunter,
depending on group size. Donations support Howell Woods
Environmental Center.

Volunteers: Volunteers who work a set number of hours
are invited on an annual hunt.

For hunt dates and registration deadlines call (919) 954-3051
or go to http://www.johnstoncc.edu
http://www.johnstoncc.edu/information/howellwoods/hunt.htm
is the exact page.
http://www.johnstoncc.edu/information/howellwoods/howellwoods.htm

Master Magnus, Barony of Windmasters's Hill, Atlantia, GDH
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