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I normally don't like the way javelina are mounted so I tried a closed mouth version. I really like the way it came out. I spite of what some folks think, I really enjoy hunting the little buggers.  | ||
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Good looking mount. Nice cat on the wall too. All We Know Is All We Are | |||
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I would love to hunt a Javelina  Funny looking critters! | |||
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They may be small but they run anything in their path off! Once they start popping those teeth, all yield to the small fry brigade. I've mounted them years ago when I was in the taxidermy trade, and eaten them (it was good but the cook knew how to bbq them) even seen them live on Wendell's ranch, but never had the opp to take one. I'd do it without having to think about it. One cool critter. Just sayin' Gray Ghost Hunting Safaris http://grayghostsafaris.com Phone: 615-860-4333 Email: hunts@grayghostsafaris.com NRA Benefactor DSC Professional Member SCI Member RMEF Life Member NWTF Guardian Life Sponsor NAHC Life Member Rowland Ward - SCI Scorer Took the wife the Eastern Cape for her first hunt: http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6881000262 Hunting in the Stormberg, Winterberg and Hankey Mountains of the Eastern Cape 2018 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/4801073142 Hunting the Eastern Cape, RSA May 22nd - June 15th 2007 http://forums.accuratereloadin...=810104007#810104007 16 Days in Zimbabwe: Leopard, plains game, fowl and more: http://forums.accuratereloadin...=212108409#212108409 Natal: Rhino, Croc, Nyala, Bushbuck and more http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6341092311 Recent hunt in the Eastern Cape, August 2010: Pics added http://forums.accuratereloadin...261039941#9261039941 10 days in the Stormberg Mountains http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/7781081322 Back in the Stormberg Mountains with friends: May-June 2017 http://forums.accuratereloadin...6321043/m/6001078232 "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading" - Thomas Jefferson Every morning the Zebra wakes up knowing it must outrun the fastest Lion if it wants to stay alive. Every morning the Lion wakes up knowing it must outrun the slowest Zebra or it will starve. It makes no difference if you are a Zebra or a Lion; when the Sun comes up in Africa, you must wake up running...... "If you're being chased by a Lion, you don't have to be faster than the Lion, you just have to be faster than the person next to you." | |||
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Tree'em, thanks the cat was made into a rug because it's probably the most spotted bobcat I have been fortunate to take. As far as the javelina mount, I'm running out of room in the house for my mounts. I had the base sized to fit the top of my gun safe. It's not that I have so many mounts, but between my wife and myself we have several pieces of art of one form or another. So we incorporate the taxidermy with the art and the furniture. you have to love a woman like that. | |||
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That is really a great looking Javelina mount. During the years I did the guided Javelina hunt operation in Pecos county Texas, I never saw a Javelina in the "Classic" position they are normally mounted in. As for their eating quality, they are really good if cooked right. Because they have no fat content to their meat, so it dries out real quick. To many view them as pests and because of their musk gland, which gives them a skunk smell, many folks believe they are unfit to eat, but they tasty. True they will never replace a good elk steak, but they are not bad. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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VERY nicely done! I have shot javelinas incidental to deer hunts in the past, but recently read where the pressure on them is taking its toll, to the point where there is consideration of protecting them. I believe the current limit in TX is two per year but I did not verify that. Yes, younger ones eat quite well. We used to skin them, cut hams and backstraps off, then reach inside for the tenders and never open them up. My memory is that the shoulders and ribs offered little in the way of meat. Again: a very nicely done mount! | |||
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I have not seen anything about them being considered for any more protection than they already have, the limit is two per year, but TP&W does not issue tags for them. I have not checked the listings in the past couple of years, but basically there were 50 counties in Texas with a season that ran from Sept. 1 to August 31, and that is the way it was listed. In 43 or so other counties the season ran from early November until the end of February. When whites first started coming in to Texas, Javelina ranged all the way from Oklahoma, into Arkansas and Louisiana. Lots of indiscriminate killing did or does take place in Texas and Feral Hogs may also be out competing them. In Arizona and New Mexico they are given Big Game status same as Elk/Mule Deer. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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Great fun to hunt, but I'm not a big fan of eating them. I'll do it, but when faced with choosing between elk or deer or antelope or orxy and javelina, the javelina just sits in the freezer. For that reason, I don't chase them any more. Of course, in NM you no longer have to remove the meat from the field, but that just doesn't seem quite right. _____________________ A successful man is one who earns more money than his wife can spend. | |||
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Nice hog! I agree with DesertRam, they should be eaten or not shot. | |||
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As I say, Javelina will never replace an elk steak, but if handled right and cooked right it is tasty. People will not agree with this, but after spending the amount of time I have spent hunting these little characters, I firmly believe they are the best animal to start an inexperienced hunter on. They have really poor eye sight but a really incredible sense of smell, for the beginning bow hunter especially they are perfect, you learn to use the wind and it teaches a person gun or bow how to actually stalk something. I just love hunting them because it lets the hunter try stuff like calling that other game may not/will not be so forgiving of a mistake. Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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DesertRam, I sent an inquiry to the NMGF about leaving the meat in the field. It did'nt seem right. I've had a few that were not good eating, but for the most part I've enjoyed them. The response I got back was vague at best. I don't understand needing a tag then treating them like non-game animals when taken. By the way, this particular javelina was taken just west of Lordsburg. I agree with Crazyhorseconsulting, great animal to start a beginning hunter on. | |||
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Nice mount. They aren't bad eating if you shoot a young one, even a young boar. But, you need to skin them immediately and get that musk bag in the middle of their back away from the meat as soon as possible without puncturing anything. It's like a tit, so it's easy. If you've ever had a doe leak milk while gutting her -- you don't want that to happen to a javelina. And, watch the fleas. They are covered in fleas. Take a shower shortly after cleaning one and I used to use some dog shampoo, but I've heard that is dangerous. Never hurt me. The first year after I was married, I went out to shoot a javelina for Christmas dinner. (We were pretty officially broke). Marinated in red wine, studded with whole cloves, and roasted -- it was very good. But in those days we were both interested more in dessert. | |||
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