We hunt them down in south Arkansas. I won't bother cleaning a boar or even an older sow. Not sure about other states, but the older ones where I hunt are terrible. Kinda like marinating a store bought pork chop in Old Spice. No offense to anybody that uses OS.
I've only experienced great table fare. I usually have a lot of ground into breakfast sausage......but the chops aren't too shabby either.
How cold are the temps during your season? What is there primary food source?
I have killed one big stinky boar. The pig itself stunk bad. When I de-boned it the meat smelt like meat. When I cooked the sausage/burger up the smell was that of the rank boar. A very musky smell, however the meat tasted like meat and was actually very good. The only thing I got from eating the big boar was some bad gas, but that is nothing new.
