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This is just off son's patio just south and east of Houghton and Broadway.
Saw a bobcat with a quail in it's mouth and a couple coyotes sauntered through, also. Too quick for me to get a pic, though.
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Yup. What is pictured there could very easily be in my back yard though activity of late has been minimal. I have not seen a coyote or a javelina in quite some time.

I have cleaned out a lot of the under brush so they may have chosen a different route where there is more cover. I am not "out in the wilderness" by any means; I have neighbors on all sides that are within 300-400 feet. But I do border a dry wash (river bed for those who don't understand the term) so they are probably moving there.

Yup. What is pictured there could very easily be in my back yard though activity of late has been minimal. I have not seen a coyote or a javelina in quite some time.

I have cleaned out a lot of the under brush so they may have chosen a different route where there is more cover. I am not "out in the wilderness" by any means; I have neighbors on all sides that are within 300-400 feet. But I do border a dry wash (river bed for those who don't understand the term) so they are probably moving there.

He's in a little subdivision that backs up to the western edge of the Saguaro National forest (Eastern section). As you know, there's lots of wild things out there.
When I was stationed at DM in the 60's, we hunted javelina in the Santa Ritas. I bagged one and did all the necessary prep before butchering him. I roasted him underground. That was the absolute worst meat I had ever tasted! Never hunted them again.
I've heard that it's pretty good BBQed, and shredded. I'll pass, though.

Gene Howe wrote:He's in a little subdivision that backs up to the western edge of the Saguaro National forest (Eastern section). As you know, there's lots of wild things out there.
When I was stationed at DM in the 60's, we hunted javelina in the Santa Ritas. I bagged one and did all the necessary prep before butchering him. I roasted him underground. That was the absolute worst meat I had ever tasted! Never hunted them again.
I've heard that it's pretty good BBQed, and shredded. I'll pass, though.

I don't know how an animal that smells so horrid could possibly produce good tasting meat.

I know several people here who hunt them; not all successfully. I have never and probably will never attempt to eat any of the game.

I had to eat some strange things while in survival training but I'll pass on the javelina, at least until I begin to feel real weak from starvation.

That is one ugly animal.

Many many decades ago a friend brought his buddy to a party and that buddy brought that javelina bbq'd meat as a treat for us "Northerners". Somebody remarked that it tasted like day old puke . No matter how drunk I got I could not bring myself to try it.

Like Dusty said (almost) - You just have to be hungry enough:p

benush26 wrote:Many many decades ago a friend brought his buddy to a party and that buddy brought that javelina bbq'd meat as a treat for us "Northerners". Somebody remarked that it tasted like day old puke . No matter how drunk I got I could not bring myself to try it.

I will have to take y'all's word on that.

I ain't never tried any day old puke.

JPG40504 wrote:I will have to take y'all's word on that.

I ain't never tried any day old puke.

Can't say that I "remember" trying it myself, but some of my friends..... That is a different story all together!:eek: