I did 7 the other day with some friends. They are simple guys, if you can skin a coon you can butcher a hog. If you have a band saw even easier.

Shoot them in the head, cut the throat, make sure you cut the side of the neck were the veins are, once hes done kicking gut him like a deer, ideally now you hang them up in a tree or from a loader or whatever, skin him out like you would a deer, more cutting and less pulling than a deer but nothing hard about it.

Once the hide is off take either a sawzall or a regular hand butcher saw and cut straight down the middle of the spine, the pig is now in half. Put the pig in a cool spot in a tub of some sort and cover it in ice then cover it with a blanket, make sure the pig is well packed in ice. Drink a couple beers while you celebrate the fresh pork you are about to enjoy. Best to do the killing in the cool evening and in the morning you can cut him up.

Several videos on youtube show you how to properly butcher a pig, if you cant figure it out butcher it like a deer and call it good enough. Hogs yield out around 65-70%, a 250 pound hog is going to give you 150+ pounds of meat and all it takes is a bit of your time and effort.

I haven't done many but they don't skin that much different than deer.

and your not saving the hide , cut from the Y of the legs to the jaw and from the tail to the snout and peel them a side at a time.

tried scraping one , need a lot of hot water for that did about 1/3 and ran out of hot water and just started skinning. skinning is faster and less mess.

I have been able to dispatch on farm it doesn't take much

they said you have to take live delivery , once they are in the trailer and down the road to the first gravel turn off , you could dispatch so they can't be shifting around in the trailer

I hang mine with a block and tackle. Split the backbone with an axe. Working alone it takes me about an hour from the shot to the halves hanging. If it's warm out a big tub of ice works good to cool them in.

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Yep, an ice slushy, works on anything you want cold fast, a little salt added and you'll get the temp down close to 32 degrees

Yep, ice, water and salt is the quickest way to cool down a 29 pack of Busch Lattes. 29 because you man up and drink one warm while you wait for the rest of the case to chill.

when I was doing chickens we had 2 free chest freezers both 6 foot . put them on the trailer , I cleaned and bleached them out good then put about 8 inches of water in the bottom and plugged them in let them freeze for 3-4 days. we did the chickens at a friends farm 90 minutes away.

used one as a chill tank plugged in at the farm on the trailer , by adding water and salt , the other had a nice slab of ice to put the bagged chickens on and get them frozen up fast. then I could drive any where and everything kept cold

You drink ice cold Beer in the summer and warm beer in the winter!

Good to hear all the tips if we wind up with some hogs to cut up I’ll share with the class how we went about the whole process

I dont take the time to get cold or hang long: shoot, gut, skin. the kids grind and my wife packages and throws in the freezer

You can do it. Bought two pigs last Friday .50 cents a pound on the hoof. Watched a few you-tube videos ( bearded Butchers) and went to town. Killed Friday butchered Saturday. Cooled down in coolers and ice. The break down is a little different that a deer but easily done other than your time.