The feral pigs in NA are fully edible and tasty! In the Smoky Mountains it is open season year round without a license because of how destructive they are. I have seen quarter-acre size mud wallows in wetland areas and all the good tuberous plants dug and eaten. One spring at high elevations the Eyrthronium populations had been rooted up and eaten. Aaron E Tennessee On Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:25 PM, B Spencer <bea.spencer@sympatico.ca> wrote: The European wild boar is actually very good to eat, lean dark meat unless of course like with everything you get a very old boar (you know "the trophy kind"). Don't you guys read anything into my comments, though, please. Still it is a pest destroying potato fields. They are also moving into populated areas rooting in garbage, much like bears in out neck of the woods. I understand, though that the North American kind is a cross between the domestic one and the imported wild kind and is altogether a different matter. Is it edible? Anybody in the crowd is a hunter, or hangs around with hunters.? ---Original Message----- From: Mark Mazer Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:44 PM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] Wildlife in the City Dread the day feral pigs move into the neighborhood. A problem in the South and West, they have recently been reported in upstate New York. --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com/