BRINGING HOME THE BACON, THE FATHER AND SON WILDSCHWEINJAGT

This is something that is appreciated in the West. My daughters talk about organic foods but the ultimate organic food is the wild game that one brings home. I heard about a place where one could hunt wild hogs in Utah,

This is big sport in Europe especially Germany. Those hunts are spectacular. They dress in their Hunter's Loden and look quite sharp. I thought of wearing Lederhosen and the hats for this hunt but would have been laughed out of the state. This is the West!

Bryan flew back from Michigan and John came up from Florida. We went up to northern Utah on the banks of the Bear River, beautiful country. There is this place where they had a few wild hogs, Russian boars, feral pigs and mixes of the two. It was on a 3000 acre piece of land. We drove around for two hours and saw nothing and I thought this would be my usual hunting luck.

The guide spotted a place where Wildschwein had been wallowing, Bry and John went on foot through thick tamerac bushes for almost a mile; it reminded us of Zimbabwe on the banks of the Zambizi River. They spotted two through the bush and put on a stalk. They were on the banks of the Bear River and were quickly dispatched by Bryan and John. We took these two organically raised wild hogs to Tremonton to a butchery where they will be cured, smoked and prepared. I hope we can get someone in the family to eat this. They weighed over 400 pounds each. This is what I call "bringing home the bacon." I'll let you know how they taste.

Here is a picture of Opa and Bryan

Alles Gute, Opa