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"Jacquie" > wrote:

> My BIL hunts Javelina...did you know they really don't belong to the wild
> boar family..they belong to the peccary family I have never tasted it
> though.


I believe that what they call "wild boar" in TX is actually the result
of boars imported from Europe breeding with escaped pigs. IIRC, the
packaging on my wild boar items includes the explanation, "feral swine."

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