Feral hogs are not "wild game" and require a pre-mortum inspection before slaughter. They are treated exactly like domestic swine under the law. Hunters Harvest will not/can not accept field dressed hogs from our contest. Feel free to read the USDA regulations on this topic, I have read them all, many times looking for a way to donate field dressed hogs and there is no legal way to do it.
Scott, it is against the law to donate field dressed hogs to feed the hungry. No reason to waste the meat, so live hog contest it will be.
Since when and where is law that states this?
How do groups like Hunters Harvest and Hunters for the Hungry get by with donating thousands of pounds of wild game every to feed the hungry?
The hogs from this contest have always been taken, processed and then distributed... not handed out in a field dressed condition...
