Since this thread from 2006, I've shot a lot more big hogs so...
I'll add my experience on 'Big Hogs' the for the table.
I'll shoot a big hog anytime I get a chance..... If they are not rank they are good eating..... Yep, even boars.
From FL SC GA to TX I have found this to be 100% true.
On big boars that are old I'll take them to a processor for sausage.... As I have a Great one Here in Georgia.....
But he can't hold a candle to the one in Jupiter Florida that Marty McMahon uses.... One of my biggest boars, That I called blockhead, Was absolutely fabulous and was on many a table in other hunting camps.
So don't Either not shoot or throw away a large boar if you do shoot ... As long as they are not rank they eat well.