TD,
The meat taste is area specific. Just like our deer here in Northern Indiana. They are grain fed and there is no gamey taste at all. Go into the backwoods of Northern Minnesota, different story.

We have harvested several and I will tell you this, the wilder they are, the more they eat naturally from the woods, the gamier they taste. From the ones in Oklahoma, which were on a feeding system and ate mostly corn, to the ones in Tennessee, that ate grubs and acorns and such, there was a world of difference in taste.

To be honest, we have them all ground up into sausage with a mild seasoning and everything is good. Never smoked the bacon or hams.

It will depend on what you want from your hogs though. You can have it made into anything you want.

Have fun though!

Don't believe what you hear about them though. They are smart, can see well and have a nose like a blood hound. Working them on the stalk can be a ton of fun!

Be safe though! Have fun!