George:
Here in Texas they are sold for human consumption. Some or the meat is shipped to New York as Texas Wild Boar.
There are buyers around our area that buy them and then process them.
The bad thing about eating them, human or dog, is because of the deceases they carry.
2 weeks ago we had a Texas Department of Agriculture sponsored hog hunt contest, this is a yearly event. Over 800 hogs were killed.
There is an entry fee to enter the contest and the purse money is pretty good. There are different categories: Largest hog, most hogs killed with a rifle, most killed with dog catching, most killed with bow and arrow. All of the categories also have a purse for the largest hog in that category. Plus they have to be fresh killed and fit for human consumption. meaning that they have to be packed with ice. There is also a purse for the longest tusk, this years was 3 inches.
I believe we had 36 teams this year.
Most of the hogs after the contest are carried out into fields for the Coyotes and Buzzards to eat.
So they don't go wasted.