Wild boar pose serious risk, warns Sask. researcher

Home3 said:
What an amazing opportunity for SK hunters. A lot of semi-carbines with open sights and red dotes can see action. New types of guns and new set of skills can be practiced. And since it is a very harmful invasive species, non of the ethical roles (that I follow) should apply. The fact that it tastes good too, is just the icing on the cake (Trichinosis warning though!). Shoot the bastards!
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Yeah, it's a great opportunity, but ethics still play a role. I don't think the opportunity would be available for long if there were wounded and maimed pigs squealing and screaming in the dark, or staggering around gurgling and coughing up blood in sight of the general population. Public support for a cull and hunting in general would nosedive.
 
Superbrad said:
Just because something is a pest doesn't mean it should be harvested unethically...... They are still natures creatures just doing what nature designed them to do.....
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shooting it once in the chest is good enough to move on to the next one with buckshot id aim for chest/neck. the idea is to kill as many as possible id worry about following up after you have put at least one round in as many as possible I follow this practice with every pest animal I hunt
 
If they would look at the macro effect these friggers are having on the southern US and elsewhere, they would start culling these guys whole sale. Like CanAm said, put a bounty and an open season on them, immediately.

*They meaning SK government.
 
DangerD said:
If they would look at the macro effect these friggers are having on the southern US and elsewhere, they would start culling these guys whole sale. Like CanAm said, put a bounty and an open season on them, immediately.

*They meaning SK government.
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they are too slow to act upon what needs to be done.IMHO
i have posted a response on the first page from a CO concerning the legal hunting of wild pigs/boars
its still a grey area and the law needs to be addressed............sooner rather than later.....oops its too late
 
With what some folks here are saying, it is illegal for me to shoot a raccoon raiding my pheasant run in the middle of the night. If it is on your property (or a buddy's, say, who asked you to help him) and it is damaging property, crops, or livestock, at any time of day or night, you are permitted to intervene. If of course it doesn't listen to "nice pig", you can shoot it as you had reason to fear bodily harm (these things are dangerous).
 
bearkilr said:
To do it properly and safely, you'd have to hunt them like they do in European countries, in other words from elevated tree stands over bait. Here you'd get people shooting wildly across open fields at night where there may be buildings or livestock beyond the light. You'd also get the ones claiming they're pig hunting, when in fact they're after other animals like deer or elk.
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i never used bait while hunting from high seat you need to be where they re going for food or rest areas.

if we can shoot them at night it is due to their habits and the fact that they ll become more nocturnal but you need a high quality scope like a 7x50, 8x56 a fixed scope works better ...
 
Chuckbuster said:
There are viable populations in Ontario? Other than the occasional game farm escapee, I haven't heard anything about them.
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None wild that I've heard of yet. Even judging by wildboartrackerDOTca there's not many here & un-confirmed whether they're truly feral hogs or domestic escapees. I have heard rumblings that those out West could be here in numbers within five years. It'll probably take another 2-3 for an actual season to be established that. Would be interesting to see how well they adapt to Ontarios' damp cold winter conditions, certainly no shortage of various crops avail to fatten them up.
 
ShrtRnd said:
None wild that I've heard of yet. Even judging by wildboartrackerDOTca there's not many here & un-confirmed whether they're truly feral hogs or domestic escapees. I have heard rumblings that those out West could be here in numbers within five years. It'll probably take another 2-3 for an actual season to be established that. Would be interesting to see how well they adapt to Ontarios' damp cold winter conditions, certainly no shortage of various crops avail to fatten them up.
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actual season ? not sure about the other western provinces , but in b.c. it is no closed season , no bag limit , no tags needed .

my understanding is if it is a pig on crown land , it is fair game .
 
medvedqc said:
i never used bait while hunting from high seat you need to be where they re going for food or rest areas.

if we can shoot them at night it is due to their habits and the fact that they ll become more nocturnal but you need a high quality scope like a 7x50, 8x56 a fixed scope works better ...
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I'm aware of that, but many places use bait, since most European countries can't use artificial light so they hunt them using the moon and the optics you mention at pretty close range. They're actually not nocturnal by nature, they only become that way through hunting pressure.
 
burnt_servo said:
any idea what bait they may find irresistible ?
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oats,apples,fish,veg tops from your garden and well almost anything.
tim hortons doughnuts go down well.
also i have used a 5 gallon bucket with chopped up apples,pears,any berry fruit
bananas,pack it well in and then fill it up with coke/root beer.
stick the lid on and let it brew for a week or two.
carefull of the pressure as the natural yeasts will turn it into alcohol.
then pour that whole mixture onto grain.once they find that.........

dont use oranges or lemons as bait.they wont eat them.
also the above,the deer go mad for it too
 
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remyltr said:
oats,apples,fish,veg tops from your garden and well almost anything.
tim hortons doughnuts go down well.
also i have used a 5 gallon bucket with chopped up apples,pears,any berry fruit
bananas,pack it well in and then fill it up with coke/root beer.
stick the lid on and let it brew for a week or two.
carefull of the pressure as the natural yeasts will turn it into alcohol.
then pour that whole mixture onto grain.once they find that.........

dont use oranges or lemons as bait.they wont eat them.
also the above,the deer go mad for it too
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I'd bet you'd make a mean batch of Yukkaflux…..:cheers::puke:
 
Chuckbuster said:
Yeah, it's a great opportunity, but ethics still play a role. I don't think the opportunity would be available for long if there were wounded and maimed pigs squealing and screaming in the dark, or staggering around gurgling and coughing up blood in sight of the general population. Public support for a cull and hunting in general would nosedive.
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Usually I am not the one to advocate unethical hunting. But when it comes to an invasive species of this magnitude (judging by kind of havoc they have brought to other places), eradication must be the final goal.
 
For bait brake few apples, works like magic. For best meat try to get the smaller boar. Big male boar meat does not taste good. Use decent caliber to shoot them, 12g a slug or buck shoot works well, for rifle anything bigger then 270 win. Best result with 30 cal or bigger
 
Home3 said:
Usually I am not the one to advocate unethical hunting. But when it comes to an invasive species of this magnitude (judging by kind of havoc they have brought to other places), eradication must be the final goal.
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Except we are not talking cockroaches, spiny waterfleas or zebra mussels. We are talking about a mammalian vertebrate. And, like it or not, any activity involving firearms is watched very carefully. If the eradication methods are deemed inhumane by the public at large, there will be a large chorus of complaint, and, the squeaky wheel gets greased. That alone should be enough to make those wanting the opportunity to hunt wild boar to do so ethically. As for me, I would hunt them if given a chance. However, I would choose to do so ethically, not because of what other people may think, but because my own standards prevent me from inflicting indiscriminate wounds, pain and suffering, knowing full well that many so wounded will escape to die an excruciating and lingering death.
 
corwin-arms said:
For bait brake few apples, works like magic. For best meat try to get the smaller boar. Big male boar meat does not taste good. Use decent caliber to shoot them, 12g a slug or buck shoot works well, for rifle anything bigger then 270 win. Best result with 30 cal or bigger
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i actually witness my mate shoot a 400lb sow with his 300win mag and she got up and ran off.
we found her 100yards away.the round didnt exit her and was almost the size of a looney lodged
in her rib cage.
that was very scarey indeed.

the best ones to eat are upto 250lbs anything after that leave them were they lie
 
I hope they breed like rabbits.

A friend a few miles from my house has some land we hunt and he's had a few show up on the trail cam at night.

Bring on the bacon! :)
 
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