Wild boar pose serious risk, warns Sask. researcher

lalunette said:
These are starting to become a problem in Manitoba as well.

Looking forward to eating wild boar, just like my French ancestors did !!
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It would be a shame if a truck load of these pigs 'escaped' on vancouver island! I kinda wish I didn't move from Sask 20 years ago (not realy) but might have to come visit to bag a few of these...
 
one reason why there are so many, back a while ago many farmers had them and raised them like pigs as a commodity.then the price dropped extremely low and it was cheaper to let them loose then feed them, and because they multiply so fast this is why we have so many, but they are a danger to the public, farmers, crops, livestock, etc, its no different then a plague or disease we must eradicate them. The males taste like crap from what I've had same with the bigger ones, and yes don't bother shooting anything smaller than a .30 if you want consistent clean shots from a distance.
 
wild boars do not multiply like rabbits unless you feed or the food is an easy access ....

in Europe we never any heavy and hardly population up to the day they started to feed and bait them, so i imagine that in Sask. and MB the food is easy and full other than that i dont see it.

for the meat if you treat and cook it well no worries on the gamey part except during the rut that is suppose to be december- January ...
 
medvedqc said:
wild boars do not multiply like rabbits unless you feed or the food is an easy access ....

in Europe we never any heavy and hardly population up to the day they started to feed and bait them, so i imagine that in Sask. and MB the food is easy and full other than that i dont see it.

for the meat if you treat and cook it well no worries on the gamey part except during the rut that is suppose to be december- January ...
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There is no shortage of food available for them here. Grain is stored on fields nowadays in long cylindrical plastic wrapping and the wildlife has figured out if you break it open you have an unlimited source of grain to munch on. Last winter I watched three deer emerge from a brush line and walk over to a "bag" of Canola seed and mow down. I have seen where the pigs are rooting up pea fields through the snow. If you have ever seen a pea field after harvest you will understand there is no shortage of missed peas to eat. I have seen fields with so many waste peas a duck could stand in one spot, do a 360 degree turn and fill its crop within seconds.
 
Mikeyman said:
It would be a shame if a truck load of these pigs 'escaped' on vancouver island! I kinda wish I didn't move from Sask 20 years ago (not realy) but might have to come visit to bag a few of these...
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you don't want them trust me they are not a game animal and should not be hunted like them(I see this as a common idea here filling the freezer and that's good enough) these are pest they do damage to crops and kill native wildlife best bet is to shoot as many as you can take what you want and leave the rest for the coyotes
 
antiqueguy said:
you don't want them trust me they are not a game animal and should not be hunted like them(I see this as a common idea here filling the freezer and that's good enough) these are pest they do damage to crops and kill native wildlife best bet is to shoot as many as you can take what you want and leave the rest for the coyotes
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Yes... because killing one ove-rexpanding varmint and using it to help sustain another is a great idea.....
 
Mister Donut said:
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I personally think that the Mediterranean marinade recipes before a BBQ, tend to be just about the best treatment for these wild porkers.
After all, they have only been slaying these things for a couple of thousand years right??

Along with lemon roast potatoes, a side of greens and your choice of red wine is the feast of kings IMO. (even Viking kings lol)
 
They are a real problem in much of France and consequently there are very liberal hunting seasons for them.

I drove up to a B&B there one time and the front door was open, nobody around and a standing gun rack in the mud room held about 8 rifles and shotguns.

"We're going to like this place," I told my wife and host was indeed a hunter and we drank wine and told hunting stories all night.
 
MD said:
They are a real problem in much of France and consequently there are very liberal hunting seasons for them.

I drove up to a B&B there one time and the front door was open, nobody around and a standing gun rack in the mud room held about 8 rifles and shotguns.

"We're going to like this place," I told my wife and host was indeed a hunter and we drank wine and told hunting stories all night.
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they were not a problem before in my youth barely you see one during a driven hunt today you see them even not hunting lol then the hunters started to feed them and in the same we lost half of the hunters we went from above 2 millions to just 1 millions.

so you divide the number of hunters and you add food and you get a big problem ... in France the sows have two litters now when one was the rule ...
 
i received yet another email off a CO today and his words concerning specifically hunting wild pigs in SASK
you need to inform the local RM where you are hunting wild pigs and gain permission from that RM's local office
and the landowner
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WTF it has to do with the local RM is beyond me,as they dont own the animals.

i am aware that SERM have a group of 'sharpshooters' that any RM can call upon, to hunt down
the wild pigs in an area, were a landowner has a major problem with them.
 
Well, if the pigs are someone's property, then they are going to have some BIG compensation claims to deal with. That is why nobody is going to claim them as "domestic livestock".
If we want rid of these animals, allow spotlighting for landowners and their designated pest control teams.
 
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