Wild Boar

[kolik1]

I think I'm going to try to put a piggy in the deep-freeze, assuming they're any good to eat.

Wondering if anyone knows if they've been spotted in the Lloydminster area. I'd be willing to drive an hour or so to get at them.

 

[laurencen]

they have been spotted according to this website h ttp://wildboarcanada.ca/#sthash.zkSCfCSp.dpbs

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Hate to rain on your parade, but you'd better plan on hunting hard and long, Alberta has even discontinued the bounty cause there was so little demand. Also, illegal to bait them here, I just discovered.

Grizz

 

[Got Juice?]

Hate to rain on your parade, but you'd better plan on hunting hard and long, Alberta has even discontinued the bounty cause there was so little demand. Also, illegal to bait them here, I just discovered.

Grizz

You cannot bait an invasive species??

 

[scruffee]

I shot one last Monday, I'll let you know what it tastes like haha

 

[Superbrad]

They are delicious if prepared properly and age of the pig is taken into account....

 

[Grizzly Adams]

You cannot bait an invasive species??

Apparently not. Seems weird and I saw it earlier today when I was researching what you could use for bear bait, but can't seem to find it again.

Grizz

 

[350tracker]

I sure would like to try wild boar. They were on the open season year round at one time here in Manitoba but I think they are gone or hard to come by...

 

[Modavated]

They're fully legal to hunt at any time and anywhere for licensed hunters in British Columbia.
I wouldn't mind doing that myself.
Anyone sight any closer to the Lower Mainland area?

 

[medvedqc]

They are delicious if prepared properly and age of the pig is taken into account....

piglet, old boar or sow name it they are are all good ...depending on how you prepare them ... what i know is during the rut avoid to shoot a boar ...

 

[Got Juice?]

Apparently not. Seems weird and I saw it earlier today when I was researching what you could use for bear bait, but can't seem to find it again.

Grizz

i am going to call mnr in bc about that.

 

[scott_r]

I know most CGN'er hate Facebook but I recently signed up and Wildboar Canada has an excellent page full of info and conversation with people who really know boars. The biologist from University of Sask posts on there all the time and really dispels all kinds of myths surrounding hunting and culling wild boar.
Conversation was brought up about how they taste and it was mentioned a lot has to do with their diet..I guess they consume huge amounts of frogs in the warm months and can taste absolutely rank. Old boars are also pretty nasty.

Cheers!!

 

[BrotherRockeye]

piglet, old boar or sow name it they are are all good ...depending on how you prepare them ... what i know is during the rut avoid to shoot a boar ...

I would suggest shooting EVERY boar you can and eating the ones that qualify.

 

[TheTooner]

I still have some of a young one in freezer and he is delicious. He was shot late last winter. I first tasted wild boar when I was stationed in Germany, it was good then, there, too.

 

[Duck_Hunter]

Part of me wishes we had them due to the hunting opportunities but way to destructive on natural species. Just shot one in Maui last week and my wife and I had tenderloin skewers and cooked up an entire quarter in the oven at the condo. Other than a moose roast it may be the best wild game I have eaten.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Part of me wishes we had them due to the hunting opportunities but way to destructive on natural species. Just shot one in Maui last week and my wife and I had tenderloin skewers and cooked up an entire quarter in the oven at the condo. Other than a moose roast it may be the best wild game I have eaten.

Two sides to the story, good hunting, but definitely problem wildlife, at least ours don't glow in the dark.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/2932530/radioactive-wild-boars-are-roaming-europe-after-eating-mushrooms-contaminated-after-the-chernobyl-disaster/

Grizz

 

[the spank]

I would suggest shooting EVERY boar you can and eating the ones that qualify.

This ^^^thinking in sport hunting terms for these things is a huge mistake. Think ERADICATION!!

 

[medvedqc]

This ^^^thinking in sport hunting terms for these things is a huge mistake. Think ERADICATION!!

you can't eradicate them if there is food ....

 

[TheTooner]

If you eradicate one you do a good thing. The more you kill, the better.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

you can't eradicate them if there is food ....

Every time I hear talk like this, I think to myself, you're just not trying hard enough.

Grizz