Wild Boar in Saskatchewan

I've only known one guy who shot a wild boar and he did it while elk hunting east of Arborfield, he smoked the meat and I can attest it made some of the best bacon I've ever had. It is my understanding they are are difficult to hunt as they are nocturnal and tend to stay in very dense cover during the day, I saw one several years ago around Wood Mountain while Mule deer hunting but I couldn't get a shot at it as it zipped through some heavy brush.
 
I only know of one guy who has been successful at hunting them and he lives in an area where they have decent numbers and access to good private land. I hunted with him for 2 days and got nothing. They are extremely hard to get onto and shoot....most guys just happen to stumble on them and kill em. Its probably easier to get a 160" whitetail then a pig in Sask. Good luck
 
I saw two just west of Montmartre one day around 2007ish. They weren't seemingly "wild". They were black, and a long ways from any farmyard, but contentedly wandering along, eating near the Hwy 48. My wife nailed one with her Buick Roadmaster just north of Fosston on Hwy 35 around 2003ish. I think there are a few running around in the Kelvington area. Moose Mountain Park supposedly has them in pest numbers.
 
I’ve never encountered one in person but I have seen several pics of them online on the 306Hunters FaceBook group. They are definitely out there but many won’t say specifically where they were harvested.
 
Met a fella who's doing a PHD on something or other and part of his work involves working with boar and he said there's definitely an issue in SK and its growing fast especially with very few predators.
 
They're here. I think the biggest problem is guys keeping their location a secret so no one else can kill them and that mentality is wrong when it comes to invasive species. It's all fine and dandy now, but in 10-15 years it might be an actual problem.

We're not talking about hiding the location of a sweet pike spot or where monster mulies live, this is an invasive species that is costing millions in the US, hence why they're being studied here in Sask...
 
scott_r said:
I only know of one guy who has been successful at hunting them and he lives in an area where they have decent numbers and access to good private land. I hunted with him for 2 days and got nothing. They are extremely hard to get onto and shoot....most guys just happen to stumble on them and kill em. Its probably easier to get a 160" whitetail then a pig in Sask. Good luck
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Sounds like you need a helicopter like in the states. Shoot all kinds of them and fly on to the next one. Never looking back. Take a look on line lots of videos of doing just that.
 
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Wish I knew where they were too. They're really hard to come by. The only place I've come across them in the wild is Arizona :) . The odd neighbor will see one every couple years, I guess on their way to the Q valley but otherwise good luck in finding them. I wish they were a little more plentiful as they are excellent eating. With the colder northern environment all around better meat up here as well.
 
hunter5425 said:
I've only known one guy who shot a wild boar and he did it while elk hunting east of Arborfield, he smoked the meat and I can attest it made some of the best bacon I've ever had. It is my understanding they are are difficult to hunt as they are nocturnal and tend to stay in very dense cover during the day, I saw one several years ago around Wood Mountain while Mule deer hunting but I couldn't get a shot at it as it zipped through some heavy brush.
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I know a few people from up around Arborfield and there used to be alot of wild boars around there but the locals shot out most of them. The rest stay nocturnal and went back in the bush. I have heard from farmers and locals there are boars south of Tisdale and out towards Mistaim and Bjorkdake too.
 
We shot four while mule deer hunting near Ravenscrag a few years back. They were just wandering around in a harvested field so we got within 300 yards then the harvest began.It was very good meat. According to my friends down there they have managed to clean up all the wild boars around their, but you never know.
 
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