Everyone hits the elk hard in the area. I'm east of your location.
I've heard stories of a few wild boar dispatched in the area but I've yet to see signs of one myself.
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Everyone hits the elk hard in the area. I'm east of your location.
I've heard stories of a few wild boar dispatched in the area but I've yet to see signs of one myself.
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- Saskatchewan
I've hunted them a few times in Sask, but never successfully. Saw some far away. Interesting hunts. It certainly is easy to find out where they feed and hang out, they are not subtle in their rooting activity.
i have hunted European wild boar a few times in Germany, quite successfully. The difference is they are allowed to hunt at night. No lights, but good scopes with a red dot and big objective helps a lot. And night vision binoculars help too. Stalking wild boars at midnight, while carrying a 30-06 fitted with a suppressor, while walking paved bicycle paths in a city park nestled between dense housing developments just a couple hundred meters on either side is a bit different than what we're used to here. Perfectly normal in Europe. Their wild boar problem is one of the factors that is keeping European hunters hunting - the damage wild boars do is so extreme that there is wide public acceptance of hunting in populated areas.
i have hunted European wild boar a few times in Germany, quite successfully. The difference is they are allowed to hunt at night. No lights, but good scopes with a red dot and big objective helps a lot. And night vision binoculars help too. Stalking wild boars at midnight, while carrying a 30-06 fitted with a suppressor, while walking paved bicycle paths in a city park nestled between dense housing developments just a couple hundred meters on either side is a bit different than what we're used to here. Perfectly normal in Europe. Their wild boar problem is one of the factors that is keeping European hunters hunting - the damage wild boars do is so extreme that there is wide public acceptance of hunting in populated areas.
its illegal to bait for specifically for pigs,wildlife act or hunting act states this very clearly
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
There is a theory called, how to lie with maps. When I first started following the professors' work, I was immediately struck by the falsehoods of their maps. As I recall they had a mix of DNA sampling and human reporting. Their depiction exaggerates even one slightest hint of a sighting so it gets symbolized. Two sightings, and obviously there is an established population. Three sightings, and the place must be overrun! No proportional of reliability of the observation or temporal filters. Those three sightings could be spread over fifteen years, or three separate generations of sows, but somehow that shows up as an infestation. To my unscientific but practical mind, only valid hogs-down or repeat fresh evidence would make for a legitimate rating. I don't have a PhD, so why would they bother listening to an undergraduate?
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
There is a difference between game species and invasive species. The statement below gives resident hunters permission to shoot on sight. Your comment about baiting refers to various forms of public land (over the fold of pages 12 and 13). Nothing about baiting on private land, which seems as reckless as intentionally feeding rats next to grain bins.
From page 40 of the 20/21 Saskatchewan synopsis:
Wild Boar
Wild boar is an invasive species in Saskatchewan. Current control efforts
include the Feral Wild Boar Program where residents can report sightings for
investigation and removal by calling 1-888-935-0000 or 1-833-PIGSPOT. Wild
boar may be hunted by Saskatchewan residents without a licence but is not
recommended as a control method. During a big game season, a person can
hunt wild boar (without a valid big game licence) as long as they are not
accompanying a licensed big game hunter. Hunters are reminded to always
obtain permission on private lands before pursuing wild boar.
maple_leaf_eh
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
Thanks. When I taught hunter ed' in Saskatchewan we emphasized that the synopsis was the best plain language guide, for most questions. On computer as a *.pdf I searched for "boar" and there were 11 hits, most were in the paragraph I quoted. The others were in relation to baiting on public lands, provincial forests and crown lands, and on who could harvest a boar. Reading is easy when you know how to make Adobe work for you.
i will dig thru the regs and post them here so everyone knows the score
Everyone, including hunters , should be concerned, these things are classified as pests for very good reasons.
Grizz
were the little ones as tasty as they say?
According to MNR, about a third of wild pig sightings in Ontario are of the Pot Bellied kind, which would seem to say escaped or released pets. So I ended up calling the wardens and the officer I spoke to said that baiting or feeding any wildlife at any time of the year on your private property is totally legal. Game species or feral hog. Certainly check with your local officials to confirm before baiting but I can’t find any documentation proving otherwise. Good luck everyone. Let’s see them dead hogs
