EU wild boar - 2-3mln heads in Italy for food supply - in favor for same in Canada?

[Rangel]

Good as replacement for store-bought pork - especially for Canadians who are tight on the budget.
Recipes for making dry cured meat (mastro genoa salami) are available on the internet.
As for digging up plant roots for food - not an issue - I have seen tracks of big herds of wild boar in Europe - trees and other plants still grow.
So - are you in favor of having them in the wild in Canada for hunting?

 

[remyltr]

been hunting them for years here in sask

 

[legi0n]

favor or not they are coming
I for one can't wait

 

[medvedqc]

Good as replacement for store-bought pork - especially for Canadians who are tight on the budget.
Recipes for making dry cured meat (mastro genoa salami) are available on the internet.
As for digging up plant roots for food - not an issue - I have seen tracks of big herds of wild boar in Europe - trees and other plants still grow.
So - are you in favor of having them in the wild in Canada for hunting?

less hunters in europe plus weather change (milder winter) and food sources available in huge quantities are creating the disaster ...

in france our hunting club was responsible and liable for the damages made to the cultures/crops and any road accident. it was done throughout the local (departemtal hunting association) and we paid huge fines if we did not do some night shootings and protections of crops you have to see to believe what a band of wild boars can create for damage to potatoes or corrn ... red deer and roe deer can do a lot of damages but more located on youth tree plantation ...

 

[medvedqc]

favor or not they are coming
I for one can't wait

up to the time you will have to hunt them ... this is not an individual hunt trust me ...

 

[legi0n]

yep, I have done it way back when in France and Germany (driven hunts)
the french vineyard owners were all too happy. The Germans asked for money
I hope the provincial govts wake up

 

[Grizzly Adams]

They're an invasive species that create no end of environmental damage. You must be out of your mind.

Grizz

 

[androoze]

I hear random reports of them in Ontario. Anyone seeing this?

 

[Longstud]

I live in Ontario and there are documented sightings. The MNRF has made it illegal to shoot these invaders. If they are spotted we are asked to inform and provide as much info as possible. Apparently killing one make the others almost unhuntable and they proliferate at an alarming rate. Once established it’s over as far as controlling them. Detrimental to the land and all forms of wildlife.

 

[migrant hunter]

Say goodbye to a lot of your ground nesting birds, and even deer fawns. I hunted boar in England, where they established themselves just like in Sask. You do not want those things here.

 

[Scotty454]

They're an invasive species that create no end of environmental damage. You must be out of your mind.

Grizz

I thought this was the general consensus; that they're extremely destructive. OP where are you getting that it's "not an issue"??

 

[Cocked&Locked]

Apparently killing one make the others almost unhuntable and they proliferate at an alarming rate. Once established it’s over as far as controlling them.

Uh huh.
The idiotic Ontario government can't have it both ways. How does that kind of lie work? You can't kill one in a group or the rest will become super intelligent forever and take over, yet if you do nothing they will also take over anyway?

I haven't seen these yet, but if and when I do, I will shoot them. Regardless of this stupid policy.

 

[partial]

we have a lot of dirty pigs here in toronto, don't know if they are good for hunting.

 

[Ed Smurf]

I hunted hogs in Texas...shoot them and they come back. They try everything to get rid of them and nothing works so shooting them just removes a few more. And they make good BBQs.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

I always heard the meat was nasty - the usual concerns around trichinosis and the like, plus pretty gamey if you shoot an older one.

Are they edible?

 

[remyltr]

I always heard the meat was nasty - the usual concerns around trichinosis and the like, plus pretty gamey if you shoot an older one.

Are they edible?

i wont eat one over 150lbs
big ones are rank imho

 

[Ardent]

No, not something to hope for.

 

[bearkilr]

I hunted boar in England, where they established themselves just like in Sask. You do not want those things here.

You mean re-established. Wild boar are or were native to much of Europe, Asia, the Middle East and northern Africa.

 

[MiG25]

You mean re-established. Wild boar are or were native to much of Europe, Asia, the Middle East and northern Africa.

You mean they were extirpated on the British Isles? Guess they just left them alone and they disappeared.

 

[canadian hunter312]

Uh huh.
The idiotic Ontario government can't have it both ways. How does that kind of lie work? You can't kill one in a group or the rest will become super intelligent forever and take over, yet if you do nothing they will also take over anyway?

I haven't seen these yet, but if and when I do, I will shoot them. Regardless of this stupid policy.

Trapping in pens, which the MNR has proposed, can hold a couple dozen and is most effective as you’re removing the entire group from the oldest animals down to the little guys. Watch some YouTube videos and you’ll find quite a few where the trappers explain how it’s much easier trapping unwary and uneducated animals.

There’s pens that work like minnow traps which allow animals in but they cannot escape. There’s also pens with remotely controlled doors, but the operator has to monitor the trap and close the gate when the entire group is inside.


On the flip side you can have a couple hunters shoot a few out of the group while the rest of the animals disperse and become educated, thus making future hunting and trapping much more difficult. Hunting also causes groups to disperse which leads to the animals expanding their range much quicker.


Anyone who wants these animals around is completely clueless and needs to give their head a shake.