Pig hunting?

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So I have the opportunity to go after a few pigs... they were a farmers pigs that got out and are now wild. I know absolutely NOTHING about these animals let alone know their habits... any tips guys?
 
Lucky guy, I'd love to have the opportunity to do what you're getting to do! I watched a program once on how pigs can turn feral both physically and mentally in as little as a single generation, be careful.

I'm kind of curious as to why there aren't any wild "hogs" as most americans call them in the Maritimes? I'm fairly certain they could extend their range into the maritimes given the right conditions, as could turkey. That'd be a hell of a hunting trip!
 
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I'd tackle this same as if they were wild boar. Locate some torn-up turf in the daylight and then spend the dark hours listening for them. Without dogs, the only good way to track them is with your ears, and the marks they make from digging. Be super careful at night. If you get too close it might be dangerous.
 
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Depending on where you are it might be legal to bait them. If you have domesticated hogs it should be easy to bring them to where you want.
 
Ya they're considered pests out there so we were thinking of putting some bait out (oats and creamed corn? I dunno what makes pigs go crazy... but I'd think that should do the trick) to bait them and them sit one night in a tree stand and just watch and listen. Then go back in the morning to check out their tracks and see where they come from and where they go and then do it again the next night, but with rifles in hand :)

We're using M14's... I think .308 should hopefully take them down.
 
SeamusMac said:
Lucky guy, I'd love to have the opportunity to do what you're getting to do! I watched a program once on how pigs can turn feral both physically and mentally in as little as a single generation, be careful.

I'm kind of curious as to why there aren't any wild "hogs" as most americans call them in the Maritimes? I'm fairly certain they could extend their range into the maritimes given the right conditions, as could turkey. That'd be a hell of a hunting trip!
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There used to be wild boar here. On Robert's Island. It's on the south shore of NS. It's a small piece or terrain, but better than nothing. I think there was a nice hotel & gourmet resteraunt for paying guests, as well.
DNR shut it down I was told, (the hunt) because really Robert's Island was only a peninsula, not an island. I believe this estate hunting used to go on for quite a long time before it was shut down in the 1990's or so.
And everyone knows these little beasties, can easily spread diseases to livestock, ruin gardens, kill pets, and endanger persons in some cases. This was the fodder that DNR used to kill this operation. So you can thank the NS provincial government.

Maybe some-one else, can enlighten us on further details?

Quite a trip, yes,understatement of the decade my friend....
There is nothing like pinging a boar with a shotgun slug, and hearing thier incessant squeals, as his friends scatter to the four winds!
 
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If you do get a chance at a group of them go for the mature sow (female) first. If you take a young one, the sow will lead the others to a new area and you won't get anymore. Take out the big one and the younger ones might be a bit disoriented for a while and give you a chance at others. If you get into them keep shooting until they are all dead.
 
There was also a herd outside of Truro, buddy bought em and bred em for a few years to start hunting them, but couldn't get the proper permits and had to get rid of them. I saw the 190 acre woodlot they were pastured on and those things aren't something I'd like to have running around, they do a pile of damage.
 
A guy was telling me his son in law lives in Alberta and they may put a bounty on wild pigs?? Is there lots of them, he said now you don't even need any kind of hunting licence to kill them? Is this true?
 
archie126 said:
A guy was telling me his son in law lives in Alberta and they may put a bounty on wild pigs?? Is there lots of them, he said now you don't even need any kind of hunting licence to kill them? Is this true?
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They've officially been declared pests, which makes them fair game in any season. I haven't heard about a bounty though.
 
They are tricky buggers to find, one day we were trying to find them near barrhead and we could see where they were going down to the river to get a drink but we couldnt locate them, the worst part was that you could hear them every once in a while. im hoping to go and try to shoot some this winter. i think dogs are the key
 
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A guy was telling me his son in law lives in Alberta and they may put a bounty on wild pigs?? Is there lots of them, he said now you don't even need any kind of hunting licence to kill them? Is this true?
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The farmer we were talking to has lots on his land still... they apparently are living in a muskeg swamp that has some pretty thick bushes so we can't really go in to get them, we pretty much are limited to baiting them out.

They are declared pests but he never mentioned a bounty. He did say that if we saw them we had to shoot until we were out of bullets...



Thanks for the tip canidae... we'll definitely go after the big ones first then.



Also, I heard they are mostly nocturnal... is this true?

I am also curious whether they bed down in the same spot every night (well, day if they're nocturnal) or if they sort of just migrate around in one area bedding down wherever... Anyone know?
 
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