It depends what they have been eating? The ones I shot late last winter the coyotes wouldn't even eat them. If they are grain fed they seem to be ok, but when they switch to roots and other dead animals I leave them where they lay. Last winter was tough on some game species here and it seems to have hit the boar numbers too which is a good thing as the only good boar is a dead one!!
Wild Boar Hunt
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No the CO's are not holding controlled hunts on them. SARM is the group trying to figure out what/how to eradicate them.
These boars are wide open to shoot year around. The problem is that they have learned to be nocturnal. Winter is the best time to get them as far as eliminating pods of them. When the snow is deep is best as they then stay on their established trails most of the time. "Drive" them like deer and have guys on the other end waiting for them to bust out.
These boars are wide open to shoot year around. The problem is that they have learned to be nocturnal. Winter is the best time to get them as far as eliminating pods of them. When the snow is deep is best as they then stay on their established trails most of the time. "Drive" them like deer and have guys on the other end waiting for them to bust out.
Yes. No season or limits in Sask because SERM considers them not a game animal for them to manage but escaped livestock. They are an introduced species with no natural predators and they damage habitat. I heard it from a CO in a presentation to the S'toon Wildlife Federation a couple of years ago that you just have to follow the rules on shooting times (no shooting from half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise) and away from occupied buildings (500m) and no shooting on, from, along or across roads, and you need landowner's permission on private land and if the relevant RM has declared them a nuisance as escaped livestock you can have a go on pretty much any public land within those safety rules. He said if you canvass the RMs to see which ones have declared them a local nuisance that's a good clue there are some around.
He also said that when permission was given for the boar to be imported and raised as livestock the provincial agriculture ministry established strict regulations on fence construction that would ensure none could escape but that ministry admits they never did any enforcement at all to ensure the farmers built the fences properly and in every case of escape that SERM had examined the fences weren't compliant.
aylandacres, if you need beaters for a drive I'm willing to pay my dues for a crack at hunting them. I ate wild boar in Germany and it was good.
He also said that when permission was given for the boar to be imported and raised as livestock the provincial agriculture ministry established strict regulations on fence construction that would ensure none could escape but that ministry admits they never did any enforcement at all to ensure the farmers built the fences properly and in every case of escape that SERM had examined the fences weren't compliant.
aylandacres, if you need beaters for a drive I'm willing to pay my dues for a crack at hunting them. I ate wild boar in Germany and it was good.
Yes SERM is having control hunts on wild boars i know one of the guys that goes out with them. They go into an area that is having complaints then spot from the air then a group of shooters goes in and tries to eradicate the hogs in that group. CO`s are in the group of shooters, the guy i know also is a member of the coyote control program. If a sheep or cattle rancher is having a problem and don`t have time or resorces to control the coyotes the get a guy in to trap and shoot. He will also train the rancher to trap if wanted.
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. Piggies are bad news, and breed as fast as rabbits. Just look at the issues they are having with them down south.
Sign me up for the Sask pig hunt
His canned hunts are significantly cheaper than they are most places stateside.
I kinda doubt if they'll let me use my favorite hog hogsleg which is my 4" bbl S+W model 29 revolver at the Quebec ranch.
They wouldn't even let me bring it into the country (prohibited). It's stored with kinfolk in PA.
I guess I'm considered to be too dangerous to hunt with a handgun since I became a full fledged Canuck.
There are hundreds of feral pigs running rampant in Texas and other states that the locals will almost beg you to shoot.
Take a handgun with you.
You are allowed to hunt with handguns in the states where the feral hog problem has become literally a 4-legged, flat snouted invasion destroying millions of dollars worth of cash crops every year.
Take a handgun with you.
You are allowed to hunt with handguns in the states where the feral hog problem has become literally a 4-legged, flat snouted invasion destroying millions of dollars worth of cash crops every year.
Some of the neighbours back around Dad's farm used to raise wild boars. We used to (and still do) raise them on the farm. Long story short, one of the neighbours had "a few" get away due to poor fencing. They multiplied pretty well unchecked for a number of years.
With hard hunting and some nasty winters, the local population is essentially depleted. When the occasion arose, it was like shooting fish in a barrel. Pigs are very destructive animals when left to fend for their own.
One neighbour in particular had a herd of problem pigs in his pea field. For those who aren't farmers, peas can be difficult to harvest if the ground isn't flat. Most guys roll the land after seeding to flatten it further. Pigs dig and make a general mess, destroying the crop and causing equipment damage if you do try to harvest in areas where they have been digging.
Come harvest time, we get a phone call from this farmer asking us to come over and help shoot some pigs. In total I recall about 8 or 9 people being rounded up and sneaking up on these problem pigs in the pea field. When we did come over the ridge, there must have been about 150 pigs all rooting around and causing a mess. We shot about 40 or 50 pigs all within a span of a minute, including several big boars and sows. Butchering started around dusk and went well into the night. The bigger animals were basically inedible. Even the tenderloins stunk like somebody had p*ssed on the BBQ. The young pigs on the other hand were very good. We ended up with about 20 pigs that would have been less than 75 lbs on the hoof that were all very good eating.
Nothing good about wild pigs. They are savage voracious animals. Shoot on sight.
Hmmm.......
Now I feel like convincing some of the animal rights actvists in my neighbourhood that if they'd just drive north to the farms raising boars and cut holes in the fences that the cute little piggies would thrive in their newfound freedom..... If they've heard any of the stories of boar culls from out west I'll just tell them that Ontario's thicker terrain would impede the effectiveness of helicopters to find them. And if they're worried about farm damage, I'll just tell them that all of the family farms have been bought up by evil corporations like Monsanto who'd deserve it! It would be nice to put other people's ignorance to good use!
On a more serious note, but for the barrier posed by the Great Lakes we'd have had wild pigs here by now. Though the distribution keeps changing, New York, Michican and Ohio have growing populations of animals, with perhaps another small pocket in southern Quebec. Add the pockets in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and I'm starting to get really impatient.
Now I feel like convincing some of the animal rights actvists in my neighbourhood that if they'd just drive north to the farms raising boars and cut holes in the fences that the cute little piggies would thrive in their newfound freedom..... If they've heard any of the stories of boar culls from out west I'll just tell them that Ontario's thicker terrain would impede the effectiveness of helicopters to find them. And if they're worried about farm damage, I'll just tell them that all of the family farms have been bought up by evil corporations like Monsanto who'd deserve it! It would be nice to put other people's ignorance to good use!
On a more serious note, but for the barrier posed by the Great Lakes we'd have had wild pigs here by now. Though the distribution keeps changing, New York, Michican and Ohio have growing populations of animals, with perhaps another small pocket in southern Quebec. Add the pockets in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba and I'm starting to get really impatient.
javelina
Hunted in Texas several times and the reason only 2 javelina is that they are true native game and thus are regulated by the state, feral hogs and exotics are not. Yes they stink but not even close to a wolf and everything in texas is covered in ticks and fleas, not just javelina. I have frienda who eat them and say they are quite good, but obviously not the old boars we like to shoot.
Douglas
Not to steal the thread but I wonder why only two javelina? I have a good friend who lives in the Rio Grande valley and according to him it's shoot all you can of them little buggers as they are considered to be vermine and a real menace. He says you can't eat them , that they are horrible eating and completely covered in ticks and fleas and that they smell foul just to get close to them. He says they just shoot them and leave them. I don't know how much truth there is to some of his statements but another buddy of mine from here lived there for a while and he says our friend isnt lying.
Hunted in Texas several times and the reason only 2 javelina is that they are true native game and thus are regulated by the state, feral hogs and exotics are not. Yes they stink but not even close to a wolf and everything in texas is covered in ticks and fleas, not just javelina. I have frienda who eat them and say they are quite good, but obviously not the old boars we like to shoot.
Douglas
Been looking into southern warm hunts which include feral hogs for a while and best I can figure is a guy would go to Hawaii with a smooth bore flintlock muzzleloader (preferabley a SxS) and hunt pigs, deer, goats, sheep, oodles of birds and waterfowl.
Lots of public land, mixed bag extraordinaire and some other bonuses. The muzzle loader opens up a lot of public ground and seasons and makes travel hassle free at all borders. In the USA flint and percussion are the same legally so you could throw 30 bucks of conversion parts on your gun once there and make it easier to find powders/hunt in damp conditions.
I figure it would take 3 months to sample what the various islands have to offer........
Lots of public land, mixed bag extraordinaire and some other bonuses. The muzzle loader opens up a lot of public ground and seasons and makes travel hassle free at all borders. In the USA flint and percussion are the same legally so you could throw 30 bucks of conversion parts on your gun once there and make it easier to find powders/hunt in damp conditions.
I figure it would take 3 months to sample what the various islands have to offer........
