A couple of pigs
- Thread starter KDX
- Start date
Grizzly Guy
Regular
- Location
- This Side Of Hatfield
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funny those oinkers come towards U,wonder if they were being fed?heard the vehicle and figured here comes lunch,anyways let us know how they tasted.good shooting by the way
funny those oinkers come towards U,wonder if they were being fed?heard the vehicle and figured here comes lunch,anyways let us know how they tasted.good shooting by the way
They sure can tear up the ground when they put their minds to it. I had a bunch coming through my yard this fall, was just about to start shooting when my neighbour locked em back up. Oh ya they were a lot pinker, just tastier
Mount Sweetness
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Ontario
Where are they coming from?
game farms? U.S.?
game farms? U.S.?
I think the feral hogs in the U.S. are domesticated breeds that have escaped or been turned loose and are adapting to the wild. The European Wild Boar here were imported to be raised as livestock by farmers looking to diversify. They were never properly domesticated and as soon as they escape, they revert immediately to surviving by their own resources. Not much in the way of native wildlife that can compete for food and habitat and the native predator species can't really handle them.
In Saskatchewan, the agriculture ministry set very specific and stringent standards for containment measures such as fences for wild boar and did nothing to enforce them. Sask Environment and Resources Ministry (SERM) Conservation Officers told me a few years ago that their ministry, when investigating reports of escaped wild boar, found no cases of wild boar farmers actually installing the required fences.
Since they are an introduced species introduced for agriculture, SERM decided not to regulate the escaped animals as a game species, so no bag limit, no season. In this province, if it is legal to discharge a firearm on the land on which you find wild boar on the loose, it is legal to shoot them and keep them.
I was at Hog Wild in Mayerthorope in the 80's as a spectator and the "hunt" was more like a short walk and execution.............a trip to the zoo pretty much.........there was tree stands and baitpiles for archers......The boar my sidekick shot was horrible to eat and stunk like dead coyote..........not to rain on your safari but that's how it went........mind you the younger hogs may be good?.............JMO....Harold
Nice shooting.....
I am going back to Europe again this year for a few more
a bit more work, as the hunting is at night, can't see them, I unfortunately don't have night vision like some of the local guys do, but the light on the rifle, a clear night, moonlight, and if your really quiet, one can just get lucky and drop a few of the buggers
here are a few shots from a couple of years back...
Sako 308, all were under a hundred yards, and average weight of them was about
100 Kilos
very good eating.........
I am going back to Europe again this year for a few more
a bit more work, as the hunting is at night, can't see them, I unfortunately don't have night vision like some of the local guys do, but the light on the rifle, a clear night, moonlight, and if your really quiet, one can just get lucky and drop a few of the buggers
here are a few shots from a couple of years back...
Sako 308, all were under a hundred yards, and average weight of them was about
100 Kilos
very good eating.........
^^ You guys need to organize a hunt to eliminate this pod while they are still small numbers and probably haven't been shot at yet. There are no natural predators here except bullets. haha It would be interesting to see if the grizzly would be interested in them.
As for the guy that said "dumb pigs" I can guarantee he has never hunted them. They are a very wary animal and has pretty much gone nocturnal around here. When you track them it can get interesting in a hurray if you encounter a sow with small piglets. She can get pretty protective. You guys would be amazed at their speed and duration they can run. The deep snow is their downfall as they have to stay on their trails. not quite the same clearance as a moose.
shoot everyone you see!!!
185 and counting
As for the guy that said "dumb pigs" I can guarantee he has never hunted them. They are a very wary animal and has pretty much gone nocturnal around here. When you track them it can get interesting in a hurray if you encounter a sow with small piglets. She can get pretty protective. You guys would be amazed at their speed and duration they can run. The deep snow is their downfall as they have to stay on their trails. not quite the same clearance as a moose.
shoot everyone you see!!!
185 and counting
This was the area I eluded to in my earlier comment.
The other web site the guys are at odds if it is legal or otherwise.
All the arm chair heroes are saying they belong to the crown or they belong to a farmer who knows they are escapees etc...
Anyways, I am sure they are very good eating and KDX some great shooting there
Rob
I recorded a program that was on the Discovery channel tonight about feral hogs. I heard about them around Sasquatch Park near the lower end of Harrison Lake in BC. about 15 years ago, but haven't heard anything lately. I know they can be a Plague on the environment. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5f01Qf3yU Just on the Global news tonight about 30 ish hogs at Christina lake running amuck.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LX5f01Qf3yU Just on the Global news tonight about 30 ish hogs at Christina lake running amuck. 
So what's a Northern fellow Canadian suppose to do if he wants/wishes to hunt LARGE boars?
Otokiak
Rankin Inlet, NU
CANADA
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I dont get why there arent Piggies all over Ontario if they are surviving the winter out west. Some places in the states seem to be almost overun with feral hogs.
