Anyone hunt wild boar?

[homer_]

According to MB regs they are a pest and open to hunt year round. Havn't heard much of them lately though.

 

[sum1]

Just noticed a thread on ebrandon about some wild hogs the other night. http://www.ebrandon.ca/messagethread.aspx?message_id=696267&cat_id=3 i haven't seen any personally.

 

[Vimy Ridge]

It one creature I really want to shoot but can never find. What RM's are haveing the big issues?? Have gun..will travel

 

[1899]

Anyone hunt wild boar? Why, yes!

 

[antiqueguy]

if anyone knows where hogs are and if i need a hunting license for out of province or not i'll galdly help out

 

[triden]

Anyone hunt wild boar? Why, yes!

Nice one! What area of BC was this?

 

[1899]

Nice one! What area of BC was this?

It was a ways off from BC! It is east of Osijek, by the Danube River, in the former Yugoslavia.

 

[PSE]

I have hunted Russian wild boar 4 times with friends on game farms. The first was in the Alta badlands and the rest was up in the Sundre area on game farms.
They can be quite tough to kill if ideal shot placement is not done on the first shot. The first was taken with a .303 sporter and required 4 shots. The next year I overcompensated with a .375 H&H mag (only 1 shot required). The following years I took a 30/06 and shot boars with only 1 shot.

Any 30/06/308 in that class should work well for an animal that will range in the 200 to 400 lb catagory.

They are quite delicious and one of the best wild game meats - recommend that the hams be double hickory smoked.

 

[1899]

I've shot boar with .257 Wby - 75gr X and 120gr Partitions, 8x57, 8x68S and .416 RM


The fellow in the picture above has shot 100's of boar and many of them were with a .243 Win. I sent him 2 boxes of 75gr X back in the days before they were available in Europe. He basically used all of those bullets on boar. He was happy with the results.

 

[antiqueguy]

I have hunted Russian wild boar 4 times with friends on game farms. The first was in the Alta badlands and the rest was up in the Sundre area on game farms.
They can be quite tough to kill if ideal shot placement is not done on the first shot. The first was taken with a .303 sporter and required 4 shots. The next year I overcompensated with a .375 H&H mag (only 1 shot required). The following years I took a 30/06 and shot boars with only 1 shot.

Any 30/06/308 in that class should work well for an animal that will range in the 200 to 400 lb catagory.

They are quite delicious and one of the best wild game meats - recommend that the hams be double hickory smoked.

these hogs are not russain boar(mite be a few mixed in and mix breed) but pigs that have been escaping/released for a few hundred years wild hogs can breed abot 5 times a year having quite a few in a litter it does not take much for them to start a herd

 

[Brutus]

these hogs are not russain boar(mite be a few mixed in and mix breed) but pigs that have been escaping/released for a few hundred years wild hogs can breed abot 5 times a year having quite a few in a litter it does not take much for them to start a herd

How can you know if you are or are not 110% correct?
You cannot possibly say your word is final.
Frequency of birthing is not the issue here.

 

[Longwalker]

RE: frequency of birthing - I am 100% sure ( Not 110%!) the NO pig species can breed 5x per year. A domestic or wild pigs gestation period is 3 months, three weeks and three days. Leave some time for lactation and a normal estrus cycle and that would put the breeding interval at twice per year, tops. Or maybe I didn't learn anything during all those years in university and working in the pig industry.

 

[Tazzy]

I wish we received $50.00 per set of ears in this province ... 205x$50=10,250.00 . That would have been a nice reward for all the hours spent chasing these things!! Oh well, it helps to keep in shape.

You need to find a friend in Alberta.

 

[medvedqc]

RE: frequency of birthing - I am 100% sure ( Not 110%!) the NO pig species can breed 5x per year. A domestic or wild pigs gestation period is 3 months, three weeks and three days. Leave some time for lactation and a normal estrus cycle and that would put the breeding interval at twice per year, tops. Or maybe I didn't learn anything during all those years in university and working in the pig industry.

longwalker : good memory.

in the wild there is mostly only one birth period a year but today as they re well fed in Europe they re getting two gestations period in a year and so the population is exploding ...

we hunted them a lot in Europe and loved but driven was the only method and i didnt it like that much.

 

[Brutus]

longwalker : good memory.

in the wild there is mostly only one birth period a year but today as they re well fed in Europe they re getting two gestations period in a year and so the population is exploding ...

we hunted them a lot in Europe and loved but driven was the only method and i didnt it like that much.

Yes, two and a bit is what I've heard also........

 

[bluey]

yeah so do the ones down south and in australia

this is a wild boar there a few different types but they all have a little hump of some sort wild hogs/pigs tend to look more like potbelly pigs and or mix breed between the two

Yes...........that what the Auzzie hogs look like from the side......from the front is a hold different story.........I used a Winy 1886 in 45-90 and 12ga slug to hunt them when I was down there.

 

[antiqueguy]

Yes...........that what the Auzzie hogs look like from the side......from the front is a hold different story.........I used a Winy 1886 in 45-90 and 12ga slug to hunt them when I was down there.

most of the aus pigs ive seen look like pot belly pigs the pic there is a razor back wild boar(not saying there is not some mixed in)

most of these pigs are just that pigs all different colors and mix breed pigs

 

[antiqueguy]

How can you know if you are or are not 110% correct?
You cannot possibly say your word is final.
Frequency of birthing is not the issue here.

thats just word of mouth from friends down south

 

[Brutus]

thats just word of mouth from friends down south

Now that's even more questionable. I highly suspect that few Americans know what exact DNA matched evasive species thrives in the woods of Alberta? Or even care?

 

[antiqueguy]

Now that's even more questionable. I highly suspect that few Americans know what exact DNA matched evasive species thrives in the woods of Alberta? Or even care?

they are the same type of pig down there mixed