Gaining ground. Hunting will not stop wild pigs invasion in Canada.

bobdbldr said:
I think if people consider this a food/protein source in a serious manner, they would come up with a system of capture! Such as corralling them in some way and then killing them! Doing it one at a time, albeit fun, would be difficult to keep numbers down!
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They use pens/traps in the south to capture and exterminate as many as they can but the pests catch on real quick.

Don't want them here at all.
 
Smoked Wild Boar hams, chops and bacon are awesome. I have relatives who hunt them in Pennsylvania every year. For everyone who thinks it's a good idea that they're allowed to proliferate in Canadian provinces,you need to do research from Texas to New York. Those things are bad news for agriculture,tearing up fields of crops and injuring farm animals that venture too close to sounders. They're also extremely aggressive and quite dangerous in human encounters. Injuries from razor sharp tusks are like knives slashing flesh and can very easily be fatal. Most hunting is very fast and done at close range. Firearms of choice are heavy hitting big game cartridges from .30 to .45 caliber. Once a population of Wild Boar are established,they're virtually impossible to eradicate because they breed like rabbits.
 
Trimmer 905 said:
Smoked Wild Boar hams, chops and bacon are awesome. I have relatives who hunt them in Pennsylvania every year. For everyone who thinks it's a good idea that they're allowed to proliferate in Canadian provinces,you need to do research from Texas to New York. Those things are bad news for agriculture,tearing up fields of crops and injuring farm animals that venture too close to sounders. They're also extremely aggressive and quite dangerous in human encounters. Injuries from razor sharp tusks are like knives slashing flesh and can very easily be fatal. Most hunting is very fast and done at close range. Firearms of choice are heavy hitting big game cartridges from .30 to .45 caliber. Once a population of Wild Boar are established,they're virtually impossible to eradicate because they breed like rabbits.
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They breed like rabbits, and are extremely intelligent. I remember watching a documentary on them several years ago, and those things are scary - not because they can be dangerous, but because they are almost impossible to control. They showed one guy with a pack of hounds that have a 90%+ success rate against bears, cougars, and humans, yet only about 50% against boars. They even had video of the bloody things using each other as a ladder to get out of pens to trap them. Much as I love boar meat and hunting them, I really don't want them here. Also, there is a difference between Russian boar and feral pigs.
 
The Danes are building a fence to keep the German illegal aliens out. :)

https://wildaboutdenmark.com/denmark-to-build-wall-to-keep-out-wild-boar/

Grizz
 
fraserdw said:
Speaking as a feral cat rescuer, cats are trapped, rendered unable to breed with any kittens removed and placed in homes. Colonies are allowed to live out their nature existence with volunteers feeding them one meal per day. Feral Cat colonies make a huge dent in local rodent populations which in turn protect human property. 99% of the feral cats I have come across have been a family pet at some point and were unlucky enough to get a psychopath for a pet owner.

My hope is that the hog population comes to Eastern Canada fast and big. Enough to force theses suburbanites to demand longer hunts closer to their precious plastic ponds and groomed lawns, then we can have some meat hunting in the summer and late winter and finally a lot less whining noise about guns going boom, boom.
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Don't waste energy trying to rescue vermin. Folks that go on emotion over pet critters tend to overlook the habits of the critter they're tryin' to save EVEN if that critter is a massive killer of every small and medium sized edible thing it can get it's paws on. Cats in the woods are to be treated the same as grey squirrels, Norway rats and all other introduced critters into our outdoors. Check out the mess these fookin' cats are doing in places like Australia fer example.

I've had cats as pets years back that were pretty cool to have, but I watched them in action doing what they're naturally prone to do and have observed their impact on the quail & grouse populations in me area. I'll stick with me dogs always.;)

This be a good haul of pests.
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russm86 said:
What about the cats impact on song birds and other non-pest species? I've heard it can be huge and problematic... I imagine they could take out grouse and their chicks too...
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I have a few cats, the diversity of species and numbers of birds (and nests) in the vicinity of my house is far higher than in the nearby bush.
 
SHELL SHUCKER said:
Don't waste energy trying to rescue vermin. Folks that go on emotion over pet critters tend to overlook the habits of the critter they're tryin' to save EVEN if that critter is a massive killer of every small and medium sized edible thing it can get it's paws on. Cats in the woods are to be treated the same as grey squirrels, Norway rats and all other introduced critters into our outdoors. Check out the mess these fookin' cats are doing in places like Australia fer example.

I've had cats as pets years back that were pretty cool to have, but I watched them in action doing what they're naturally prone to do and have observed their impact on the quail & grouse populations in me area. I'll stick with me dogs always.;)

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That picture is the best solution for feral cats.

How these "cat rescuers" can be so ignorant and oblivious is beyond me. I swear they think the cats go on fun adventures with their little rabbit and bird buddies before skipping home while holding hands to have a cup of tea before snuggling under the umbrella tree for a nap.
 
elimsprint said:
So what you are saying is that your cats like to hunt in the bush and not in the vicinity of your house. Wonderful!
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No, what I am saying is that a great many birds prefer the human modified environment over nature. Cats and all, North America is not and was not a predator free environment, the birds are more than able to fend for themselves.
 
MiG25 said:
No, what I am saying is that a great many birds prefer the human modified environment over nature. Cats and all, North America is not and was not a predator free environment, the birds are more than able to fend for themselves.
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Find me one article that says cats are not destructive pests unless they are kept indoors or in full control of their owners outdoors. I can find thousands that say otherwise without even trying.

http://wildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/FactSheet-FeralCats_FINAL-1.pdf

https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms2380

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/moral-cost-of-cats-180960505/

http://blog.healthywildlife.ca/effects-of-domestic-cats-on-wildlife-2/

http://www.conservationmagazine.org/2015/07/pet-owners-wont-admit-their-cats-harm-wildlife/
 
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The Wildhog Ca site shows a sighting near Pearson College which is less than a mile from where I grew up, and is only 20 min away from me now. There may be hope for more piggys in me zone soon.:cool: I crave wild bacon huge.:)

And folks think black bears are pesky.:runaway:
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Looks like hogs ain't fond of cats either..bonus!
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HHMM..I wonder how are local wolves ,blacks and grizzlies will like ..bacon on the hoof??
Or are they to tough to take down without getting injured??
 
sookie_69 said:
They’ve already added them to the bc invasive species list. You are legal to shoot them here like rats......too bad we don’t have them yet.
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We do have them.
I posted a picture from about 7 years ago of one (of2) feral hogs on the Nazco hwy.
Keep your ears and ears open when out there they are fast and can be very mean.
600pounds of angry swine can be a life altering moment .
Bet the GB might even think twice myself.
Hey Ed, those two you mentioned are already at the trough and rolling in the slop to no less.
Rob
 
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