Huge feral hogs invading Canada, building pigloos as they go

Suther said:
Sure lots of big pigs in Texas. Lots of people raising them in pens too. A perfect example is all those helicopter hunting outfits. They are all high fence operations, and you're shooting farm raised pigs and/or trapped wild pigs that were sold to the outfitter. You are doing absolutely nothing that helps with the hog problem, despite how they might advertise their service.
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There are some outfits that run that way, but very definitely not all of them. Helicopter hunting in Texas started as something that (by law) had to be paid for directly from the landowner to the company doing the flying and hunting on their land. It was subsequently changed to allow someone to pay for the chance to be the shooter - which makes a ton of sense. The laws when I was living in Texas (2012 - 2017) were such that anything other than explosives and chemical weapons were legal for killing hogs - they were "in season" 24/7, 365. Night vision, thermal, short barreled rifles, full auto firearms, pistols, bows, crossbows, spears, dogs, knives, suppressors...all of it was fair game as long as you were killing hogs.

One episode of Meateater focuses on trapping hogs in Texas. The guy in that episode has trapped thousands of pigs, and he says a big one is 240lbs.
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That lines up with the hogs that I shot while living and hunting in Texas. There are pigs much bigger than that....but they are very definitely outliers. In most cases, the largest hog in any given sounder is under 150 pounds.
 
Not all boars have boar taint. It's actually a low %. Also not everyone can smell boar taint, I've read higher % of women to men can. If you know someone who can smell it, just take a sample from the boar and cook it, doesn't have to be much of a sample. That way you know how to process the boar, like normal, or lots of sausage..
 
reddog9x19 said:
In Brant county? I'm surprised. I know there's ranches out west that raise them then sell them to hunting camps down in the U.S. I've hunted in Tennessee and bagged one with a tag in it's ear. The guide was quite excited for me and told me it was a pure bred Russian boar, bred in Alberta & shipped to the camp. Kinda laughed at that, I drove over 1,100 kms to hunt a Russian boar from Alberta.
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A few mins south of Burford. I was just looking at pics and I would guess they're Russian wild boar. People really shouldn't be allowed to keep animals that can cause such damage if they escape.
 
Fordtrucks said:
i welcome them, another species to hunt the landscape cant get much worse with ag and industrial operations
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Being that I'm trying to not get snotty as the Isolation goes on, I'm wording it carefully.
This is one of the 'Lesser thought out' posts on this thread. There may be something that I don't know about as to the situation where you live...but I can't imagine how wild feral hogs will improve the neighborhood in any way.
Either that... or someone is trolling.
My thoughts for what they are worth...which isn't that much these days
 
DVXDUDE said:
Watched a few hours of Wild boar fever on YouTube lately. I'm seriously thinking of making a hog hunt my next trip, But it will likely be stateside not over in europe.
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I can't support them their not trying to eliminate them problem only to deepen their pockets only letting you shoot a certain number of hogs when they should be letting you shoot as many as you can.
 
DVXDUDE said:
Watched a few hours of Wild boar fever on YouTube lately. I'm seriously thinking of making a hog hunt my next trip, But it will likely be stateside not over in europe.
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Make sure to read the fine print. They won’t refund your money if you can’t go. You will have to keep making trips or give up.
 
Rynnik said:
We farm south of Hamilton and I can't imagine how much of a mess these things can make. Dreading the day they show up in my back yard but I'll go fully to war against them on that day. I understand that they are really smart and will move to avoid pressure so likely I'll just be making the invasion worse for my neighbors lol. I really hope Ontario doesn't do something stupid with hunting regs and they stay as unregulated open season pests that they will need to be to have an impact on them.
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Well I read somewhere a cormorant season is coming to Ontario so a licence and season will be involved. Coyotes being vermin in my book require a licence. So fully expect the MNRF to get their hand out if we want to get rid of the pigs. Hell groundhogs and crows need a licence although I have no problem with crows.
 
billbmcleod said:
Well I read somewhere a cormorant season is coming to Ontario so a licence and season will be involved. Coyotes being vermin in my book require a licence. So fully expect the MNRF to get their hand out if we want to get rid of the pigs. Hell groundhogs and crows need a licence although I have no problem with crows.
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Ontario

Wild boar can be killed under the authority of a small game license (at least in the Counties of Prescott and Russell) under Section 54 (5) of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act. All pertinent hunting rules and regulations regarding safety still remain in effect (landowner permission, adhering to discharge of firearms bylaws, firearm licensing, etc). All kills or sightings should be reported to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, who will also field any additional questions regarding wild boar.
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http://wildpigscanada.ca/information-for/hunters/
 
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