What’s the deal with Wild Boar?

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I heard some talk about wild boar around and thought I’d ask if there was a bounty on them in Alberta and what kind of gear would be recommended for a possible boar hunt, any caliber recommendations and tips on how to locate them? I know they’d need to be reported as well and would it even be worth going after them?
 
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It depends on where you are, each province is handling the issue a little differently.

Last I heard, hunting them was not allowed in Ontario. Reason being hunting creates stress and fractures pods leading to increased reproduction rate.

Here in Saskatchewan, hunting is not encouraged, but they are a target of opportunity. Some neighbors of mine took one (feral) down in their garden with a .22LR. This was a few years back - not advisable, but it worked for them!

I think Alberta may encourage hunting of hogs, suggest checking with each county - they will be able to inform you of problem areas.
 
Hand Skills said:
It depends on where you are, each province is handling the issue a little differently.

Last I heard, hunting them was not allowed in Ontario. Reason being hunting creates stress and fractures pods leading to increased reproduction rate.

Here in Saskatchewan, hunting is not encouraged, but they are a target of opportunity. Some neighbors of mine took one (feral) down in their garden with a .22LR. This was a few years back - not advisable, but it worked for them!

I think Alberta may encourage hunting of hogs, suggest checking with each county - they will be able to inform you of problem areas.
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Thanks, can they be called in? Or would it be like a walk and stalk kind of deal when looking for them?
 
It will take 10 years till the bureaucrats will realize that their trapping approach will not work .... and then they will change policy again .... and we will have a year round hog season again .....

And in 20 years they will realize that there is no way to exterminate wild boar in Canada .... and they will slowly accept the idea that wild boar will just be part of the fauna in Canada .... and we will have a controlled hunt like most other species .....
 
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If a concerted effort to trap wild hogs is currently underway forgive me, but given what governments are typically capable of, I doubt it very much.

If you see them, I think you can hunt them.

Once active and effective trapping is underway (don't hold your breath), then hunting may not be the best approach.
 
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If a concerted effort to trap wild hogs is currently underway forgive me, but given what governments are typically capable of, I doubt it very much.

If you see them, I think you can hunt them.

Once active and effective trapping is underway (don't hold your breath), then hunting may not be the best approach.
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There has been zero effort on the feds side out here
 
I've only had it once, it was fine as hamburger helper.

Trichinosis (a parasitic worm) will be a concern. Boar Taint is a thing but supposedly a portion of the population cannot taste it due to genetics (like a portion of the population doesn't like raspberries due to genetics). A guy would need to cook it before feeding it to dogs.
 
At one time in Alberta you could go with a group of friends on a so called canned hunt. There was an outfit near Rosebud and then also near Mayerthrope that offered hunts on a farmers land where he ran wild boar on several fenced sections of bush land. It was usually a weekend affair and was a lot of fun. You stayed in a cabin and as soon as you dropped an animal the farmer showed up with a tractor with front end loader and transported it to his quonset where he then gut and skinned it and wrapped it in cheesecloth for the trip home.

Cost was around 500 and was purely a private sale between you and the farmer. If you got no animal you didn't pay. If you only shot a piglet you still paid
The double smoked hams you got from the butcher after were delicious.
 
People here in Quebec do wild boar hunts. They have one group yearly with 11 clients at one time and she told me that every time there is one pig they never get . Actually 3 parasites that are active in wild pigs. All just require proper cooking practise to eat them .
 
In Sask they have pest status. It wasn’t always that way. Our’s aren’t normal
ferals; they are escapies from game ranches, not that its that hard to escape when peple just let them go when the bottom fell out of that market.

At the beginning Wildlife said they weren’t wildlife, and Agriculture said shooting them was basically rustling because they were livestock. A couple or three decades of inaction and they are firmly established. Apparently they are a problem but I personally never hear people complaining about damage and their whereabouts always seems to be closely guarded secrets by those who have them figured out. Can’t blame the hunters for playing their cards close to their chest.

I’ve hunted pigs in North and South America, Africa if you count warthogs, Australia and NZ. I always just shot them with whatever I was carrying at the time, never found them hard to kill. Fun running target, they run straight and flat. They are very solid so bullets hit them hard. I’ve shot a few hundred of them more or less.
 
Haven't heard of wild boar on the BC coast yet. Sounds like they could be a nice abundant supply of protein. (But obviously I've heard of the damage they do in places like south US, Australia and how they breed into plague proportions almost as fast as rats. So not encouraging them)
 
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Haven't heard of wild boar on the BC coast yet. Sounds like they could be a nice abundant supply of protein. (But obviously I've heard of the damage they do in places like south US, Australia and how they breed into plague proportions almost as fast as rats. So not encouraging them)
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They are known to be in Nazko Country here in BC.
I had some pics of ferral pigs several years ago and posted here , but have since lost those files.
They had been crossing the road near Sylvia's Café, General Store, Campground Km 42 - Nazko Hwy, Quesnel.
They have the best cinnomon swirls too...about 6 inch dia.
There also used to be a wild hog web site in Canada, but I think it is now defunct.
S'chute them when you see them in the wild boys, cause they aint doing the environment any good.
 
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