Wild Boar hunt.

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In a couple of weeks I'll be heading up to North Battleford for a wild pig hunt. It is a canned hunt but only in the sense that a huge, savannah like area, has been fenced off and a whole lot of wild pigs have been let loose to live and breed there. It might sound like an easy, "shooting fish in a barrel" type thing but it isn't. If the pigs see you, you won't be seeing them again all day.

There are 30 to 40 wild pigs of different sizes on there right now; in the summer they like to go on their own while in the winter they like to forrage in groups of 5-10.

There are four of us going; the other three guys are bow hunters while I am going to try and take mine with a shot gun. I'll bring a bow as well and if I get one with the shot gun, I might attempt to take a second one with the compound bow.

If anyone is interested in setting up their own pig hunt, let me know and I'll hook you up with the details.


Here's how it works:

You don't need any hunting license of any sort. This is a private business and the farmer owns the land as well as the animals.

If you get a pig, it will cost you $1 per pound.An average adult male weighs between 150 lbs. and 200 lbs; there are smaller specimens as well as bigger ones. You have to put down a $50 deposit when you arrive there. If you get a pig, the deposit is counted towards your pig; if you don't, it will stay with the farmer and your deposit is paid for next time, and next time, until you get a pig.

There is a hunting cabin there with four bunk beds, and a skinnying set up with everything you will need, minus the knives. You'll need to bring water for drinking and skinnying and food for yourself and to lure the the pigs.

This will be my first time going but aparently I'll be hooked according to my buddies who all go there a few times during the summer and at least once during the winter.

You can't use a rife; only bows, spears or shot guns.

The guy also has buffalos that you can hunt. I don't know the price for that.



The hunting grounds look something like this:

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Now, what advice can any who's hunted wild boar before give me?
 
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pilgrim said:
very interesting.....what area is it???
thanks
regards
Kot
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N. Battleford in Central Saskatchewan.

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I used to live in Vancouver and I've always regarded Saskatchewan as a flat, grain growing type of place but boy, have I've been proven wrong in the last year or so.

B.C. has nothing on the Northern Sask and some parts through Central and Southern.

Lots of lakes, valleys, smallish mountains. In the summer, Saskatchewan wilderness reminds me of the African Savannah, without lions, corcs, and elephants...

I've found my place under the sun.
 
The only part of Saskatchewan that is flat enough to watch your dog run away from three days, is in the south where the Transcanada Highway runs.
 
I was on a wild boar hunt with BigRedd and DarlyDB last year...

We used bows, and WOW what a blast.

Same idea, we were ina fenced area, witht he boars running around inside. It was a 'canned' hunt of sorts, but that doesnt' mean we didn't work hard for our meat!:)

The advice I can give to you is:

Boars are tough as nails. They are fast. SO if you take a running shot (which is often the only one you will get) make sure you know your leads.

Until I got the hang of it, I saw many of my arrows slide behind the boars, depsite a healthy lead. :rolleyes:

Once I figured out I was not using a rifle, it was ok...;)

But these boars are tough, several of them took multiple hits, and I believe that one I shot squarely though the lungs and another that was hit in the femoral artery were the only ones to go down wiht one arrow.

In any case, it was a hell of alot of fun, and it was not easy, despite the 'canned' status...:p
 
Quit showing pics!! Saskatchewan is one of Canada's best kept secret. People only think of the barren highway stretch down south, and that's all that most experience. It's certainly way nicer than northern AB, no comparison!
 
Yeah... like Gatehouse says take a lot of arrows... or slugs. If you are using a shotgun forget the Buck shot the Russians have an armour-like sheath under their hide at the shoulder... use Brennekes!
They are deceivingly fast and if you have one running at you don't expect it to try and go around you... it won't, it will try to run you down or slash you with its tusk on the way by.
Now listen carefully to this next part X-Man cuz it is real important! If you shoot a Boar and you find it laying there on its belly with its eyes closed... SHOOT IT AGAIN! These animals are notorious for faking you out and playing dead.... I have seen them do this time and again and if they have their feet under them chances are they are laying for you... when you get close enough they explode up and give it to you with their head and tusks.
The next best advice I can give you... is to be stealthy and quiet... once they figure out they are being hunted the game gets really tough.
Save the shotgun for the end and for tracking might be a good idea.

How big is the Pen... Darryl came up with a really cool dogging tactic that worked great for us when the pressure was on.
 
kell2784 said:
Quit showing pics!! Saskatchewan is one of Canada's best kept secret.
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I think we're safe there Kell. Saskatchewan population has dropped to its lowest since the early 70's.

I don't understand why but it works for me.;)
 
BIGREDD said:
Now listen carefully to this next part X-Man cuz it is real important! If you shoot a Boar and you find it laying there on its belly with its eyes closed... SHOOT IT AGAIN!




How big is the Pen... Darryl came up with a really cool dogging tactic that worked great for us when the pressure was on.
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I'll keep that in mind BigRedd

I don't know the exact measurements of the place but aparently it is big enough the the four of us won't see eachother again all day and are going to need walky-talkies.
 
In some US states, they hunt boar with handguns.
BIG handguns.
That sounds like fun. Wouldn't that be something if the farmer was able to pull the permits to have a range on his farmland.
 
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