Wild Boar in Saskatchewan

scott_r said:
Maybe in some very small areas but I think its blown out of proportion. I bet 99% of Sask residents have never even seen one.
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99% of Sk residents haven't seen a Booner white tail either, but they're here in numbers. Just because they aren't hanging out in the Walmart parking lot doesn't mean they aren't around.

scruffee said:
They're here. I think the biggest problem is guys keeping their location a secret so no one else can kill them and that mentality is wrong when it comes to invasive species. It's all fine and dandy now, but in 10-15 years it might be an actual problem.

We're not talking about hiding the location of a sweet pike spot or where monster mulies live, this is an invasive species that is costing millions in the US, hence why they're being studied here in Sask...
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This is the trouble, coupled with them being hard to hunt for a number of reasons.
Their reproductive cycle allows them to multiply exponentially.

Information sharing and dedicated eradication are the only real options imo.
 
"We're not talking about hiding the location of a sweet pike spot or where monster mulies live, this is an invasive species that is costing BILLIONS in the US, hence why they're being studied here in Sask..."

Fixed it for you. ^^^

They are a terrible wreck on both Agriculture and Mother Nature as well. The Province of Alberta is moving to ban the keeping of ALL feral hogs. Yellowhead County recently banned anyone from keeping feral hogs with the exception of grandfathering one operation that meets very stringent conditions. Once this operation is over, or they drop the ball, there will be no feral hogs allowed. Other Counties have done the same or are following suit.

Keeping locations secret, or participating in releasing, or protecting feral boars is short sighted as they WILL eventually have a huge impact on ALL of our wildlife including game species, as well as agriculture. Just ask the Americans.
 
I shot one in England about 15 yrs ago. The story there is the same as SK. They were being farmed and they escaped. They really hammer populations of ground nesting birds and even deer.
Anyone who has a spot to hunt them will gaurd it jealously, then they get out of control. We hunted them at night, but that's obviously not legal here.
 
I saw a pack of them 30 miles NE of Biggar a few months ago. Didn't have a rifle or I'd have had one.
 
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