Wild Boar Population

Meroh said:
Ontario MNR said we could hunt them on our Small Game License; now they say NO. LOL.
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Shoot, BBQ, and shut up?

What they think is of course that they can control the critters with pen traps and keep them from becoming wary by taking out whole sounders at once. Well we'll see won't we.
 
In the States they use Bay and Catch dogs to hunt wild boars. They dispatch the boar with a knife, no firearms required. Another way would be the MNR to shoot them from helicopters!?
 
Trimmer 905 said:
Once they start rupping up farms and golf courses (especuallu golf courses),there'll be a quantum shift in the anti-hunting sentiment in Ontario.
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These guys need someone with Balls in command. :rolleyes:

https://globalnews.ca/news/8977510/vancouver-island-golf-escaped-pigs/


Grizz
 
The dogs are trained to grab the pig by the ears, one on each side. Hunter comes up from behind and sticks a knife in it's ribs. I think that would be a good use for an old fashioned boar spear.
 
From what I understand trapping is the really only effective way to eliminate boar populations. The drop traps have been used to capture an entire sounder in one go.
 
I won't be surprised if politicians just talk, conduct "studies" and pass the buck until the problem become chronic and wide spread. Maybe its already too late now.
 
kc34 said:
From what I understand trapping is the really only effective way to eliminate boar populations. The drop traps have been used to capture an entire sounder in one go.
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look up in europe and tell me how it worked well there lol ... you do not eradicate them: you live them ... if there is any food sources available it is game over ...
 
medvedqc said:
look up in europe and tell me how it worked well there lol ... you do not eradicate them: you live them ... if there is any food sources available it is game over ...
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The OP asked if having a bounty on wild boars might be the best way to deal with the invasive species and as I understand it is not. Trapping is a more effective method but of course it's not prefect, lol. The populations in some parts of Canada are growing rapidly and it seems little is being done to control them regardless of the method used. From what I heard in a presentation from CWPRG it might be too little too late at this point.
Look up the Canadian Wild Pig Research Project (CWPRG) to learn more, they have some great information and update maps of boar sightings.
 
kc34 said:
The OP asked if having a bounty on wild boars might be the best way to deal with the invasive species and as I understand it is not. Trapping is a more effective method but of course it's not prefect, lol. The populations in some parts of Canada are growing rapidly and it seems little is being done to control them regardless of the method used. From what I heard in a presentation from CWPRG it might be too little too late at this point.
Look up the Canadian Wild Pig Research Project (CWPRG) to learn more, they have some great information and update maps of boar sightings.
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trapping is not working period ... if source of food is available for them they are very hard to eradicate as i wrote earlier in the same thread.
 
Bounties won’t work
Trapping isn’t keeping the numbers down
Leaving it to hunters won’t work

The pigs are with us forever now

The problem is you can’t get at them. Crops in the fields
Farmers won’t allow you access to the bush.
The bush where the pigs live are too vast to hunt.
Farmers dumping tons of burnt/spoiled grain in the bush doesn’t help

We have had too much snow to access the swamps where they are
And your not allowed to carry a firearm on a snow machine.which doesn’t help.
Also the hunting laws prevent you too, can’t hunt of a night nor can you use dogs.
Sask also doesn’t allow the placing of bait purposely to attract pigs ( who the Fck thought that one up)

The odds are constantly in favour of the pigs.

I’ve seen piglets the size of my hand in middle of February-30c
 
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trebor2880 said:
If we can eradicate the passenger pigeon, how hard can it be to extinct these pigs? After all, they can' t even fly!
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Apples to oranges. Comparing a migratory bird species eradicated during the golden age of shotguns to an evasive ground species that can easily take advantage of: provincial, national parks and bird sanctuaries, city park green beltways, archery and shotgun only zones near major cities,
posted private land. A species if pressed becomes nocturnal therefore unhuntable in most places.
 
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