Ian, I think that the difference would be that coyotes are defined as fur-bearing animals in the Wildlife Act, but swine are not included anywhere (that I am aware of) in the Wildlife Act. Because of that, the hunting / trapping regulations in Alberta do not apply.
Wild Boars declared pests in Alberta
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Ian, I think that the difference would be that coyotes are defined as fur-bearing animals in the Wildlife Act, but swine are not included anywhere (that I am aware of) in the Wildlife Act. Because of that, the hunting / trapping regulations in Alberta do not apply.
Pudelpointer
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Read the Wildlife Act, no help there, then I read the Pest Regulation where it specifically mentions coyote and skunk, and states Alberta Resident can get permission from a landowner, nothing about non-residents. I tried reading the hunting reg's on-line, WTF? I thought it would be in a PDF so it would be the same as what you pick up at the store. Nope, totally different layout - no mention of nuisance wildlife whatsoever. If there is, I could not find it.
On another topic I remember reading somewhere (could have sworn that it was in the hunting reg's) that not only was there a minimum calibre for big game, ".24 claibre", but also a minimum case length that would exclude most target rounds such as PPC cartridges and the BR cartridges. It got me wondering about "handgun" cartridges that are available in rifles, such as 45colt, etc. but now I can not find the length reference anywhere!?
Maybe I am on crack......
On another topic I remember reading somewhere (could have sworn that it was in the hunting reg's) that not only was there a minimum calibre for big game, ".24 claibre", but also a minimum case length that would exclude most target rounds such as PPC cartridges and the BR cartridges. It got me wondering about "handgun" cartridges that are available in rifles, such as 45colt, etc. but now I can not find the length reference anywhere!?
Maybe I am on crack......
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They did away with the lenght restrictions, last year or the year before. used to be 44mm minimum lenght
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- The Conservative part of Ontario
Easy solution, send them to Ontario!
Pudelpointer
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Thanks Woodchopper, it must have been an old set of reg's that I was looking at. That would likely be why I could not find anything current. Cheers,
Ian
Ian
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so unlike BC, you don't need to purchase a special non-province hunters license in Alberta?
cool, I know a few ranchers around cardston, also heard these boars are great eating.
No boar in Sask where I live unfortunately. If they did exist here and were declared pests I would make my land a refuge for them. They are great game animals, and it would be nice to ensure they are around in the future. Like someone said already, they also make great eating.
When I was living in Moose Jaw, there was reported to be a decent population of wild boars in the Quappelle Valley, Northeast of Regina.
Maybe they have been cleared out.
Brutus? What say you?
There were a couple areas that were in the news at the time.
Cheers
Trev
Maybe they have been cleared out.
Brutus? What say you?
There were a couple areas that were in the news at the time.
Cheers
Trev
The speculation here (yet to be confirmed) is that you wouldn't need one for nuisance species. For game, you definitely need an out-of-province license.
Can we bring you all the feral horses we have too?
My friends are plagued with feral pigs and it is no picnic. They tear the crap out of their yard and put the run on his girls if they see them in the yard.
They are going to get cut down pretty soon.
I shot a big old boar in the county of Lac St. Anne and the flavor of the meat is best described as "armpit pork". Tough, stinky and nasty. I have no problems shooten em and leaving them as the neighbors complain about them but that one sure as hell wasn't edible.
Copy that ,a friend went on a canned hunt [equally tasteless]for wild boar and gave me half the pig.Even the sausage was rank.Tougher than hell and smelled like dirty coyote.............I'd starve first before trying that crap again.During Colonial times about 50 head of captive wild boar escaped in the lower 48 and now they spread all over most of the US killing fawns ,upland bird nests and anything else they can fit in thier mouths! Very prolific and smart.Some around Grande Prairie AB as well...................Harold
Brutus
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I remember that Trev, the area at the time....I had all but forgotten about this area around the north west shore of Last Mountain Lake, seems it was near the town of Duval in Sask.
By the time myself and another guy got there, the locals had killed most off, and surprizingly the RCMP were discouraging this practice as "too dangerous?"
Perhaps local resident complaints (against hunters with poor ethics, no prior permission on private land) had something to do with this decision.
And some hunters realized calibre played an important role (probably bullet placement as well)
Did not get one, but the local bar owner stated they shot one that weighed about 350 lbs, "they" fed on it for a week, gave some away free too.
There was certainly another town in Sask plagued by them, north of the Quapelle River valley, I just cannot remember it.....
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Brutus
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Wild Boar Adventures, in Saskatchewan, got one of the big uglies hanging off my wall in perpetual attack mode....thanks to an Ithaca Deerslayer and a Brenneke Rotweill slug.
(European boar...European slug...how fitting!!)
Like ton45 states, very exciting, very fun.....
(European boar...European slug...how fitting!!)
Like ton45 states, very exciting, very fun.....
WTF????
Only in Alberta...........
They were considered livestock - same as a regular pig or cow - in Alberta it's not considered good manners to shoot your neighbor's livestock but i heard they are like that in priggish columbia...
Brutus
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Go figure, maybe they waited too long to process it.
Totally opposite of my experience.
To me it tasted like the best & leanest pork ever.
The BBQ'd ribs were a gourmet's delight.
Okay opinion only on the canned hunt. Have you ever tried it? Ours was on 120 acres of mixed terrain. I would say the Hardest 3 day hunt I have ever done, bar none. Wild boar are very cagely once they realize they are in danger, and will freely attack when cornered.
On a steep hill we found to our surprize an unexpected smaller herd of 25-30 wild boar, that even the owner was unaware off, that survived the winter, in a sheltered hollow.
Gets your attention fast I tell you!
Every day, was a full dawn to dusk, we almost ran out of water due to exertion. Not a crumb of food was left over, end of day three.
We slept like dead men, our clothes were drenched with sweat, at the each end of each day from walking through deep snow.
At one point I was "on point" for three hours, following up an archer's wounded 350 lb boar. I had piece of mind, with an Ithaca M37 Deerslayer though....Nerveracking when we had to stop and look for lost spoor, to very carefully follow up on.
So tell me you have done likewise, so you have an informed opinion please?
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