Wild hog

keith mokry said:
They look good in the smoker. Where about in sask are these
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Tisdale area. They seem scattered anywhere marshy near crop land. They winter in slews and root up crop left on field. They will survive on cattails but if someone left crop out or spilled grain they will find it if there’s any in your area.
 
i like the SVT-40 and Mosin m44 pics. com-bloc rifles killing capitalist pigs as intended lol jk. "nice work comrade. we shall seize and redistribute" - Joseph Stalin (probably)
 
So how do you actually hunt them?

Great job on getting rid of the vermin and I really like that you use different instruments to eliminate. Your smoked ham looks great by the way.
 
lpel said:
So how do you actually hunt them?

Great job on getting rid of the vermin and I really like that you use different instruments to eliminate. Your smoked ham looks great by the way.
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Thanks. I always have a gun, every day. I don’t want to b that guy that says “I saw some hogs today” lol. My job requires I walk a lot in areas they live. I have permission to hunt on nearly all the land around me for about 20 km. Most land owners want them gone and give u tips. Walk slow and shoot fast. Like others mentioned, if any get away they won’t return for a while. Finding trails is easy in cattle country, pig hair on bottom and mid barbed wires. Finding where they eat is easy, they cultivate the land for roots. Finding where they sleep isn’t easy but when u do it’s an exiting experience.
Hams take a lot of babysitting. I make a brine with salt, sugar and curing salt. Inject thoroughly especially along the bone. Submerge the hams in the brine refrigerated for 3 weeks. Then rinse and boil in water till bone quits bleeding. While it’s hot dry it and brush on honey. Then smoke 2.5-3 hours. Then freeze or roast with veggies and potatoes.
 
Gun hog said:
Thanks. I always have a gun, every day. I don’t want to b that guy that says “I saw some hogs today” lol. My job requires I walk a lot in areas they live. I have permission to hunt on nearly all the land around me for about 20 km. Most land owners want them gone and give u tips. Walk slow and shoot fast. Like others mentioned, if any get away they won’t return for a while. Finding trails is easy in cattle country, pig hair on bottom and mid barbed wires. Finding where they eat is easy, they cultivate the land for roots. Finding where they sleep isn’t easy but when u do it’s an exiting experience.
Hams take a lot of babysitting. I make a brine with salt, sugar and curing salt. Inject thoroughly especially along the bone. Submerge the hams in the brine refrigerated for 3 weeks. Then rinse and boil in water till bone quits bleeding. While it’s hot dry it and brush on honey. Then smoke 2.5-3 hours. Then freeze or roast with veggies and potatoes.
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THAT is Canadian hog hunting advice, not like anything we'd find coming out of the US. I'm unhappy that hogs are now in Canada, but you do your part to whack 'em and keep showing how it's done.
 
Nope - you do not want - although likely there already - not like they need a government permit. Start with one sow - European Wild Boar is mature at 12 months - some domestic breeds as young as 4 months - if hybrid - somewhere between. 5 or 6 piglets per litter - about half or maybe more are female. Often about three sets per year. By second year, first year ones are breeding and reproducing. End of second year, easy to have over 100 - from that one first sow. Taking one or two a year is doing NOTHING to slow them down. They will eat your deer fawns, your turkey, duck and grouse eggs, basically anything they can catch, find or root out of the ground, including the field crops. The European Wild Boar are from Eastern Europe - bears, wolves, winter - much like some of our North country. Just no real good thing will come out of their spread. Not like there will be a "few", to go out and try and get one...
 
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Gun hog said:
Thanks. I always have a gun, every day. I don’t want to b that guy that says “I saw some hogs today” lol. My job requires I walk a lot in areas they live. I have permission to hunt on nearly all the land around me for about 20 km. Most land owners want them gone and give u tips. Walk slow and shoot fast. Like others mentioned, if any get away they won’t return for a while. Finding trails is easy in cattle country, pig hair on bottom and mid barbed wires. Finding where they eat is easy, they cultivate the land for roots. Finding where they sleep isn’t easy but when u do it’s an exiting experience.
Hams take a lot of babysitting. I make a brine with salt, sugar and curing salt. Inject thoroughly especially along the bone. Submerge the hams in the brine refrigerated for 3 weeks. Then rinse and boil in water till bone quits bleeding. While it’s hot dry it and brush on honey. Then smoke 2.5-3 hours. Then freeze or roast with veggies and potatoes.
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What part of the province are they in? myself and a few buddies are eager to help control them, however finding them and info on them is just as hard?
Can you provide any leads? etc. Thanks, nice shooting BTW. Cheers
 
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