Wild pigs in BC

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Wild pigs in BC. Driven boar hunts would be fun
 
This story appeared in the Vancouver Sun earlier this week...Monday or Tuesday, maybe????
The rumor of wild pigs has been going around Harrison for many years, back to the early 70's.
I have yet to see or hear credible evidence there.
But, have posted pics of some pigs (feral) on the Nazco Hwy from about three years ago.
There was a web site someone had with info on Wild Pig sightings and kills.
One could post pictures and the likes.
Funny had someone pm the other day asking for some info on Wild Pigs...but, he is out in the West Kootneys right now working.
No idea why he figured I knew anything more about it...thats ok as I shared what I know from positive intell.
Suffice to say if I see one when hunting or plinking there will be a busted cap and pork on the dinner table.
Rob
 
I have a buddy who spotted a feral pig crossing the highway near parksville just the other night on Vancouver Island. Don't ask me how they got here but they're here.
 
There were wild pigs in the Christina Lake area a few years ago - turned out to be escapes/releases from some small pig farm in the area. The numbers were rumored to be up to a couple dozen. They didn't last - there are plenty of folks with decent rifles here in the interior, and I suspect that domestic oinkers aren't that good at wilderness survival either.

I have been asking local hunters about wild pigs for the last decade or more. Despite ranging all over the province, nobody ever saw any or even knew someone who personally saw/killed any, other than the aforementioned escapees in the Boundary.

I find the breathless reports from media and government types on how wild pigs are "overrunning" the interior quite interesting, when nobody who would gladly harvest one has ever even seen one. In contrast, I know that there are plenty of deer (idiots), elk, sheep, bears, wolves, coyotes, foxes, racoons, skunks, porcupines, and even moose, all from personal observation (usually in strolling distance of my front door). Wouldn't someone actually see some of these pigs if we are "over run"??? Why do I suspect that it is the imaginations of certain government types that are being over-run?
 
Watched a documentary a while back that stated domesticated pigs will return to full feral faster than any other animal (something like 8 weeks) and being as intelligent as they are, this is one of the reasons they've become such a problem south of the 49th.
 
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