Wild Boars

Post by **WallyPro** » Fri May 29, 2009 9:49 pm

I've been reading a few things about wild boars over the last year. It seems in the states they are out of control and spreading North.

I did hear something that the wild boar will be as common as whitetail are in the not-so-distant future.

And just last week I saw a tv documentary about how the huge 'european' boar has been cross-bred with the 'american' boar. And there was also the 'Hogzilla' National Geographic special.

Wouldn't that be wild if we had wild boars around here?

I told a friend who hunts and he said, "That'd be AWESOME!"

Post by **Buck Fever** » Sat May 30, 2009 8:12 am

Mmmmmmmmmmmm Bacon!!!!

Post by **Doug** » Sat May 30, 2009 6:57 pm

There is a lot of MISinformation on the net about wild pigs, so I suggest we read this stuff with a grain of salt.

Areas with large populations of wild pigs sustain a lot of crop damage, and this is nothing to laugh about. Our farmers already have a tough job making ends meet, and critters rooting up their fields and destroying crops would be a tough blow. Wild pigs are exceptionally destructive, by all accounts, and very difficult to eradicate because they breed rapidly and are quite intelligent.

So this is one hunter that hopes they do NOT become established here in Ontario. If I want to hunt wild boars, I'll pay to go someplace down south.

Doug

Post by **TLunge** » Sat May 30, 2009 9:24 pm

Oh great! I just got over worrying about killer bees

Post by **WallyPro** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:16 am

I am a farmer. I have many acres of fields.

Yes, crop damage is an issue....

My friends hunt my land...

We're ready bro..... we are ready........

I'm looking forward to hunting boar here....

Post by **beeman** » Mon Jun 01, 2009 9:22 am

Boars are not native to North America and can cause severe damage to the ecosystem. Here's a news article from the CBC talking about their destructive activities and partially about the erradication attempts here in SK.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/s ... -sask.html

Post by **bruce** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:56 am

theres an outfitter in quebec , near maniwaki i think,who has guided boar hunts on his property.

Post by **LeGrand** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:32 am

Buck Fever wrote:Mmmmmmmmmmmm Bacon!!!!

Smoked

Post by **LeGrand** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 7:43 am

bruce wrote:theres an outfitter in quebec , near maniwaki i think,who has guided boar hunts on his property.

I believe he is a little bit more to the east.

North of Montebello, QC

http://www.sanglierdeurope.com/english/index_e.html

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 11:50 am

Thanks for posting that link LeGrand.

Mom and I were looking into a caribou hunt in la belle provence. With this info I have e-mailed them for rates on elk and red deer.

(Mom wants another "holiday" with her son while she still can...she turned 60 and is now travelling like MAD! Her and my Dad are on a war canoe trip in Cochrane headin to the artic.)

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 1:49 pm

Rates are AWSOME!!!

$2500+ for a Wapiti
$1500+ for a red stag.

Both have potential to be SCI records!

Post by **bradford2** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:12 pm

That's gotta be some sort of fenced in operation? How large of an area is it?

Post by **Jimmy_1** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:31 pm

Not sure on the size of the area...but from the reviews and it having SCI trophies I'd assume its big enough.

Gotta weigh in the pros and cons I guess. Elk hunting in Alberta will run you $4500+ per hunter, no guarantees etc.

The only time I'd shell out that kinda coin is for caribou or Africa.
Because the success rate is high.

Post by **Doug** » Tue Aug 11, 2009 2:56 pm

They have 200 acres, according to their web site, and of course some of that is acommodations etc etc...... so it is a canned hunt with animals raised by the outfitter. Note that rates will vary for trophy animals.

I am neither for nor against canned hunts, but I am strongly opposed to game farms because of their poor track record in keeping their critters inside the wire, and the HUGE amount of damage caused, notably diseases, to indigenous wildlife by those escaped animals.

From their website, this outfitter runs both a game farm, with "wild meat" sold by them to anybody that wants to buy it, and also guided hunts for exotic species.

Friends who did a canned wild boar hunt here in Ontario a few years back (before the govt outlawed it) said that it was an absolutely awesome hunt. Even though they were in a fenced area, the guys all said that they had fair chase, and the boars were tough as nails and smart as can be.

Doug

Post by **pikefisher2009** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:09 pm

well ive wanted to do this for along time and so i will do it ,i think wild boar hunting will be fun and the meat will be excellent,