Wild Boar Hunting ...in Ontario

[Fox]

I am not growing GMO corn this year dude Non GMO edible beans non GMO wheat.


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No such thing, everything we eat is GMO, just a matter of how it was genetically modified.

[welsh]

Where do you think all the wild turkeys and elk came from that we now are able to hunt?

These are not invasive species. They are native to Ontario.

A number of people on this forum need to learn what "invasive" means.

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[fishhawk]

If we ever get a huntable population here I will be keeping a good pair of hounds in my kennel. One of the best way of hunting them in my opinion.

[DGearyFTE]

To the OP, the question wrt wild boars surviving in the Canadian climate is addressed in this news article.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3517136/wi...-saskatchewan/
Wild boar are no different from pigs in their ability to multiply rapidly, the average litter consists of 4–6 piglets, with the maximum being 10–12. Having watched a 650 lb boar tear up an area within minutes there is no doubt in my mind the damage that they can cause left unchecked. They need to be stopped and relying on hunting alone is a recipe for disaster. I have spent enough time in Florida to see the mayhem they have caused there.

[Snowwalker]

I agree 100% with you but it makes me chuckle, here is a list of sportsman sponsored invasive species that come to mind at 9:30pm.

- Largemouth Bass, moved from lake to lake view trains
- Ringneck Pheasant
- Hungarian Partridge
- Pacific Salmon

Introduced my farmers
- European Hare

Feral pigeons arrived 1606 at Port Royal.
They were brought over "before domestic chickens.

[Fox]

Feral pigeons arrived 1606 at Port Royal.
They were brought over "before domestic chickens.

Horrible feed to meat conversion but they do taste good, the farm ones at least.

[welsh]

Neither pheasants not huns are invasive species in Ontario. Nor are chinooks, coho, etc.

Invasive species reproduce successfully and expand their population size and range rapidly, to the detriment of native species. These do not. European hare likewise.

The starling was an invasive species.

"Invasive" and "introduced" are not the same thing.

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[Crawdad Six]

To the OP, the question wrt wild boars surviving in the Canadian climate is addressed in this news article.
http://globalnews.ca/news/3517136/wi...-saskatchewan/
Wild boar are no different from pigs in their ability to multiply rapidly, the average litter consists of 4–6 piglets, with the maximum being 10–12. Having watched a 650 lb boar tear up an area within minutes there is no doubt in my mind the damage that they can cause left unchecked. They need to be stopped and relying on hunting alone is a recipe for disaster. I have spent enough time in Florida to see the mayhem they have caused there.

If you introduce wild hogs here, you'll never get rid of them. I've done all my hunting in Louisiana and Mississippi (until this year!) and hogs are everywhere.

The good thing is that there's no season or rules for when you can hunt them. June spear hunt with night vision goggles? Allowed. Chase them down on ATV swinging a cavalry saber? You can do that. Drop an ACME safe on them from an office building? Okay.

The big problem is that you're introducing another predator for turkey and deer in a place that has no shortage of predators. They not only compete for the same mast in the backcountry, they'll eat turkey eggs, young hatchlings, and they'll even kill and eat fawns. We did our best to kill every hog we could at our camp, but you'll never get rid of them.

Sure, it's cheap, readily available protein, but so is Asian Carp. I don't see anyone anxious to introduce them up here.

[Fox]

Neither pheasants not huns are invasive species in Ontario. Nor are chinooks, coho, etc.

Invasive species reproduce successfully and expand their population size and range rapidly, to the detriment of native species. These do not. European hare likewise.

The starling was an invasive species.

"Invasive" and "introduced" are not the same thing.

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Most need to be given the opportunity, huns expanded, pacific salmon reproduce, pheasants would if they have enough cover.

Just because you like them does not make them a non-native and potentially invasive species.

[Crawdad Six]

Wild pig and deer.jpg

Not a good look for Ontario.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/03/31...ins-herds.html