Wild Boar Hunting ...in Ontario

[MikePal]

Is 50 wild boar in the province "flourishing"???
Last reported kill was in 2014. I'd say they're having a pretty tough time getting established there.

https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/cr...-the-increase/

http://wildboarcanada.ca

LOL...they've shot more than x50 on my friends dairy farm (rather large mind you) in Western Manitoba.....because they are shot on sight..it's SSS.

[Species8472]

I think wild boar are having a pretty tough time getting established in Canada.
Manitoba has had wild boar since the 1980's, and over 30-40 years, the population is about 50 now.
Last reported kill was in 2014.

Similar in Ontario - they don't do as well up here as in the southern states - so while they can survive, they can't reproduce at a rate that will every let them get out of hand.

https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/cr...-the-increase/

http://wildboarcanada.ca

Agreed. Additionally the presence of actual wolves as opposed tiny coyotes might have something to do with it. It is well documented in Eastern Europe that in winters with decent snow pack the wolves can significantly reduce and control the population. Even though they are dangerous and large males are avoided most of the year, once in deep snow with their short legs even large males are easy pickings.

[canadaman30]

Would still be nice to have fresh pig on the rotisserie at deer camp.

[MikePal]

Saw this comment.....

Many of today’s feral hogs, particularly in the southern U.S., are a mixed breed of domestic pigs gone wild, along with a variety of interbred foreign species. In western Canada, most wild-pig hunting opportunities are attributed to the introduction of Russian and Hungarian razorback stock into penned hunting grounds in the early 1990s.

Highly adaptable to the prairie climate, wild boars are believed to have some of the highest reproductive rates of all large mammals, generally delivering two litters of six or more piglets a year. It was only a matter of time before a percentage of these captive hogs escaped, reproduced and evolved into well-established populations of free-range feral swine.

https://www.outdoorcanada.ca/hoghunting/

[jaycee]

Introduction of Wild Boars To North America

History
While domestic pigs, both captive and feral (popularly termed "razorbacks"), have been in North America since the earliest days of European colonization, pure wild boars were not introduced into the New World until the 19th century. The suids were released into the wild by wealthy landowners as big game animals. The initial introductions took place in fenced enclosures, though several escapes occurred, with the escapees sometimes intermixing with already established feral pig populations.

The first of these introductions occurred in New Hampshire in 1890. Thirteen wild boars from Germany were purchased by Austin Corbin from Carl Hagenbeck, and released into a 9,500-hectare game preserve in Sullivan County. Several of these boars escaped, though they were quickly hunted down by locals. Two further introductions were made from the original stocking, with several escapes taking place due to breaches in the game preserve's fencing. These escapees have ranged widely, with some specimens having been observed crossing into Vermont.[72]

In 1902, 15–20 wild boar from Germany were released into a 3,200-hectare estate in Hamilton County, New York. Several specimens escaped six years later, dispersing into the William C. Whitney Wilderness Area, with their descendants surviving for at least 20 years.[72]

The most extensive boar introduction in the US took place in western North Carolina in 1912, when 13 boars of undetermined European origin were released into two fenced enclosures in a game preserve in Hooper Bald, Graham County. Most of the specimens remained in the preserve for the next decade, until a large-scale hunt caused the remaining animals to break through their confines and escape. Some of the boars migrated to Tennessee, where they intermixed with both free-ranging and feral pigs in the area. In 1924, a dozen Hooper Bald wild pigs were shipped to California and released in a property between Carmel Valley and the Los Padres National Forest. These hybrid boar were later used as breeding stock on various private and public lands throughout the state, as well as in other states like Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, West Virginia and Mississippi.[72]

Several wild boars from Leon Springs and the San Antonio, Saint Louis and San Diego Zoos were released in the Powder Horn Ranch in Calhoun County, Texas, in 1939. These specimens escaped and established themselves in surrounding ranchlands and coastal areas, with some crossing the Espiritu Santo Bay and colonizing Matagorda Island. Descendants of the Powder Horn Ranch boars were later released onto San José Island and the coast of Chalmette, Louisiana.[72]

Wild boar of unknown origin were stocked in a ranch in the Edwards Plateau in the 1940s, only to escape during a storm and hybridize with local feral pig populations, later spreading into neighboring counties.[72]

Starting in the mid-1980s, several boars purchased from the San Diego Zoo and Tierpark Berlin were released into the United States. A decade later, more specimens from farms in Canada and Białowieża Forest was let loose. In recent years, wild pig populations have been reported in 44 states within the US, most of which are likely wild boar–feral hog hybrids. Pure wild boar populations may still be present, but are extremely localized.[72]

[dilly]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRPJHQkV6Q
I must confess, I would love to do this with my drilling...

[jaycee]

I think wild boar are having a pretty tough time getting established in Canada.
Manitoba has had wild boar since the 1980's, and over 30-40 years, the population is about 50 now.
Last reported kill was in 2014.

Similar in Ontario - they don't do as well up here as in the southern states - so while they can survive, they can't reproduce at a rate that will every let them get out of hand.

https://www.manitobacooperator.ca/cr...-the-increase/

http://wildboarcanada.ca

Wow! that's a lot [ 50 ] active wild boars in how many years? 30 - 40, that's less than 1.25 per year increase, hardly a terrifying amount .
Also the last one shot was in 2014!

[MikePal]

Wow! that's a lot [ 50 ] active wild boars in how many years? 30 - 40, that's less than 1.25 per year increase, hardly a terrifying amount .
Also the last one shot was in 2014!

Yea believing those sighting numbers is like accepting how many deer are shot in Ont based in the Hunter Questioner....HaHa...

Like Rats in the barn.......if you see one, you know you have a 100...

[MikePal]

I think you members from the 'Flat Earth Society' should take up this discussion with your landowners/farmers. Express your desire for him to have Wild Boars on his property for hunting pleasure. See how long you'll still be hunting there.

You’re only seeing things from a rather self centered point of view, not understanding the ramifications for Farmers of having Wild Boar running free in Ontario.

Want to shoot them…head south, they’ll be more than happy to see you.

[canadaman30]

I think you members from the 'Flat Earth Society' should take up this discussion with your landowners/farmers. Express your desire for him to have Wild Boars on his property for hunting pleasure. See how long you'll still be hunting there.

You’re only seeing things from a rather self centered point of view, not understanding the ramifications for Farmers of having Wild Boar running free in Ontario.

Want to shoot them…head south, they’ll be more than happy to see you.

I am a land owner, what's your point? If farmers welcome hunters down south, I guess it would be no different up here if pigs were present...