Wild Pig Surveillance Program is seeking volunteers (Northwestern Ontario)

[trimmer21]

Is the program area specific to northern Ontario,only? What about the rest of the province or are they just counting on folks calling them when/if they see them?

[finsfurfeathers]

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Now that would bring in 1000 of cameras in this watch the Pig game.All throughout Ontario.
More cameras-more chance to see something.

But -that would also require some common sense to start with.

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I'd say that boils down to personal responsibility. Call went out to report sightings. If it takes a finacial incentive to do what's asked thats on the individual not the government.

I remember years ago there was a place called Boar and Arrow, up around Arbor Vitae I think. They were a boar hunting outfit. If I remember correctly, a big storm blew down a bunch of timber that smashed their fences, and the boars escaped. I heard of some sightings in the Hwy 600-619 area, but I’ve not heard of any for quite a while.

Ya that's what I don't get. There were several wild boar hunting operations in Ontario with as many if not more farms raising them for meat. With the reproduction numbers thrown around we should be up to our eyeballs in pigs. Not saying monitoring for potentional environmental damage is unimportant but the panic seems a bit excessive.

[FishHog]

I'd say that boils down to personal responsibility. Call went out to report sightings. If it takes a finacial incentive to do what's asked thats on the individual not the government.
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Agreed. I would hope most hunters who already use trail cams would be reporting sittings whether this new program existed or not.

But some never miss an opportunity to criticize the MNR no matter how good their intentions are

[newbiehunter]

There is also an Inaturalist citizen science reporting tool, if someone doesn't want to call in the MNR

https://www.inaturalist.org/projects...-pig-reporting



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[trimmer21]

I doubt there'll be any issues of not reporting. According to websites in the US,once the damage starts or pets or even people are injured by those things,the yelling and screaming will defy imagination. Once the "system" of trapping is swamped,the government will be begging for hunters to shoot them. There'll literally be no choice.

[Sam Menard]

I remember years ago there was a place called Boar and Arrow, up around Arbor Vitae I think. They were a boar hunting outfit. If I remember correctly, a big storm blew down a bunch of timber that smashed their fences, and the boars escaped. I heard of some sightings in the Hwy 600-619 area, but I’ve not heard of any for quite a while.

I didn’t hear about that. I used to hunt near Arbor Vitae from 1995 to 2002.