"Wild" boars in Caledon

[Bluebulldog]

I'm in 62....haven't seen or heard about any.

[trimmer21]

New big game , wild boar season , tag going to be $ 50 , a piece no limit season open year around .

Outfitters going to have work ..... Driving the economy in ontario .... noting wrong with that ....

The cost of a license needs to be $10 each with unlimited number of tags per hunter. That way,more Hogs will be taken because fees won't be exorbitant,more hunters will participate. Farmer's license should be free.

[Bluebulldog]

Farmer's license should be free.

Couldn't agree more.

However, and it's unlike me to go off on a tangent, but the current Govt. would see it as dollar signs that they aren't collecting.

The Wynne Government has not made farming and agriculture a priority. Those big tracts of cleared land are only good for ineffective wind farms......the good people of Ontario can get their groceries elsewhere.

[finsfurfeathers]

My question is why is MNRF not releasing the same notice to hunters that was sent last September for Eastern Ontario. No reason why you can't hunt them on a small game license. For you guys/gals living in the area it may be worth a call to find out if they will allow you to hunt them on your license.

http://www.oodmag.com/community/show...astern-Ontario

My guess is after the flack everyone and any one got over the Newmarket black bear incident no one wants to do or say anything other than its the owners responsibility.

[MikePal]

I can only hope that Ont MNR take a look at how Manitoba handled the situation;

Hunting Wild Boar

There have been numerous instances of people, pets and livestock being chased, harassed and even bitten by escaped wild boar, as well as, reports of property damage. In Manitoba, wild boar are private property like traditional livestock breeds and, under The Animal Liability Act can only be destroyed if injuring or attacking livestock. Since they are not native to Manitoba and not the property of the Crown, listing wild boar under The Wildlife Act eliminated the use of hunting seasons to control those found running at large. Due to concern for public safety and the protection of wildlife, wildlife habitat and public or private property, the Exotic Animals Regulation was recently amended to allow Manitoba residents to kill escaped wild boar.
The province was declared a Wild Boar Control Area in September 2001. The current province-wide declaration [PDF] permits a resident of Manitoba to hunt and kill escaped wild boar that are running at-large anywhere in Manitoba (excluding Riding Mountain and Wapusk National Parks), at any time of the year, as follows:

• On Crown land, except for a wildlife refuge or game bird refuge;
• In a provincial park, except in areas where all hunting is prohibited;
• In an ecological reserve with written authorization from the minister;
• On private land with the permission of the landowner or lawful occupant;
• In compliance with all big game hunting requirements, excluding those noted in the Declaration; and
• Within 7 days of killing a wild boar, the hunter must report the incident to Manitoba Conservation and Water Stewardship or Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Development.

A person hunting wild boar:

• does not require a licence, tag or permit
• can hunt 7 days a week
• is not limited to a bag or possession limit
• does not require a plug in their shotgun, and
• does not require hunter orange dress unless a big game season is open in the area where the hunting is taking place, and hunters are required to wear hunter orange in that big game season; and

A person hunting wild boar is restricted to the following equipment types:

• a centrefire rifle
• a 16 or 20 gauge shotgun firing slugs
• a 10 or 12 gauge shotgun firing slugs or OO Buck (or larger)
• a .45 caliber (or larger) muzzleloader firing a single projectile
• a long bow or recurve requiring not less than 40 pounds draw weight at 28 inches draw. Broadhead must be at least 7/8 inch in diameter, or
• a compound bow set at not less than 40 pounds peak draw weight at 28 inches draw. Broadhead must be at least 7/8 inch in diameter, or
• a crossbow requiring not less than 150 pounds draw weight and a bolt having a broadhead with a minimum 7/8 inch diameter

General Hunting Caution

Hunters are encouraged to exercise discretion when hunting in the vicinity of a wild boar farm to ensure that the wild boar being hunted are not recently escaped animals that the owner is trying to recapture.

Read More; http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wi..._at_large.html

[seabast]

"Does not require hunter orange dress"!!!!

[Bluebulldog]

I can only hope that Ont MNR take a look at how Manitoba handled the situation;



Read More; http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wi..._at_large.html

Funny. My dad used to live in Manitoba at the end of the 80s. They basically did the same thing with rabbits. My first hunting experience was with them at 15....great times.

[B Wilson]

I can only hope that Ont MNR take a look at how Manitoba handled the situation;



Read More; http://www.gov.mb.ca/conservation/wi..._at_large.html

i am pretty sure they already did make similar statements when there were sightings of them in eastern Ontario
http://www.ofah.org/2014/09/mnrf-aut...scott-russell/

[MikePal]

i am pretty sure they already did make similar statements when there were sightings of them in eastern Ontario
http://www.ofah.org/2014/09/mnrf-aut...scott-russell/

Yes, but that was specific to Prescott Russel....they need to make it a province wide policy...

[welsh]

You're not likely to see tags or licensing for wild boars because the last thing the MNR wants to do is to institutionalize hunting for them. The result of that, over time, is you get people advocating to conserve them. The MNR doesn't want them on the landscape at all.