Two more "wild" Boars spotted in Caledon

[trimmer21]

I am not so sure trimmer was 100 % serious,maybe yes,maybe no?

And I was just kind of making a light hearted comment.

And you are correct in stating licences are not just a Liberal thing. I was not thinking that ,nor did I mean to imply that.

It was just kind of an off hand comment that "she" seems to have an abundance of ideas for "revenue tools",A.K.A. "taxes".

I am quite sure she would impose a bed room tax, every time we use our beds for somthing other than sleeping,if she could figure out the logistics of it. SARCASM,but you get my drift?

Finally,someone "gets it." LOL That's why I amended my post. You can't blame our Liberal friends for being a little more sensitive these days,right?

[blasted_saber]

The biggest problem I can see with hunters trying to shoot hogs in Southern ontario is the calibre limits placed on them..
The smallest calibre I would want to hunt them with is a 7mm. Now I know lots of small hogs are taken with head shots by people( kids ) with .223's. But if you have to depend on only headshots that makes things harder. With larger hogs calibres below 7mm can bounce off the head ( mostly frontial and higher on the sides).

They use .223 for the pig chopper hunts in the US. They certainly arent making headshots from a chopper all the time and they kill them quite easily.

[Bigbear]

Well, I hope the Ministry protects the wild boars. I haven't heard of a cougar sighting in a few months, so I was getting worried that maybe the vewy, vewy, ware and elusive eastern cougar population was in trouble. By protecting the boars the poor cats will have something to eat.

[jaycee]

The biggest problem I can see with hunters trying to shoot hogs in Southern ontario is the calibre limits placed on them..
The smallest calibre I would want to hunt them with is a 7mm. Now I know lots of small hogs are taken with head shots by people( kids ) with .223's. But if you have to depend on only headshots that makes things harder. With larger hogs calibres below 7mm can bounce off the head ( mostly frontial and higher on the sides).

I shot an escapee a number of years ago on my wife's parents farm 165 lbs. at 145 yards with a .243 , AN 85 GRAIN HPBT SIERRA BULLET. one shot in the forehead dead instantly.
It was an opportunity shot as I was calling coyotes when it came into view , and it was "delicious".

[Species8472]

They use .223 for the pig chopper hunts in the US. They certainly arent making headshots from a chopper all the time and they kill them quite easily.

Hunting from a chopper with a .223 is very different than hunting on the ground with a .223. The guns are sometimes full auto and at the minimum semi-auto with 30 round or bigger magazines. This allows for multiple hits and makes chasing the hog for follow up shots very easy. Virtually every video I've seen shows multiple hits on the hogs when hunting from a chopper - not something that would happen on the ground.

To put it in perspective would you take a 100 or 200 yard shot on a bear with a .223? That's about what it boils down to as the hogs though generally smaller than a bear can be the same size and actually have better protection with shields and hides than top 1.5 inches thick.

[Drastic711]

Is it wrong that i'm kind of excited about this

Most of the guys are but only because it gives an idea of a "any time,big game hunting" since rifle season in southern Ontario for deer is about 5-6 days long. However wild hogs are bad for rest of the species because of their abnormal reproductive rate and being extremly vary animal to hunt. Also rules and regulations that dont allow night hunting which is their only prime time for feeding and moving around...

[Snowwalker]

They use .223 for the pig chopper hunts in the US. They certainly arent making headshots from a chopper all the time and they kill them quite easily.

You sure they are not using a larger calibre on an AR platform.
They some times use full autos too. Not saying they are not just that there are alot of bigger calibres uppers you can put on your AR.

[Snowwalker]

I shot an escapee a number of years ago on my wife's parents farm 165 lbs. at 145 yards with a .243 , AN 85 GRAIN HPBT SIERRA BULLET. one shot in the forehead dead instantly.
It was an opportunity shot as I was calling coyotes when it came into view , and it was "delicious".

I said "can". Hit one in the head with a six pound maul once, and it still ran off and died only after being shot with a shotgun slug. I am not thor..but that hammer had to do more then brush the mud off.

[jaycee]

I said "can". Hit one in the head with a six pound maul once, and it still ran off and died only after being shot with a shotgun slug. I am not thor..but that hammer had to do more then brush the mud off.

I Guess you will have to explain to my buddy that hunts them in the U.S. with a .44 spl. handgun [revolver] with a scope, that something else is killing them as his .44 spl. just does not have the power.
He takes mainly head shots shooting from a tree stand usually at around 50 -60 yards. and has been doing it for years.

[bushman]

Finally,someone "gets it." LOL That's why I amended my post. You can't blame our Liberal friends for being a little more sensitive these days,right?

Right on trimmer!! And I expect it's only going to get worse!!