Wild Boar in S.W. Sask.

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In my area here in S.W. Saskatchewan some rancher/farmer tried wild boar stock, he let them go or they escaped. They now roam my S.W. area and I hear they are multiplying rapidly and becoming a serious problem, the local ranchers/farmers want them shot because they raise a lot of havoc getting into feed and ruin hay stacks where they shelter, I guess they can be dangerous too, lots of kids around.

Anyway, a customer come home from hunting, to my amazement I saw him deboning a wild boar, he cut out some tenderloin, bagged it and gave it to me. I poured a lot of soya sauce, some garlic powder, brown sugar, honey, oregano, salt, pepper and all spice and marinated it 24 hours. I then baked it 2.5 hours at 350 degrees. No wild smell, meat little finer than regular pork, slight bit darker, very nice. Went great with homemade apple sauce.

Anyway, these boars are grain fed, these boars are eating grain and probably eating better feed than what most domesticated pigs for slaughter, probably explains the lack of wild smell or taste. A Real treat, I am generally dont like wild meat unless done into sausage, this stuff was as good or better than any roast pork I have eaten in my life time.

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Back in the mid 70's when I was young and adventurous, I hunted wild boar a couple times in the hills of Tennesee. In my opinion, if you harvest a boar before it gets too big, the meat cooked on a charcoal grill is delicious.
 
As a young kid I watched Lord of the Flies, since I saw the movie portray them killing the boar and putting it on the spit over a fire, it looked like it would be tasty. If it wasn't -25C out I would have bar-b-qued it slowly. Anyway, my curiousity satisfied after 4 decades waiting.

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I saw a program about wild pigs the other day. The experts say in 15-30 years they will have spread over all of North America with the exception of the extreme north.
 
"I saw a program about wild pigs the other day. The experts say in 15-30 years they will have spread over all of North America with the exception of the extreme north."

Their probably pretty much out of control
 
What can control this problem other than man hunting them?
I dont know much about wild pig, when the fella was deboning it he showed me a few things. These pigs have a strong armor, they are handy with those tusks defending themselves along with extreme tough hide is what he told me.

We didn't thinks coyotes could take one down, in my area we have no bear or wolves, a few cougars (I imagine they could eat good on them). I understand domesticated pigs have such thick hides rattle snake bites dont kill them, they have some kind of pore in hind end that exhausts imperities/poisens too. Poisening wild pig to control them may not even work if they become health, enviroment and danger hazzard in areas.

How are wild pigs being controlled in places they are trouble, Hunting?

To note, the guy hit these pigs with a 306 rifle, the bullet did not exit and did not get far into carcass, he showed me the bullet, mushroomed pretty bad, they are a tough animal from what I saw on crude ferensics after the kill.

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They are out of control down here also.

Hunters take them, sell them to the chillers, and export them to Europe (for some reason there's no local market).

We've lost a few tradesmen who have worked out they can earn in a day what we pay them in a week.

They get their dog to "lug them" (hold on to the ear), then walk in and slit the pig's throat.
 
Good read XS650, I dont think our Government has addressed issue of tags or pig hunting season, our wild boar problem just started and proper authorities I dont believe are even dealing or know about this population of pigs now. At this point ranchers/farmers appreciate anyone hunting these pigs.

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Good read XS650, I dont think our Government has addressed issue of tags or pig hunting season, our wild boar problem just started and proper authorities I dont believe are even dealing or know about this population of pigs now. At this point ranchers/farmers appreciate anyone hunting these pigs.

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Last time I had any interest in hunting about 30 years ago, I think the limit was 1 per day all year. Sounds like they have loosened that restriction.

If you see an area they have been rooting around, it looks like a bunch of drunks got in a roto-tiller contest. They really mess up the ground and whatever was growing in it. The young'ns are good eating.
 
Wild boar are a type of pig. So, if prepared and cooked right, they taste very good. Do a Google search for "cooking wild boar" to get cooking tips.

There's wild boar in many parts of the world, including various parts of the US. In all of these places, they are hunted for meat and eaten. They can be MEAN, and are to be considered dangerous if aggravated, and sometimes even if not aggravated.

There's a species of wild boar in Siberia that is hunted by hunters from all over the world. You have to have a Siberian guide to go on such a hunt. Only a handgun is allowed to take the boar. It used to be that almost everyone used the .44 mag. When the .454 Casull appeared on the market, it became the handgun of choice. Neither was able to consistently stop a Siberian boar with one well placed shot. But when S&W came out with its .50 cal. handgun, it was tried on the Siberian boars and consistently stops them with a well placed shot.

If you hunt wild boar with a rifle, use a cartridge designed to penetrate and keep on going, instead of a cartridge designed to mushroom after impact. For example, a full metal jacket (military style) round. The hide of the wild boar, and the muscle behind the hide, is very tough, which is the reason that mushrooming bullets often will not sufficiently penetrate. If using a handgun, do not use a hollow point. Use a solid point jacketed bullet designed to penetrate and keep on going. Do no use a handgun under .44 mag in caliber.

Its a good idea to have a backup shooter near you, and if not, to not take a shot unless you have a tree that you can immediately climb if the boar charges you and you don't put it down.
 
Would've rather had a better pic

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