While back I seen a story on the news about Canadian 'Super Hogs' and how the US was trying to put a plan together to keep them from invading from the North.
Charlie-Painter777
A Country Has No Greater Responsibility Than To Care For Those Who Served...
Thing that perplexes me is how they made it all the way up here to our prairies
From a AP story Nov 2023
In Canada, the wild pigs roaming Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba pose a new threat. They are often crossbreeds that combine the survival skills of wild Eurasian boar with the size and high fertility of domestic swine to create a “super pig” that’s spreading out of control.
Ryan Brook, a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and one of Canada’s leading authorities on the problem, calls feral swine, “the most invasive animal on the planet” and “an ecological train wreck.”
Canada’s problem dates back only to the 1980s when it encouraged farmers to raise wild boar, Brook said. The market collapsed after peaking in 2001 and some frustrated farmers simply cut their fences, setting the animals free.
It turned out that the pigs were very good at surviving Canadian winters. Smart, adaptable and furry, they eat anything, including crops and wildlife. They tear up land when they root for bugs and crops. They can spread devastating diseases to hog farms like African swine fever. And they reproduce quickly. A sow can have six piglets in a litter and raise two litters in a year.
That means 65% or more of a wild pig population could be killed every year and it will still increase, Brook said. Hunting just makes the problem worse, he said. The success rate for hunters is only about 2% to 3% and several states have banned hunting because it makes the pigs more wary and nocturnal — tougher to track down and eradicate.
I don't think we need any help guys with animals. We got theGoat Sucker from theSouth and the Super Ferrell Hog that's a Man Killer. Look what happen to us when we took possession of those diseased Monkeys fo Saddam. We almost went to war with Iran over those damn Monkeys
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Originally Posted by browningautorifle
OK Nevada...now those guys are going
I don't think we need any help guys with animals. We got the Goat Sucker from The South and the Super Ferrell Hog that's a Man Killer from the North. Look what happen to us when we took possession of those diseased Monkeys for Saddam. We almost went to war with Iran over those damn Monkeys
Canada’s problem dates back only to the 1980s when it encouraged farmers to raise wild boar, Brook said. The market collapsed after peaking in 2001 and some frustrated farmers simply cut their fences, setting the animals free.
Why in the F@ck would anyone do that? The height of stupidity...tap them between the eyes and dig a trench with the front end loader. A farmer should know better... Unbelievable...
Thing that perplexes me is how they made it all the way up here to our prairies. I haven't seen them with my eyes but the people telling me should be able to distinguish what breed they are and they say feral...like yours down south.
Jim, I was hunting feral hogs in B.C. 40 years ago. It seems some German immigrants missing their annual Black Forest Boar hunts released hogs between Agassiz and Harrison Hot Springs in the hope of reviving their hobby in B.C. The Fish and Wildlife Branch issued an open season on them with no bag limit in the hopes of wiping them out before they overran the area. Members of the club I belonged to and I went after them a couple of times but never got a clear shot at any of them. If we were allowed to hunt over bait I'm sure we could have bagged a few but that practice is banned in B.C. If they're popping up in the prairies, it's probably for the same reason.
Sapper around 3.5 yrs I started noticing more than usual Ferrel Hogs in my Traps and everyone after they all got there Bucks they all started knocking down Hogs.This Very unusual and I started asking around at the P & R Club then at The SharpShooter where I was filled in about these wild Ferrel Hogs. Then this was was way more than I have ever seen and I needed to pick someones Brains then along came Jim Cutting and told him the story and that I had just about 2 or 3 wks to take care of this, then he broke it to me and said you only have 2 or 3 days my friends. I told Jim I would fly him here his way was SO much better and remember I have all the equipment, then he said, but Frank I can't Fly with this. I said No Worries I have plenty and I mentioned and if this works you have Carte Blanche every year with a Free Trip, but what you say that sounds really Nice, but If I do this it's because I'm only doing it to help my friend out. Look 4 yrs later and I think you already what I'm fixing to do. To Get to my place they have to go through 4 other Ranches then they have to get permission from the 22,000 acre Jones Game Ranch which is ALWAYS full of Hunters and Guest.
{{ Jim, You know when I finish this it won't be your ordinary Little Short Barrel Brother}}}. Now I have to go back to the 62gr round. I got so use to that 50gr rounds
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Jim, I was hunting feral hogs in B.C. 40 years ago.
I was hunting back then too and never heard about that. People just don't get it...they aren't fun, they're downright dangerous and a nuisance. M134 in a LOH, that'll work.
I remember the offers for the hunting trip Frank...
...... and several states have banned hunting because it makes the pigs more wary and nocturnal — tougher to track down and eradicate.
Other than helicopter hunting the vast amount of hog culling, at least in Texas goes on at night which by the other states' reasoning should make the hogs diurnal. It hasn't so one has to wonder if the ban isn't for other reasons.
'Super Hogs' and how the US was trying to put a plan together to keep them from invading from the North.
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