Wild pigs kept at bay

[MeghanOOD]

https://oodmag.com/wild-pigs-kept-at-bay/

The MNR is confident wild pigs are not established in Ontario — but that does not mean they aren’t frequently reported.

[trimmer21]

I have some limited experience hunting those things with American relatives in the past. Believe me, they're nothing to be trifled with. Honestly, however unrealistic, I really hope we never have to deal with the "real deal" wild boars because they're destructive and nasty with a capital "N". They're darn good eatin',though.

[Sam Menard]

With so many challenges facing our big game across most of the province we don’t need the headache that comes with wild pigs.

[trimmer21]

With so many challenges facing our big game across most of the province we don’t need the headache that comes with wild pigs.

It's not so much big game,although,they've been known to kill fawns and calf Moose,but,they don't seem to stalk and kill them like Coyotes,Wolves and Bears. They're murder on small game,domestic livestock from the diseases they spread. Many hikers and campers who've run across them have the scars to prove it. Some of the injuries from tusk and hoof rips are pretty horrible. My borther-in-law showed me a couple of two acre fields that a sounder tore up in one night of foraging. The farmer had to plow it over the next day. It's all well and good for OMNR staff to advize not to hunt them,but,once Wild Boar sounders are established and the damage starts, votes matter.

[fishfood]

We have had numerous sightings in my area over the years few years ago it was reported that a few little ones were around.

If they will become a problem the best thing to do would be to have a open season no limit 24 hr a day hunt on them. That way they don't become nocturnal to change their behavior habits. If that's what's stopping them from harvesting them then it's time to put a spot light on them. Why even chance it and let it become a crisis or a problem.

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[bellerivercrossbowhunter]

I wouldn't be disappointed if we had a wild pig season here in southern Ontario.