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Wild Boar are fairly new here and there is an open season on them. I know nothing about them other than they are nocturnal. The area of the province they are in is very heavy bush they come out at night to feed and back into the heavy stuff during the day. I don't know of anyone who has got one but I've heard there good eating and would like to get one. What hunting methods do you guys use. Thanks

Bait them, trap them, trap works when you are asleep, at work, best way.

Jacklights...

Feeders, too.

They are very good eating.

Don’t worry in a couple years you’ll have enough that they will run out of brush to hide in. I remember as a kid when we didn’t have any pigs around here. Then one farmer saw 4 in his hay pile, I went and shot the first one anybody around my little town had ever killed. In 3-5 years we were overrun. Now my dad’s best friend catches them in back of his barnyard in a trap, he’s killed 43 in the last month.

Thanks guys. Illegal (very) to shoot at night here.

Kill them all!

Can you run them with dogs? My cousins kill the heck out of them with dogs and knives.

Where is this?

Kill them all!!

Nice work hanco!!! I like your idea to use a trap. What works best for bait? Thanks

Corn.

Still hunting in heavy cover works very well. Unless you are very patient about picking your shots I'd suggest a 20/16/12 bore scattergun with buckshot. #3 works great for me in a 20 ga.
.22 CB shorts work too.

How and when did they get there? I would have thought they'd have to go through Montana, and we dont have any...

ingwe. I'm guessing about 10 years. There are none in my area the "hot spot" apparently is in the very SE corner of the province. They have been spotted with trail cams in several areas of the province. I have no idea how they got here possibly those Fxxxx game farms. A big one was shot in north central sask. area last year. Dan. I was wondering if still hunting would work. Thanks for recommending the shotgun.

Still hunting works great on feral hogs, use your nose to locate them. You can smell them from a ways downwind.
They do move during the day don't discount that. Hot weather they look for water and mud to wallow in and cool off. Cold weather they pile up to stay warm.
Baiting and game cams will help out if legal.
They have excellent sense of smell but can't see for squat. Have made many stalk in open pasture with the wind right.
Get on them now as they will populate exponentially.

My condolences.

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Don't know about Saskatchewan but in Alberta they've apparently been here for close to 30 years, escaping from game farms in the 90's. Still few and far between as far as I can tell, the ones claiming that there are lots and they are doing damage are the same ones that claim hunting them is pointless, so won't provide many details as to location...believe they are a government sponsored organization as well, and naturally will need more funding for research and trapping. I don't argue that they couldn't become more populated and be a problem, but I don't think Alberta and Saskatchewan are like Texas either. Brutal winters and tons of predators seem to have a way of keeping things in check.

Thanks for all the help guys.