An exploding population of hard-to-eradicate “super pigs” in Canada is threatening to spill south of the border, and northern states like Minnesota, North Dakota and Montana are taking steps to stop the invasion.
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 boars 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.”
The most invasive animal on the planet.
I think humans win that trophy.
Yeah, way into the planetary infestation phase too, and already triggered the 6th mass extinction event.
To be fair, we are behind the whole invasive species thing
“Who is more invasive? The invasive species or the invasive species who imported it?” – Obi Wan Swinobi
Yeah those guys are distant second at best.
We should handle it the same way we treat invasive animals 🙂
Just declare open season and no bag limit on pigs in all northern states. I guarantee you all the Bubbas and outdoorsmen will take care of it.
They’re not able to keep up with the breeding in Texas, and there’s even helicopter tours where you can try and wipe out whole herds at a time.
I have seen this in Louisiana, too. They will use helicopters(I even saw one mounted with a light machine gun) and gun down hundreds at a time. It still isn’t enough, and they have a lot of Bubbas down there hunting them in one way or another.
To your point, I ran across this video of an eradication attempt. Insane numbers being killed but they keep coming.
This is already the case in Saskatchewan and it hasn’t managed to curb the population.
Right, under Canadian gun laws, so they’re plinking them with bolt action .308s
Wait til SuperPork wanders into AR country…
Actually, some states ban hunting with AR-15’s because the round isn’t deadly enough for a clean kill.
My smart-assed comparison:
But to be fair, if you want to engage multiple targets, the AR is far more controllable.
In many states it is, not just northern. Iirc Texas will pay you to take an AR into a field and take out as many as you can. People even organize hunts from helicopters hunting herds like they should have Fortunate Son playing (no full auto though just ARs and typically BYOAR and ammo iirc.)
These are super pigs, we’ll need an upgrade.
AR-15-2 when?
Well, you’d just increase the calibre. AR-10, technically a predecessor.
It’s actually pretty easy to find AR-15s in larger calibers, modular design for the win I guess.
For example, with a little bit of work you can have them fire these fellas
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_Beowulf
Okay, actually a lot of work, including probably having to do your own reloading, but still.
For sure but I’d still take .308 over one of those proprietary calibers. Or 6.5 grendel if I can’t pick .308.
But you can find AR-15s in .308!
Well you’d need an AR-10 lower, upper, BCG, dust cover, barrel, barrel nut, handguard, bolt catch, gas block, buffer weight, lpk, mag catch (unless DPMS AR-10, they fit the AR-15 mag catch), and muzzle device, making it an AR-10.
The triggers, hammers, stocks, grips, tubes, mag rel buttons, and safties are interchangable though, yes.
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Not in the US, unless you have proof I haven’t seen. They literally don’t need to, as per the article they already breed faster in the wild than we can kill them, seems like a waste of money to breed them when you can just use the wild ones that are already there.
They are bred with domestic pigs so they have less survival instinct and the clients can find them (i.e. they don’t avoid blinds and feeders). One-off clients would give your ranch bad reviews if they didn’t see anything all weekend. Meanwhile regular hunters understand truly wild animals can elude you for days. If a visiting group has come up dry all weekend they might even release a sacrificial domestic pig (just out of sight) that will then walk right towards the clients, innocently arranging it’s own death. Source: am Texan who hunted pigs.
So the releaser is standing downrange? Not buying your source, sorry, I’m Stephen Hawking.
“just out of sight” was an exaggeration. They could be on the other end of the property to release a pig and its going to head towards the feed and the people… Just like a hungry dog would. Also, blinds usually face a single direction.
Next you’re gonna have me call your uncle Larry to corroborate your story, right?
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So just making shit up, got it.
How!? Why!? It’s meat. There shouldn’t be a surplus of meat.
Guns, invasive, and well they breed in surplus so talk to the boars.
I am just shocked. The South is pretty freaken good at authentic BBQ and they have a wild boar problem. Can’t you guys just like eat them all?
I mean it isn’t like none get eaten, just not all of them. It isn’t just regular hunting, it’s basically an Emu War but instead of the Aus military it’s militias of angry farmers tired of hogs tearing up their crops.
They reach maturity fast, are basically always fertile, short gestational periods, and have large litters. It’s like trying to eradicate mice/rats by shooting them.
“Super pigs” — called the “most invasive animal on the planet”
Human: Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our power
Super Human: Hold my beer
Do they not taste good or something?
No, Thėy təste aɓSlutelƴ awefull!
-Sined, Not Ae Pig
REEEEE! Absholuutely, what thish guy RRRREEEEEEE shaid… Tashtes like sssshhiiit…
I’ve seen a little video on them. Apparently their meat is not good for consumption and tastes horrible due to their diet. But I’ve never tried super pig before, so right now it’s only speculation.
Apparently their meat is not good for consumption and tastes horrible due to their diet
I wonder how much selection pressure humans are applying in favour of this trait, since it’s the ultimate defence against human predation . One of the best defences that Canada geese have is that they taste terrible too.
But they should still be good enough for the McRib right?
If they are anything like the wild boars in Texas they are incredibly gamey, which some people don’t mind and others can’t stand. I’m sure that there is a way to prepare them that makes them more palletable
I love problems we can eat our way out of… if we almost wiped out the buffalo these little shits shouldn’t be an issue.
Buffalo weren’t eaten to almost extinction. And they don’t give birth to 10 calves at a time.
I almost wish they were eaten to death, they were actually left to rot on the plains …
A problem I’ve heard with them is that they’re super smart. You trap one boar in a bear trap or something and that’s the only boar you’re catching from that region with that same type of trap.
Pork for the pork God.Can’t this be solved in a way where we get tons of super bacon?
Yeah, actually. The regions this will spill into have lots of hunters.
And year long McRibs, carnitas, al pastor, jeff pastor, etc.
They reproduce faster than they can be hunted.
Call it an immigrant caravan of Al Queda terrorist who are bringing the gay communist agenda of socialism who read in drag to children.
Problem solved. You’re welcome.
So… unlimited bacon?
unlimited trouble.
Give a tax break to Hormel, Hillshire Farms, and Oscar Meyer
Cody and the people at Some More News have been warning us for YEARS of this menace: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkJemc4T5NYZRH_2kTRBKeYVf6mmx0lQK&si=-A-aUBoR8svt17W2
I can hear him screaming now incoherently as he chugs his wet juice down his glug hole. The poor ignored hero we all didnt deserve.
More like… Some Boar News!
I think we’ve categorically shown that indeed, always some boar news.
I was about to say this. He warned us!
They didn’t listen! And now it’s too late…
“most invasive animal on the planet”
Oh, just wait until you find out about humans…
Super-pigs threatening to invade America?
I knew all that military spending would come in handy
What are chances US loses the North American Boar War?
100 %. Well, probably it’ll become sort of a frozen conflict and a steady income for the ammunition industry, sort of a lose (US) — lose (boars) — win (ammunition industry) situation.
The only enemy boars have to fear is influenza.
Free pork should never be an issue.
It is when it’s fucking up everything else and not really free in that they take a lot of effort to find and kill. Pigs are very smart.
Stupid solution suggestion: set up plenty of bait traps that’ll cage them. Barbecue ensues.
In Texas we can shoot 'em from helicopters with fully automatic weapons. (Seriously) 🤠
Do you play Panama by Van Halen while you do it? Cause I’m imagining that right now.
Hell yeah, right after Fortunate Son and Ride of the Valkyries
It’s one of those things that could really only happen in 'murica 😆
Unless there’s a lot of clear view of the herds (not many places for the pigs to hide from sight), that sounds counterproductive. Then again, I really don’t know squat about Texas other than stereotypes. Mostly barren desert? What about rocky outcrops?
No rocky outcrops, west Texas is a barren wasteland like you’re thinking, but in east Texas, we have some pretty good forest action going on.
You’re just teaching them how to use helicopters!
I have a pig and they’re too smart. You can catch a load of them, but if any get away, and some will, they will not come near that trap again.
If we can wipe out the passenger pigeon, we can surely wipe out some nice tasty pork.
and we all made fun of that 30-50 feral hogs guy
truly we were the fools all along
No, we made fun of the fact that the dude was imagining himself going full Doom through an ocean of pig blood to reach his kids on the other side.
Free food.
