Wild Boar Hunts

[Northstar197]

Hey all, I was just curious, other than Hog Wild Specialties over by Mayerthorpe, does anyone know of any other places to do wild boar hunts in Alberta, and approximately how much would the cost be? Thanks everyone.

Serge

[mightybuck]

Hog wild is 600 dollars for a medium size pig under 300lbs. 900 buks for a trophy boar over 300 lbs. I think Chad Lentz of Savage Encounters does Pig hunts by Rocky Mountain House.

[Forest Techer]

To completely ignore the part about 'in Alberta' there are a few places in sk. Sounds much cheaper, 1 near good soil or cold lake. And the other I've heard of is near North battleford.

Would be interesting to hear what's around and the cost ECt.

^just saw the above post. I remember prices being half that in good soil. It was some time ago. They also have cross breeds that are supposed to taste much better.

[Northstar197]

Hi mightybuck, just wondering, have you ever done a hunt with Hog Wild? If so, was it a good/ satisfactory experience? Forest techer, I guess I never thought of going the Sask route, the North Battleford area would be fairly intriguing to me, its not far from where I'm from actually. Would AB residents be able to hunt for them in Sask though?

[schleprock]

Google "Wayne Witzaney" and it will give you the information that you are looking for including threads from the AO forum. Wayne runs a wild boar operation southwest of Goodsoil Saskatchewan. He even field dresses them for you and will drop them off at Hamels butcher shop in Cold Lake to be processed if you don't wish to get your hands dirty.

[Northstar197]

Thanks schleprock, I will check that out for sure.

[ishootbambi]

Hog wild is 600 dollars for a medium size pig under 300lbs. 900 buks for a trophy boar over 300 lbs. I think Chad Lentz of Savage Encounters does Pig hunts by Rocky Mountain House.

would you want to hunt with lenz after the garbage he pulled breaking alberta laws? he clearly violated the rule of having to live in alberta to own sheep allocations. the judge saw through it and awarded the american what he purchased. im just wondering why lenz wasnt charged with fraud once the details became clear?

http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=137715&highlight=chad+lenz+court+case+sheep+outfitter

[7mmremmag]

I have dealt with wayne witzaney personally. Top notch guy, very small area to hunt compared to Hog Wild. But he is a great guy.
PM me for info and his number

[CNP]

Hi mightybuck, just wondering, have you ever done a hunt with Hog Wild? If so, was it a good/ satisfactory experience? Forest techer, I guess I never thought of going the Sask route, the North Battleford area would be fairly intriguing to me, its not far from where I'm from actually. Would AB residents be able to hunt for them in Sask though?

You are talking game farms right? "Hunting" on a game farm is not regulated by F&W.

[Northstar197]

Yeah, true enough ehntr, that makes sense.

[waterninja]

not critizising someone who wants to hunt on one of these hog farms but much as i would like to shoot a wild boar it just doesen't seem the same shooting one in an enclosed area. it does sound like fun though.

[Ultimate Predator]

4 of us went last year fun weekend of chasing hogs around got 2 outa 4 people nice set up great weekend out with the boyz eatin steaks n drinkin a few beer at night bs in tough animal a bit pricey but what the hell good way to break up the winter and if you dont get one you can go back untill you do

[schleprock]

Feral hogs are very elusive and nocturnal. A few years ago I was given permission to hunt on a 1440 acre farm by a farmer. He even showed me where the wild boars were rooting in the fields and showed me some of their travel routes. After driving a couple of thousand kilometers and putting in at least a hundred hours glassing fields, I finally shot a sow while three of us were pushing bush that fall. The following spring I had one of my friends fly me around for half a day and we saw a total of zero hogs. Shooting a hog in the wild is not an easy accomplishment. It is more of being in the right place at the right time. With the chances for success being extremely low for most people to ever shoot a true wild one, I can't knock a hunt farm where a person can have the experience of actually shooting one and getting it out of their system.