"Wild" pigs in Frontenac State Park???

[phishhead]

I manage a bar and restaurant so I hear a lot of things that may or may not be true. One of our regular customers swears he heard "something from someone" about pigs running wild in Frontenac State Park. I can't find anything about the topic on the intermess so just wondering if anyone else heard anything about this. My uncle owns a lot of land bordering the state park so this is where I deer hunt. He told me that he has had areas of hay fields completely ripped up and said to please shoot them if I see them. Although it would be nice to have some free pork for making venison sausage, I was wondering if this was legal. I have a call into the DNR but have not heard back yet.

[paul pachowicz]

If you ever do kill one of these feral hogs you are going to find out the meat is nothing like your confinement raised store bought pork. The meat is much like any other game. Quite lean, dark in color, denser in texture and has a taste of its own.

[phishhead]

...so if I do kill one I have to buy pork to mix with the pork to make pork sausage?

[Powerstroke]

Sounds like the perfect deer sausage, wild deer and wild pork. It won't be as fatty, but it will have a nice wild flavor.

[fr0sty]

I believe there is an article about that in this weeks outdoor news.

[jigginjim]

I hace had worthog while in South Africa. The ribs were even better then standard pigs ribs, no real wild flavor, leaner, seemed to have more meat. I wonder if they will open the park to hog hunting?

[benbosh]

if there were, i would imagine them allowing hunting in the park or hire people to get rid of them. im sure they could make alot of money by selling permits to hunt them

[USPENAMC]

When i went to GANDER i boutght that outdoor newspaper and there was a section there about wild pigs on the loose

[broken_line]

i myself would love to kill a wild pig.. mm tastyyyy!

[Stratosman]

Hey phishead, there will be two pigs rootin around near there as of tomorrow night....watch out.

[phishhead]

Stratosman- you should come down a night and make it 3. So what if you already tagged a deer - just come down for pig patrol!

[mrklean]

if you see them kill them asap we dont want them in this state

[jigginjim]

Need to find out if we can legally shoot them. If so, I would love the get a shot at one.

[Here-Kitty-Kitty]

you and I both Jim

[pondwater]

Any wild pig in this state is legal to shoot with no lic. needed. A feral hog is a invasive species and the state does not want them here.

[paul pachowicz]

hogs, wolves and big cats. Not a good equation for your deer herd.

[lakevet]

They also are egg eating machines when it comes to ground nesting birds such as grouse and pheasants. Harbor variety of diseases (such as pseudorabies) that cost farmers and ultimately taxpayers money to deal with. We don't want them in the state. They also can escape from hunting preserves. Anyone who has been around hogs just laughs when preserves say that hogs won't escape from their properties. Check out Wisconsin and Michigan DNR websites. It will convince you that they are all around bad.

Wolves and big cats are native species to Minnesota that should be managed to maintain them in the state. They have coexisted with deer for a long time. Hogs are non-native invasive species that fall into the eradication/extermination category.

lakevet

[FrontenacPike]

I live in the area and have heard from a reliable source that he seen one this spring while turkey hunting. It wasn't in the state park but in Goodhue county.

[USDA3]

FrontPike-Mind me asking where in Goodhue Co? I may have had a similar observation last winter.