Hi all , will be in winter peg around march from Australia is it hunting season around then and whom should I contact while there ?? I see there are a few gun stores and of course Cabela's

Winterpeg should be the name.
Anyways if a resident comes forward
it looks as though boar have no closed season and no license requirements.

Seriously....are you referring to Winnipeg? If so, you are kidding yourself. Pigs??? Oh maybe a small number of pigs that wandered from farms and bred obscurely. Authentic wild boar? None. Zero. Gun stores??? Phooey. Cabelas is a joke....ignorant and uncooperative salespeople.
There is a Wholesale Sports (I think that's its name.....about a quarter mile from Cabelas)....prices out of sight ....2 or 3 used long guns....many excessivley-priced new guns...all pedestrian .... and unexiting. If you want to do better, drive across the USA border to Grand Forks and Fargo and visit Scheels Hardware. It's been alot of years since I was there...went to graduate school in Fargo 2 generations ago...but Scheels was great then....and has really grown since. MANY many guns.
Decades ago, there was a GREAT gunshop (Jennings Shooting Supplies) in Winnipeg....gone (tragically) to the great beyond. I faintly recall a gun-shop wannabe in St. Vital (suburb of Winnipeg), that was a waste of time. Do I sound negative??? Not ME!
Why not wait a month or 6 weeks and go fishing for huge catfish (and a billion carp) at Lockport...17 miles N of Winnipeg. That's really alot of fun. BTW....there's a delightful German restaurant in Winnipeg...I think it's "Gashaus" or similar....on W Portage.
E-mail me for other restaurant or wandering suggestions.....but the region will be chilly and mucky....snow melting until early April. Fields brown and wet.

Wonder never how people have different view on things , there is always July too come over as well but I think my wife will expect me to come over twice to see her but I want to do something with hunting and guns while I am there.

many thanks for the reply and please feel free to offer any more useful info that might come to mind.... cheers.

If you like to fish, I can suggest a couple of jewels. June is best, though. Drive north from Wpg. to Lockport. Go east from there toward Lac du Bonnet. From Lac du Bonnet, find the road toward Pointe du Bois. Several miles from Lac du Bonnet, there is a road (I think Hwy. 314 or 341) that cuts off left toward the Bird River.
Take it over the Bird River (while considering the fact that GIANT pike are lurking in that river), and continue....road gets narrower and narrower...GORGEOUS woods ...in several miles come to Cat Lake. Years ago, pike were so numerous there that I caught 2 pike for every 3 casts....but ONLY pike....and under 5 pounds. There are a couple of drinkable water springs on the right side of road. From there, continue a ways to Shoe Lake...LOADED with smallmouth bass...and a really pretty lake. From there...the road continues north toward Manigatogan (sp??) and the bloodvein River. You will pass many small lakes...some loaded with pike, walleye, smallmouth...and I dunno what else. Beautiful woods .... country I love. Mosquitoes OWN it. Be warned.
There's another spot right at the edge of Winnipeg that I love....so close to town....so comfortable to fish....LOADED with a great variety. But...it's my secret spot. So, if you want directions....you'll have to PM me.
Again....unless the Spring is very dry...you will encounter mosquitoes.

another thought....what about Spring bear hunting? I know NOTHING about this, including whether or not it is done in Manitoba....but it seems to be done evrywhere else....check the regs.

wow all sounds great will ask you for details as the time gets closer and thank you for your fishing tips !!!

got another and belated thought....there's an AR member from Manitoba who probly knows all needed knowing about Manitoba hunting. PM me...and I'll give you his AR ID. I am sure he would not mind.

I doubt that you'd see bears in march, it's a little early. The coyotes will be mangy by then and so varmint hunting won't be good, unless you want to shoot them and leave them-not a bad idea maybe. Ice fishing should be pretty good though and you'd have a good chance of some very nice pike (I think).

As someone noted the shopping won't be very good but then that isn't what you asked about is it?

the chef

Check the regs. I dunno about pike season/dates. Ice might be kindof slushy.

LOL I am not a big fan of the cold guys that's why I love living down under for good reason ...

Ice fishing ?? Seen the noggies do it in ten with heaters ! Thanks for the tips

Perogies are always in season in Winnipeg. Try Lake Winnipeg smoked goldeye (from Neptune Fisheries on Dufferin Ave.) .... not found anywhere else in world. Don't be talked into smoked tulibee (the "poor-man's" goldeye; it is AWFUL) Grilled or broiled Arctic char is wonderful .... crazy thing: I found it on the menu in the Winnipeg Red Lobster on Portage Ave. If you're in mood for liver and onions, there's a reeeellly obscure joint on Selkirk Ave. called Junies (giant breakfasts)...a kindof modest mom and pop cafe at edge of a residential area where many native Canadians live ...very fine people and who have a hard life. It's an interesting part of town...used to be Europeans mostly, but now other folks.
Winnipeg is a VERY ethnically diverse city. Anyhow, feel free to e-mail me for any ideas. Enjoy your stay.
Alex

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Originally posted by conifer:
Perogies are always in season in Winnipeg. Try Lake Winnipeg smoked goldeye (from Neptune Fisheries on Dufferin Ave.) .... not found anywhere else in world. Don't be talked into smoked tulibee (the "poor-man's" goldeye; it is AWFUL) Alex

smoked tulibees are awful? your on crack,or someones a poor smoker.

PM sent!

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Originally posted by calgarychef1:
I doubt that you'd see bears in march, it's a little early. The coyotes will be mangy by then and so varmint hunting won't be good, unless you want to shoot them and leave them-not a bad idea maybe. Ice fishing should be pretty good though and you'd have a good chance of some very nice pike (I think).

As someone noted the shopping won't be very good but then that isn't what you asked about is it?

the chef

I've blasted a few late season coyotes that were still nice and fluffy, full guard hairs etc. Just depends on the weather, if it's been warm for a while, yes they will look ratty with hair loss. As for fishing, this is probably the best time of year, just before the spring spawn....they bunch up nice if you know where to look for 'em, you can get into some monster fish!

Coyote perogies, with tulibee gravy.....YUM !!

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Originally posted by conifer:
Coyote perogies, with tulibee gravy.....YUM !!

I'll have to whip up a batch for ya when your up here around Xmas Conifer! Wish I'd have seen this yesterday, blasted the mangiest coyote I've seen in years, would have been easy to butcher as there was virtually no hair left on him! As for the tulibee gravy, most tulibee I've caught were full of worms, so I guess it'd be tulibee gravy with a soupcon de parisite! As the french would say!

Hi Brad:
.....always a pleasure to hear from you.....EH !
Alex