It was around two years ago when I first started to look for a pup to join my pack – I thought I was a keen pig hunter then, but today would put up a fair argument against that. I wasn’t sure where to get a young dog so posted an add on Facebook asking…
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Feb
Feb
My youngest daughter Pippa (8) is always keen to get out there hunting. It’s awesome to be able to show my kids my passion, having them outdoors and doing it together. Teaching them life lessons, how to be patient, respecting our rifles, our dogs and trusting them to do what they trained for. One day…
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Jan
Jan
First hunt was a Friday, I was supposed to go out in the morning but when I arrived at the spot there were already hunters there… So I went to another spot late in the afternoon, collared up my dogs and saddled up my horse and away we went. About 40 minutes in my dogs…
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Jan
Jan
I’d like to start off the 2021 Trail Bark with a thank you to our sponsors and contributors for their continued support to HOBs and to the loyal readers, a thanks to you also. As most of you know, 2020 was a testing year for all but as a species we will adapt overcome and…
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Jan
Jan
Keeping African Swine Fever out of New Zealand The NZPHA is working with NZ Pork and Biosecurity New Zealand and the NZ Government Industry Agreement for Biosecurity Readiness and Response to raise awareness of NZ pig hunters of the risk of introducing and spreading the disease, African Swine Fever. What is African Swine fever? African…
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Jan
Jan
HOB issue 23 – April/May 2011 The alarm rang at 5 am. Matt and the old man had already had a massive feed and mine was sitting on the kitchen table half stale. It was baked beans and bacon, which we were running low on. As I mowed the tucker back, I watched the red…
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Dec
Dec
Part of our hunting adventures is about being in the bush, on the hills and generally just admiring the scenery in this place we call home. But how much do we know about the landscapes we hunt in? To be a successful hunter it’s always good to have a little knowledge about the environment as…
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Dec
Dec
Anna Girvan – Anna works in the pest control industry up in the North Island but her other hobby’s other than killing pest for a living and catching boars when she can, she loves camping, the outdoors, her dogs, traveling NZ and of course riding horses as she’s been doing that since the tender age…
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Nov
Nov
HOB issue 23 – April/May 2011 Bren is quite muscular but short and stocky as holders go. He had been given up on by others who were too busy to hunt him. We had trialled him on several hunts before and he was certainly keen. Although our hunting wagon is usually full, Bren has some…
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Nov
Nov
I crossed the ditch in October 1998 and started work on a property close to Hillston, South West NSW. I had heard all the stories about Aussie wild life from mates in NZ: everything bites and 90% of what bites kills. This was reinforced of course by the local who seemed to take great pleasure…