Well where to start. How about where are all the big pigs hiding at the moment? Over winter I got stuck into a fair bit of hunting and managed to get quite a few good animals in the freezer for winter slow cook meals and spring barbeque season but of all the pigs I have…
18
Oct
Oct
It was foggy and overcast and I had just shut the gate into boar territory. The farm owner drove along the ridge. My granddad, Tony walked through the bush and his mate walked down the bike track. The dogs started barking then it went dead silent. An 80lb boar ran out. The pig saw Tony’s…
04
Oct
Oct
Now only 30m away from the dogs and still not a sound apart from what sounds like a dog getting ripped it was horrible to hear. We push on to help the dogs and get the situation under control. About 10m out all I can smell is boar so I know they must have a…
27
Sep
Sep
I finally got to put the bandsaw and mincer to good use after a successful day out pig hunting. Everyone has their reasons why they love hunting, mine is because the meat I gather feeds my family and friends.
20
Sep
Sep
I’m Benge, a pretty keen hunter and fisherman from the mighty Waikato. I build boats and ships so I get out on the water a lot and sneak the odd rod and diving gear on board when testing the product as I’m sure most would. We headed up to the coromandel for a two day…
13
Sep
Sep
16 July, 2020 NZ Game Animal Council GAC questions the political parties By Tim Gale – General Manager, Game Animal Council With the general election just around the corner GAC asked the five political parties currently represented in Parliament six questions of specific interest to hunters. This was undertaken as part of our ongoing role…
06
Sep
Sep
Here we have Amanda Whitlock, A sheep and beef farmer in South Taranaki. Amanda loves traditional hunting on horseback with hounds and works hard learning to shear sheep in her other down time when she’s not pushing the sheep around the hill side with her work dogs (they shear their own ewes North Island style…
30
Aug
Aug
My name is Sondre, I am Harry & Hyltons youngest brother and I am 10 years old. I live in the North Island, the home of the Waikato Chiefs! Mum and I went to Christchurch a while back and the boys took Hunting and Fishing. We went through the bush and near the river looking…
23
Aug
Aug
As all of us who hunt with dogs know, things can change very quickly. We never know what’s around the corner, and at the age of 4 and in her prime Tiger was the victim of a brown snake, and young Hooch was found dead in his kennel for no good reason. Time to start…
16
Aug
Aug
As every hunter knows you never know what you may get up to when you load your dog’s up and this day was like no other for me and my team of two dogs. It was an overcast wet southland day and a plan was made so we set off about lunch time to a…