Story about my first every pig hunt
29
May
May
Big boar big loss It was just like any other hunting trip. The dogs didn’t seem to keen until 8:30am then the dogs jumped off the ute and shot into the bush. Few minutes later dad and I heard a heap of grunting from a boar and the dogs were bailing. Dad and I raced…
27
Mar
Mar
Hooked On Boars Magazine Issue 30, June/July 2012
16
Mar
Mar
First Hunting trip for 2022 went really well with some pork on the table.
26
Feb
Feb
Out on the peninsular that first morning when I was greeted by a blood soaked, limping and very dirty pig, our stud Kunekune boar was not looking to flash. I had no idea the next three week’s would see more attacks, ground being dug up, smashed fences and a battle of wits as I stalked…
05
Feb
Feb
I reckon we’ve all had our share of wet backsides hunting in NZ, whether it being caught out in a storm or just hunting in the rain. Over here in OZ in the country I hunt, rain means no hunting. Red dirt roads turn to mud and become impassable, farm roads and tracks are the…
16
Jan
Jan
2022 is off to a hot start and hasn’t really let up which means you filthy pig hunters have had to resort to night hunts and the odd cool early morning mission just to scratch the itch that niggles us constantly. I myself have yet to cut my fat mutts loose on some pork and…
13
Dec
Dec
This is a story about a boar I got a couple years ago. It all started when my step dad Jimmy Holster and I were doing a trap line on the outskirts of the Waipoua Forrest. One day while we were checking the traps we came across a good boar mark, on further investigation we…
07
Nov
Nov
I was at rugby league training on Saturday morning, our team manager was telling me that he had been to a spot he owned looking for deer mid week and had heard pigs in the scrub. The plan was hatched while we were training, as the dogs were already in the back of the ute. After…
A snippet into to the start of a young hunter