I have a we yarn. On the 16.1.2021 Myself Shane Wilson, partner Katt McQueen, my father Ron Wilson and mates Simon Smith and Rodgers Set, put on a ballot hunt in our local pine forest. We had some entertainment when we landed a 65-pound sow. Yum-yum, pork on the back. My partner Katt got to…
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Apr
Apr
I hope everyone is getting through the 2021 roar safely and with some good animals taken home. If you haven’t already, now is the time to get the dogs fit for winter. The Canterbury weather is a bit hit and miss for day hunting lately and even on some nights but recently the cold has…
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Apr
Apr
On the Sunday, Mark, Rob, his son Ethan and I would meet at 5am at the servo and head to the forestry. Although it wouldn’t be light until 7am, I wanted to beat everyone else. Finally the alarm went off and I flew out of bed. I had three brews, grabbed my gear, let the…
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Mar
Mar
The day couldn’t finish quick enough, work was dragging out & I had big plans for a day’s hunting tomorrow and I was bloody excited to get going. I’d been super busy at work of late so I’d let a mate of mine Roman run my old dog for the last month. He’s got a…
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Mar
Mar
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…