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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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
On Saturday the 18th of January 2020 I stuck my first boar at my Grandads farm, in the Canterbury High Country with Richard and his dogs. I spotted it at a place on the farm called Pickaxe Creek. After about a 20-minute drive down the valley, we parked the buggy up next to a little…
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Nov
Nov
To date I have never used a bark collar on a dog but this article is about the result that I got to witness the effects of a bark collar. Because I live out in the country I do not need to worry about any of my dogs annoying my neighbours with barking too much….
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Oct
Oct
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…
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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…
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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…
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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.