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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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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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…
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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…
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…
09
Aug
Aug
My name is CHEYDIN Johnson, I’m 10 Years Old from Ruatoria, a small town on the East Coast of the North Island and I’m Hooked On Boars. On 28thof September 2019 I Woke Up at my Papa Hits house and got ready for our big mission, him, me and two family friends went hunting. It…
03
Aug
Aug
At the start of the year I was hopeful that the magazine was going to be back for good but after the big changes in 2020 the magazine took a very big hit. I had to learn in a very short amount of time how to adapt to the situation because there was no way…
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Jul
Jul
What was supposed to be a casual farm hunt for fallow deer and pigs quickly turned into a dramatic rescue mission to recover the pig dog Red from an underground cave in Waitomo. The squeal of a pig. A barking dog, sounds of branches snapping and then complete silence. – ****! Boys, get up now,…