Ned Makim 116 Posted August 10, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Couldn't believe it all worked so well. The more you hunt, the more you learn... Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bribri988 141 Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 I am hopefully going boar hunting next year cant wait :boogy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 There are a lot of pigs around here at the moment. There have been a couple of very wet years and the pigs have been able to rear more of their young each year so nmbers have grown exponentially. However, while I will pest control as many pigs as I can for a landholder, in terms of hunting I am onlyreally interested in patterning and then catching the big boars. There are always boars around but the big ones, the old ones or the ones with the big teeth get that way by being smarter and quicker to react than the rest. It's those onse I love to catch. Sometimes it takes me weeks to work one out. One particular boar I have been working on for more than a year. He has been seen twice in that time, once by me and once by the landholder as the boar pulled down and killed a healthy ewe. This boar is no joke, he is very big, very smart and knows is trade. He is the one I am ultimately looking for on this block... Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Was that the big boar you missed about this time last year? Ran off and left its mate to face Mary? I can remember you saying it could take up to 2 years to see it again. PS Did you ever get to catch that wild dog?, I think it was at about the same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 It is the same boar. Took 12 months for him to pop up again... He's all I think about at the moment. No I didn't get the dog. He picked up a poison bait. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted August 13, 2012 Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 Have you ever heard the saying "All good things.......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2012 I know what you mean Les. There are lots of good looking dogs over here but I gotpast looks along time ago. All I care about is how they work. Otherwise to me it's like picking soldiers on how handsome they are. Once we are in the field the one that finds and stops the boar ends up being good looking to me. A bloke could certainly breed some magificent looking dogs from the workers that areabout over here though that's for sure... Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lampalurcher 47 Posted August 23, 2012 Report Share Posted August 23, 2012 Great thread just read it end to end hope you have a book published I for one would buy it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bryson 562 Posted August 24, 2012 Report Share Posted August 24, 2012 Great thread just read it end to end hope you have a book published I for one would buy it i will second that Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 Got down to the flat country for 24 hours of crop protection. This was the biggest we scored...a monster sized sow in the waist high barley crop. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2012 We were in a riverine environment so I grabbed a few other pix to give you an idea of the country... A billabong left over from the summer flooding... A big coolibah tree on the river's edge. Emu feathers caught on the barb. They can run but they are not good at steering... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted August 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Black cattle on a black soil road on a black night are a significant hazard. People don't wait for the council to put up a sign... Incidently, several UK backpacker/workers in the area. Most are great blokes and putting money in the bank. The country is where son Paul lives and works about three or four hours west of me. Very small community but big properties. Paul is on 90,000 acres... Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted August 27, 2012 Report Share Posted August 27, 2012 Keep them coming Ned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
South hams hunter 8,837 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Just read this whole thread start to finish and wow. Learned so much and really want to read this book ned Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magwitch 687 Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Brillint pictures and write up fellas.................................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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