Thread: Pig hunters

Originally Posted by Toby

Nah I'm alright thanks. I've done a little bit of pig hunting with dogs its fun but I'd never have my own dogs. just wondering if this forum had hard core pig hunters. Never really see much pig hunting action on the forum

Yeah something I noticed too, seems like there are more deer hunters on here than pigs hunters.

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Im usless at telling a story unless we sat down and got half cut
Got this last week i think it was, on my own, getting dark, caught and found by one dog, no damage but did take me an hour to carry it just under 200 meters, half way back up the hill i had to drop it and cut a track out it was so thick in the rubbish, that made the rest of the carry a bit easier
Poor photo it was getting dark and off the phone

Brilliant. the photo angle makes it look huge

Originally Posted by Rushy

Brilliant. the photo angle makes it look huge

+1

Do you worry about your dog when he's by himself?

Yes , but he has plenty of cattle breeding in him so should and can bail if he needs , he learnt a hard lesson a year or so back, my mate saved his life , he got hit in the jugular and was bleeding out in the creek, he now has a rip collar around his neck, never been a fan of them but a simple collar can save a dogs life

I have a lot of fun hunting just one dog, my bitch is soft and only ever caught a 40lber on her own, she had a nice fat 70lber bailed up a while ago, I learnt that 303 bullets don't quite fit the 30-30 haha, so let her down big time

Hunting one dog, taking the kids out, huntinging with a few good mates and also taking out someone that hasn't experienced it what keeps me going, ask deano, he had a ball, we got a small pig, saw a bigger one , he loved it and that makes it worthwhile , couple more hunts we might corrupt him yet and sway him this way... You never know

Brilliant Moonhunt, only ever pig hunted once with my uncle who lives by the Fox river on 'the' West Coast.....did'nt get a bail though....not sure if my knees are up to it now, running through the bush chasing after the pig with the dogs!!!!

would love to 'stick' one though, just for the experience.......

heaps of pig hunters up here, my good mates are as keen as they come

I just want the deer personally.

Very cool, moonhunt. I can't wait till I get a gundog.

Talked to a lady the other day with a dog she got from the SPCA. Looked like a pigdog to me. I guess a few of the dogs that go through the SPCA are from pig hunting litters.

Originally Posted by phillipgr

Very cool, moonhunt. I can't wait till I get a gundog.

Talked to a lady the other day with a dog she got from the SPCA. Looked like a pigdog to me. I guess a few of the dogs that go through the SPCA are from pig hunting litters.

Mate that is so wrong. A good dog is breed. You can't buy a good dog in normal circumstances, as the hunter doesn't want to part with them. Most of the dogs you see that are for sale are dogs they don't want anymore and don't fit their pack. A hunter might gift a dog for awhile to a young fella to get him started, but normally on the condition it comes back or is paid for eventually. Price of a top dog, if you find one for sale that is, Between $1500-$3000 and sometimes more. You don't get good dogs from the pound, only someone else's cast off. Tried that trick a time or two. LoL

'Do you want a tusk to make a necklace, i have a broken jaw here with one tusk split the other is fine, pm your postal if you want it'

Hey Moonhunt, if Toby doesnt want it, i'll take it off your hands, getting a collection of 'cast offs' to decorate my man cave.....Ill pay post!

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

Mate that is so wrong. A good dog is breed. You can't buy a good dog in normal circumstances, as the hunter doesn't want to part with them. Most of the dogs you see that are for sale are dogs they don't want anymore and don't fit their pack. A hunter might gift a dog for awhile to a young fella to get him started, but normally on the condition it comes back or is paid for eventually. Price of a top dog, if you find one for sale that is, Between $1500-$3000 and sometimes more. You don't get good dogs from the pound, only someone else's cast off. Tried that trick a time or two. LoL

Maybe I worded that wrong mate but I didn't mean to suggest you could get a good pig dog from the Spca - I wouldnt have a clue about that haha. I just said that dog looked like pigdog stock and that the spca must see a few pups that are unwanted by pig hunters and go astray.

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im not a hard core pig hunter but ive been out most weekends catching a few pigs with a few foxys. nothing huge just big enough to keep the freezer full. biggest would be 110ish. bloody good fun with the little dogs

Originally Posted by possumer

im not a hard core pig hunter but ive been out most weekends catching a few pigs with a few foxys. nothing huge just big enough to keep the freezer full. biggest would be 110ish. bloody good fun with the little dogs

Do your foxys grab the balls?

Ha ha ha.
Reminds me of one of my non hunting mates who is a bit nervous of my dogs.
Whenever he turns up I yell "sic balls !" and they both run up to him to get a pat .
Nervous lad round dogs.

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Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Ha ha ha.
Reminds me of one of my non hunting mates who is a bit nervous of my dogs.
Whenever he turns up I yell "sic balls !" and they both run up to him to get a pat .
Nervous lad round dogs.

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Ha ha ha ha, I have always wanted to name a dog NADS so when someone comes onto the property I could just point and say Go NADS