Two boars (warning - photo of dead FERAL animals)
Submitted by big john on Mon, 2012-11-19 09:50
Not fishing, but a bit of hunting.
Picked up a couple of nice boars on the weekend. Big one was about 70kgs and the smaller one around 45kg.
Both were bedded down in the heat with the large one bolting from a small bush 2 metres to my left, thankfully he didn't charge at me.
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Ryan C
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nice one
is that a 308 Sako Big John?, and good work!. cheers
hummeldoddy
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Jeezo - what a set of
Jeezo - what a set of dentures !!!
That must have been some rush when it was only 2 metres away.
Ben Derecki
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Nice shots (both senses of
Nice shots (both senses of the word) John, they are gnarly animals.
How far out of Perth do you have to go to get onto something like that?
big john
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Kununurra
Not sure Ben, these were shot a few hours out of Kununurra.
30/06 Ryan.
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Andy_b
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nice work. ben there are pigs
nice work.
ben there are pigs in and around cannin dam and all though the perth hills
they are getting out of control, because we can not shoot them, but pig doggers do ok and nail a few
Ben Derecki
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Interesting. I don't own a
Interesting. I don't own a gun or anything, was just wondering where you had to go for them.
Cheers
UncutTriggerInWA
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Ugly critters
Mean as also. Great hunting. I guess a 243??
Vince.
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Andy_b
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30 06 is my guess
30 06 is my guess
soupster51
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Nice
Nice work. Doing the country a favour and having fun at the same time. Does it get any better. Community service at it's best.
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big john
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Yep
The greens will get onto it eventually though soupy, there already trying to ban pig dogging. Read a story from a conference over east where some green scientist wacker stated that since there are now so many of these buggers in oz that we should just start referring to them as 'native pigs'. LOL WTF?
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UncutTriggerInWA
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Just like the rabbits
and the camals and the wild dogs.... We need to "protect" them as natives before they become extinct.
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pale ale
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Good work! Hate those ugly
Good work!
Hate those ugly bastards
dkonig82
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Great work, a couple of solid
Great work, a couple of solid porkers there.
You nab a few fillets off them? Or not worth the hassle? Would love to be able to hunt a few of them.
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jayce
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Depends where ya get the pigs
Depends where ya get the pigs from mate. Out of the forrest and they arnt as good unless you take them home and fatten them up for a couple of weeks and run a wormer through them.
But if ya can get them out of the paddocks they taste heaps better than shop bought pork. They havnt been pumped full of water and drugs to fatten them up and when ya cook them they dont leave all that grey jelly in the pan that the shop stuff does.
Habanero
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Good Hogs , nice Hooks
Spent the Weekend with a couple of mates on foot with Bows looking for Pigs an Deer , covered a lot of ground , found were the pigs were night before and saw 2 deer dissapearing , but no stats to show for the effort tho....
big john
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Hardest
You've got the hardest part sorted Habanero, you've found a spot that has game. Bit like fishing, animals usually have a home range based around feed, shelter, water and sex.
Time in the bush will lead to their downfall.
What type of deer? Fallow.
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Lamby
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Sweet shooting BJ, keep em
Sweet shooting BJ, keep em coming!
Habanero
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Fallow
But reported to be a good holding of Reds in the area aswell . I have taken two fallows with rifle but not from this location.., will have to get back out there in next couple of weeks , especially if swell is up!
squidder
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Awsome
theres nothing like a bit of Grunta hunting.
30.06 is my scrub gun as well, ex military, luv it.
carnarvonite
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Well done
Well done Big John, should be more of it
sea-kem
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You shot Razorback! Nice work
You shot Razorback! Nice work BJ. Scary looking beasts like you lucky that big bastard didn't charge you. Did you keep any of it? I mean is it good for anything?
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fishing fanatic
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Your making miss south
Your making miss south african hunting! Is it easy to get permits/ land to shoot on up that way?
chris raff
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Eradicate all the bloody
Eradicate all the bloody things , well done BJ ...done the right way ...and here's why the greenies want to stop using dogs and will most probably get support because like we see in fishing ...shock horror vids get a fair bit of attention
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-17/uproar-over-pigdoging-27bloodsport27/4136650
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big john
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Morons
Like everything in life Chris, there's the morons that give everyone else a bad name, a good example being those who killed stumpy at Hamelin Bay or that arse hat who was beating that live gutted shark on youtube.
Done probably pig dogging is a very effective means of eradicating pigs, particularly in areas of heavy vegetation where shooting isn't practical.
The dogs should should only bail and then lug (hang onto the ears) until the handler gets there. The pig is then flipped by the back legs and dispatched humanely with a knife to the heart, dogs should trained to be called off as soon as the handler has control of the pig.
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leesfishin
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well done john,couple nice
well done john,couple nice pigs.
would be starting to warm up there now !
there not taken around keep river?
big john
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No
No, not at the Keep, though there are whispers of them starting to move in around that area.
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Andy
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must be bloody hot walking.
must be bloody hot walking. hot in the territory at the moment.
Andy
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how can I add photos to this
how can I add photos to this I have some good buffalo we took from katherine
big john
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Buff
Not sure how to add them in Andy but keen to see them.
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Andy
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theres some big john
http://fishwrecked.com/category/image-galleries/andys-and-scotties-fishing-pics
the trophy we got must have not been allowed on here
big john
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Awesome
Did you take the horns as a trophy?
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Andy
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a mate runs a trophy hunting
a mate runs a trophy hunting property so we very rarely take trophys but when we get a good one we keep the horns. the smaller ones are good eating and good dog tucker
fisho-ron
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nice to both posts boys, cant
nice to both posts boys, cant wait to get back into it, only a couple months to go john!!
here is a pic from 2 weekends ago, lazy shooting i call it, just had to get out with a mate for a go, its been a long long time.
only shooting some targets as it was more of a drinking weekend and getting away from the missus.
big john
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Hanging
Yeah you must be hanging out for it Ron, good luck with it all.
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The_Wanderer
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What a hog! nice round the
What a hog! nice round the 3006 what grain proj where you using?
big john
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180
180 Federal factory.
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Camel Toe
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but not what you thought
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LOL
LOL
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uncle
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good photos
and thats 2 swine gone,bloody tough work up there in those conditions
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
twicther
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Knx options
Been up here for 20 + years and have always been threatening to go and shoot a couple of hogs but never put the effort in. Best mate jackarooed on NT station with plenty of pigs near Katherine but seem to always try and find a new fishing spot before going out and chasing a few grunters. Your timing was right as before not too long the rains will spread the buggers everywhere. Last 2 fishing trips well and truly made up my mind about exploring, over 60 barra on lures, hard to beat !
Pob
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Nice, only shooting I get in
Nice, only shooting I get in nowadays is at lone rangers, bloody miss it. Thanks for sharing.
jayce
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Nice pigs mate. that bigger
Nice pigs mate. that bigger one has a killer set of chompers on him. big tusks and big grinders.
Good to see there is a few fellas into their shooting. I have only SHOT one pig and probably wont do it again. But have caught more than my fair share with the dogs.
And its good to see some people see the sence in pig dogging big john we have a hard time trying to justify our existance these days with all the do-gooders around.
catchalittle
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gave up shooting years ago
gave up shooting years ago as the Mrs is a Vet
Nathan