Ned Makim
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Re the wild dogs...there are dingoes which have been here for about 5000 years and domestic dogs gone wild and hybrids of the two. After a while they all look like dingoes which come from Asiatic wolves originally. Cheers.
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Barney is going like a house on fire. Still working and catching good pigs. We actually have a litter of pups due by him on July 5. Roger unfortunately was killed last year. He had been going really well but ran into the wrong boar on the wrong day. I have his sister Suzie with me now courtesy of son Paul. I'm working her with Mary, Dave ( a son of Bob) and a pup by Dave called Alice. Bob's gone too. He died at home of causes unknown and I still miss him. Cheers.
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Same dog. different trap site. He did the rounds of five of them.
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This a wild dog that wouldn't trap. He was within mm of the plate but seemed ultra casual about avoiding it. By the build and style of him he is the main man for that area and in his prime. It's proper mountain country and very wild so he would be from hundreds of generations of wild and a clever customer. The trap is right in front of him and well camo'd.
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I've caught 74 pigs since I started haunting the place in March and there's still plenty there... A few more pix.
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Okay. Back to the hunting. This is the block I have been hunting lately. It's a ripper. About 16,000 acres of improved high country. There are plenty of pigs and fallow deer and patches of wild goats. I'm focussed on the pigs but I am regularly tempted to grab a rifle and take after some of the other game. These are called grass trees. In places up in the higher country there are hundreds. And here's the first decent boar I caught. (I'm mostly by myself when I hunt so the photos are mostly just the animals...)
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Very kind of you to say. The part I write as a column just on my thoughts is tagged as The View From Camp. I have some guests write as well and I am trying to keep it reasonably intelligent. We get a caning in Oz from people who hate hunting and rather than call them names (ha ha) there are a few blokes who are attempting to elevate the debate and focus on the deeper aspects of the lifestyle. The fight is on here at the moment and we are up for it. Cheers.
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G'day everyone, I'm back. I have a lot to catch up on and I'll work my way through it as best I can. A few of the dogs are gone, a few younger dogs have come though and a lot of pig have bitten the dust. I have also started a free on-line magazine called Hands-On Hunting to keep you all informed when I am not on here. It's only been up and running for a couple of weeks but so far so good... http://handsonhunting.blogspot.com.au/ There's also a Facebook page to highlight what's coming up. https://www.(!64.56:886/HandsOnHunting?ref=hl The magazine isn't just me. I am run
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No the scrub bulls are truely wild. They are feral cattle that have been wild for more than 150 years. Cheers,
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And thanks for the comments on the dogs.
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I don't. I use Tom's Tarps one made from shadecloth and neck collars from Pig Dog Supplies. Did you get the Pigga Frigga plate through Paul T in Texas? Cheers.
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A bit off topic. I know of a dog owner in Nottingham area who wants to buy game as part of a rawfeeding diet for her dog. I'm in contact with a rawfeeding group on Facebook and they buy from Oz hunters. Anyone interested? Cheers.
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and another thing... If any of you are on Facebook, have a look at this page. http://www.(!64.56:886/pages/Bull-Catchers/174281402657412#!/pages/Bull-Catchers/174281402657412 You might enjoy another form of hands-on hunting. Cheers.
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And just so you know we are still catching boars... This is an older boar Paul caught at the weekend. Hannah and Molly did all the work. Check out the thickness of his tusks...
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And more of the eaglet. It's grown a fair bit in the past six days. And this time there is a kid goat in the nest as well.The goats are wild and live in the hils below the nest...
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One of the eaglet's parents leaves the nest. The footage is not great because it's from a game camera that is probably too far away...
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The nest from underneath.
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A couple of shots to show the steep nature of the country.
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This what the eagle's nest looks like. Hard to tell from this but it is just short of two metres across. Wedge Tails are big birds. They are a type of golden eagle and have the biggest wingspan of any eagle in the world. And this is what the hide looks like ovelooking the nest.
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http://youtu.be/ymhm6AVnv7M This is some raw footage we shot of a Wedge Tail Eagle eaglet in the nest on one of my hunting blocks. Just a random change of direction but I hope you enjoy it. It is 10 minutes of not very much but I am excited about it anyway. I hope to get enough footage for a little web wildlife show for fun. Cheers.
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And thanks very much (again) for reading and commenting on the thread. I enjoy the opportunity to explain how one bloke does it. Cheers.
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I started when I was a teenager with a little crossbred dog running bunnies into logs or burows and then digging them out. It's mostly about the dogs for me but I really do enjoy the capital R reality of dealing with boar pigs. It's not a game of tennis but it's not just rip tear bust either. The longer you are in it the less you want to use to get the maximum result. I've gone from great big dogs to much smaller dogs that can last all day. Guts in the dogs is a must but I like a lot more brains in thm than I cared about once... Cheers.
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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.
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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...
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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.
