Ned Makim
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I've been back out to the spot I missed the big boar to see if I could work out what his movements were (pattern him...). I could see he had been back but he was not on offer that day. Still it was a nice day out and a good walk for the dogs. That's Trevor (above) having his first proper walk in the bush. He went really well. He has a lot of will that pup and his brother Clive has already grabbed a pig. At 14 weeks, we are happy with that. Wasn't a big pig but it would have dressed 20kgs and wasn't happy about being grabbed so the little bloke did well. The next pix is of some of the count
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G'day everyone, Got out for a run yesterday afternoon and night. We expected to get five or six because there have been a few seen on the property. Dry conditions to the west have forced the pigs east and into some new country where they had not yet settled into their hidey holes and routines. The result? We caught 27 including a two or three decent boars. The pigs were everywhere. I was with Luke (who features earlier in this thread) and Joey and I was very glad to have a couple of fit younger blokes doing the hard work I can tell you. I haven't seen pig numbers like it for 20 or 30 years.
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Dom that photo was taken in the Nundle area and it was definitely cold... And Archie the winter in my area brings the pigs out in the open more. Their feed needs are higher and there's less to eat in the scrub so they tend to venture out further and stay out longer. In really cold weather they will lay up but a freezing night here is often followed by a bright clear day so you can get them out for a bit of a sunbake in the mornings. Cheers.
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This is Saus (as is Sausage), then Animal, then Echo (bred by Dave who features even earlier in the thread) and then Buster...
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While all that stuff's going on I'd like to show you a few other dogs. These belong to Luke who features earlier i9n this thread. He still has Saus and Animal but has a few new dogs as well. I'm posting them to give you an idea of some of the different styles of dogs in use around my home town. Snoop Dogg. One of Saus's sons and not 12 months old. Heavy artillery.
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Thanks for the continued interest everyone... And cathunter, sorry I didn't answer your questions before. I'll catch up now...the training vid is all written and just has to be shot...and the dog trapping is on hold because the dog appears to have moved onto a different range of hills in another bloke's patch. I'm looking for more wild dogs though... I'm in the process of tearing down the old shack we live in and having a new house built so I'll throw up some pix of that once it's underway as well. It's been a bloody pain in the neck I can tell you but should be worth it in the end. Al
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By the way, the blaze orange hats and beanies are Game Council stuff. It's a safety requirement fopr hunting on public land. I wear them on private land too to wave the flag and also so the GC will use the pix in its mag or on its website. Cheers.
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And just so you don't think I've become a shadow boxer...I'm still chasing pigs... I got this one on Tuesday on a day off. There were a couple of pigs in the open and when I approached a real monster stood up out of the grass. I put Mary on their trail and the big boar ran straight across in front of this boar just as Mary was about to catch. The big boar left his mate to deal with the dog and me, cunning b*****d. This was a good boar but he looked like a pup beside the other bloke. I hope to get the chance to have another crack at the big fella but it might be two years before I see him a
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On to the dogs and hunting... Paul bred an accidental litter and I've grabbed one of the pups. His name is Trevor and he is a product of BJ and Suzie. They are brother and sister from Kevin and Hannah. Both have the same father, Russell but different mothers. Kevin's mother was Cathy and Hannah's mother waqs Milly. He's very chunky and very hairy and about two and a half months old. Cheers.
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Sorry it's been so long between drinks fellas...the Game Council job is taking me out of circulation in some ways and dropping me right in it in others. I've been doing a bit of law enforcement and that has been interesting. I can't understand why blokes just don't get a licence and hunt legally. The government makes available 4,000,000 acres of public land to hunt in my State and provides training, education and support. Crazy that some people still want to steal game... Anyway, this is what it looks like at dawn in the mountains when we are catching illegals...
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A lot of you blokes are showing the impact of long term urbanisation. The dog is not a kid. It is happiest if led rather than pampered. Wild dogs can spend a long time in their den awaiting the return of a pack leader. For heaven's sake, if genuine dog psychology seems too harsh for you iron your skirt and get down to the shops and buy a new doll. FMD. Is it any wonder so many of your hunting rights has been stolen from you if you are such nancies about leaving a dog safe and sound for 11 hours. I am amazed at some of the comments on this thread. Cheers.
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11 hours is nothing. Have the dog contained and give it some physical and psychological exercise and it will be right as rain. Cheers.
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The dogs won't be involved. The start of the trapping is all local info with landholders telling me where the dog has been seen, heard or active (dead sheep etc). Then it's about looking for tracks as dogs will use roads and worn stock pads to do their rounds. Then it's a matter of setting up traps and scent lures to work the dog into particular area.
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He might have been classed as a resident by virtue of the fact that he was here from such a young age so no visa extension was required. Citizenship is a differnt thing. Apparently it all surfaced when he decided he wanted to go to Bali for a bit of a holiday and it all came to the attention of someone at the Immigration Department who saw the trip details, checked on the person and found he had been jailed a few times for assault etc. He was deported on the basis of 'bad character'... Cheers.
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yep i know all that ,, and agree 100% thats what our lot should do,,,,, im trying to find out why he wasn't naturliesed. like i said hed been there since 6 year old,,, most people that migreat get nationalsied after 2 years. what is intresting here is ,, this guy had been there since being a child,, had a family and kids there...... now here in britan we have that c**t in lancashire who had only been here a year or 2 and did a hit and run,,, and he gets to stay...... like i say respect to the ozys The bloke had never applied to become a citizen. It's not automatic. You hav
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I'll redo the pix of my current dogs when I get a moment to set up some decent shots. I've got three major things underway at the moment. I'm just about to head off into the bush for three or four days hunting illegal hunters. It's part of my job for the government and I'll be in the bush for the next few nights seeing what I can see. The second thing I have on is I am hunt master for a pig cull on about 40,000 acres of government land. Volunteers (licensed pig doggers) will be doing the catching and my job is to co-ordinate the while thing over about 10 days. The third thing is I have ha
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how come? A dog like that is largely unnecessary. It would hold a pig no doubt but no better than a thousand other smaller general purpose dogs. That type of dog generally indicates a new bloke or a dog enthusiast rather than someone focussed on catching pigs. My town has a strong pig catching culture and here it is all about efficiency...dogs have to find and hold and do it over long distances in rough country. The working dogs have to be mobile, athletic and usually let go on command. That's why I say it would get laughed out of town. Part of the culture around here (and in lots of ha
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Some of those dogs would be ok for the way I hunt and some are for 'enthusiasts'. the cane corso for instance would get laughed out of town...
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The vet is this case is an idiot. Raw bones are fine, cooked bones are a risk because cooking dries out the bone and causes it to shatter into shards which can cause problems. I am staggered that someone who is allegedly trained in animal physiology could say that raw bones are a danger to a dog. Change vets immediately. They are suspect and I wouldn't allow someone that dumb anywhere near a decent dog. Mine get whatever they get, sometimes dry dog food, sometimes wild pork (bristles, bone, meat everything). The biggest problem with dog diet is not the diet, it's the exercise (or lack of it)
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Had a tough night last night. Went for a solo run into the mountains and Bob the dog went for 3.7kms following a scenet and trying to stop a boar. He couldn't, exhuasted himself and when I found him he could'nt walk so I had to get out the little silver space blanket and wrap us both up and have a bit of a camp on the wet ground until Bob recovered enough to start the walk out. Went in at 1.20am and back out at 6.15am. Very cold, very wet but real happy to get back to the truck. No pigs but a bit of an adventure. When you blokes see the pix of all the boars, it never shows what it can take to
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Thanks Dan. I consider myself very lucky to have the lifestyle I have. Cheers.
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Maybe one in a thousand will have something gentically weird like a strange head or unusual foot. You do get ones with healed injuries more regularly, bullet wounds, rips from other pigs...missing ears. Cheers.
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No worries dom.
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Thanks very much for the comments fellas... Went for a run with son Paul last night. I had to have a look at the big stubble paddocks where he's been getting some good pigs recently. On this block there is about 7000 acres of barley stubble and the associated dropped grain the pigs like to come into. Anyway, we got nine, seven of them boars between about 6pm and about midnight. The six we weighed went (dressed weight) 49.4kgs, 49.5kgs, 53.6kgs, 60.9kgs, 68.4kgs and 72.8kgs. I was lucky in that I was on the quad (four wheeler) with Roger and Mary and I had the job of zooming around the
