Ned Makim
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I might just explain why BJ is not wearing a full breastplate in these pix either. We mostly used breastplates because they save a lot of wear and tear on the dogs. Sometimes we revert to neck collars on a young dog because it gets their focus on moving well. A couple of bumps from a good boar can teach a young dog to move around (use its feet) while attached to the pig. It works well too when you can get to the dog and boar quickly, as you can on the flat country where BJ is working ATM. Cheers.
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Here's a boar attempting his escape. Unsuccessful escape attempt... Cheers.
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Here's a few new pix. Son Paul is working about three hours west of here near a place called Mungindi. Where I am is hilly but Paul's new base is flat farming country. Here's Hannah's son BJ at work in the barley stubble. BJ again with Pepper (unrelated dog on the other side of the pig...) on a decent boar.
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It's widely known out here. It's not open to debate, gets proven week in, week out. Some dog people hold tight to theories about all sorts of things but the reality of dogs is often very different. There are not many Australians and the hunters are all fairly well spread out so blokes have just used what dogs they could get their hands on to breed hunters. That's why we know show dogs can produce hunters, so can family pets and dogs from the pound. It's just a fact. People who 'know different' just haven't done enough to comment...otherwise they couldn't hold that opinion. Breeding a family o
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Shooting dogs worrying sheep
Ned Makim replied to halloween man's topic in Rimfire, Centrefire & Shotguns
It's been an interesting thread for an Australian reader. Here there's no debate. If the dog is in a paddock it's got a target on it. Dogs get shot all the time. The law is very much on the landholder's side. All dogs have to be microchipped and registered with the local council. No one can wander about in someone's paddock with or without a dog but certainly a dog in a paddock is on borrowed time. When we hunt we let the surrounding landholders know our plans and that our dogs are stockproof and wearing tracking gear. We get permission to follow them across a boundary and because of that none -
A mate of mine is importing the BMCs. They are going to be used on pigs and on rough cattle. From what I saw of them they are vigorous dogs that seemed to love finding. On cattle they are used in thick country to find wild caqttle and worry them into a bit of a huddle. If one breaks they will lug up until it runs back into the mob. Same with the pigs apparently although pigs won't rejoin the mob if they get lugged. I'll be watching this expensive experiment with a great deal of interest. Cheers.
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South Texas was a bit like some of the country just an hour or two west of here around Mungindi and Collarenebri. Flat, prickly and a river or two. Cheers.
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This is a trail cam video of a few pigs that have been coming into some ruined grain on one of my hunting properties. We've picked up one out of the mob before we set up the camera and since then it's been rain, rain, rain and I'm still waiting for a crack at them. Cheers.
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Nothing too much action wise. There's a couple but a bit messy from a photographic point for view for forum land. It was a get trip and I can't say enough about how well I was treated by the Texans. Then on the way home I saw Kimbo Slice in LA airport. Any of you UFC and street fighting fans will know who he is. Impressive looking unit I can tell you... Cheers.
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He's a straight cross and no pig chasing heritage. That sort of thing is done in Oz all the time. You'd be amazed what lurks in even purely shopw bred dogs once you cross them and put the pups in the field. You get some shit but there is almost always something hot. Then you just pursue that blood and forget everything else that came from the cross. A lot of pig catching is about exposure...and the handler knowing how to bring a dog on. Specific breeding sppeds all that up and increeases the odds but hard work can make the difference in the end. Cheers.
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Inside Cabela's in Austin...
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Josh's trailer and various dogs...
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Chad and his jagd terriers with a raccoon they caught during a crop pest patrol.
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Black mouth cur breeder David Thoms with a couple of BMC pups destined for Oz. A mate of mine is importing two bitches and a dog pup to see how they go on scrub cattle and pigs. Cheers.
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This is Loki the bull mastiff. He is used to take the dance out of big pigs. Surprisingly easy to manage and get off the pig once it's caught. Owned and worked by Chad. And this is Wolfgang a wolfhound x deerhound owned and worked by Josh. Very fast, very tough and a good nose. I'd own him. Cheers.
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Sorry for the delay in responding. I have had all sorts of trouble getting onto the site for some reason. Don't know if it's site trouble or probs with my laptop but either way it seems to be OK now. I still have more pix to post so I'll get organised and get them up and try to answer a few questions. And thanks for the responses so far. Cheers.
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A couple of little pigs with the jagd terriers. That's Josh and Chad.
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More shots from the Hunt for the Hungry...
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Blokes starting to unload pigs for the Hunt for the Hungry competition...279 hogs weighed in for a total of about 17 tonnes of meat by 63 four man teams.
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My host Josh and his pig catching Dane Riddick. Famous over there because he's on TV catching some big boars (better than 200kg liveweight) and not behind wire, all free range pest control hunts. That's one of my T shirts he's wearing too...bit of self promotion there.
