Ned Makim 116 Posted June 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Some of the country. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave C 63 Posted June 27, 2010 Report Share Posted June 27, 2010 Excellent write up again Ned, great pix mate and i am please Gina is coming on well for you ATB Dave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ArchieHood 3,692 Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Had no rain over here for a few weeks now, plenty of sunshine and high temperatures but no rain,I work outside so its been wonderful.Lovely looking surroundings Ned, good for running I would imagine.Is it any harder sticking the smaller pigs with the dogs so close.?...........Just thought how wonderful a Dog Cam would be, wonder if its ever been done.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted June 30, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 (edited) It can be more awkward sticking the little pigs but more because the dogs can pull them around so the technique for us is to flip the pig on it's side and then order the dogs off. They let go and there's plenty of room. Dog cam would be awesome. I've got a head cam and we've toyed with putting it on a dog but it's a bit expensive for me to experiment with. Cheers. Edited June 30, 2010 by Ned Makim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bird 9,872 Posted June 30, 2010 Report Share Posted June 30, 2010 It can be more awkward sticking the little pigs but more because the dogs can pull them around so the technique for us is to flip the pig on it's side and then order the dogs off. They let go and there's plenty of room. Dog cam would be awesome. I've got a head cam and we've toyed with putting it on a dog but it's a bit expensive for me to experiment with. Cheers. great post+ pics Ned keep'um coming mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted July 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Went for a look in in some mountain scrub today and picked up four. Bit of a mixed run because I reckon I should have got more but Mary was coming into season and all the team seemed to have lost their collective mind. Still ended the run with a 50-odd kg boar so I was happy with that. The other three were 25kgs and below. There were others there but the dogs tended to mob up on little ones instead of picking their own or running on. Grateful for the four but a bit pissed off I didn't do better. Had a few wild moments on the tracks too. It had been raining and some of the slopes were very greasy. Slid off one track into a gully and shat myself but got out of it. Wet mountain tracks when you are on your own give you plenty to think about... Anyway this is Mary with her boar. Both tusks were broken off. Wouldn't have been great teeth but frustratiing not to get at least one... This is a vid of what it looked like getting to the boar through the scrub. One of the little pigs and a look back across at the scrub. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
staffs riffraff 1,068 Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 keep m coming nev Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hollands hope 1,024 Posted July 3, 2010 Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 Went for a look in in some mountain scrub today and picked up four. Bit of a mixed run because I reckon I should have got more but Mary was coming into season and all the team seemed to have lost their collective mind. Still ended the run with a 50-odd kg boar so I was happy with that. The other three were 25kgs and below. There were others there but the dogs tended to mob up on little ones instead of picking their own or running on. Grateful for the four but a bit pissed off I didn't do better. Had a few wild moments on the tracks too. It had been raining and some of the slopes were very greasy. Slid off one track into a gully and shat myself but got out of it. Wet mountain tracks when you are on your own give you plenty to think about... Anyway this is Mary with her boar. Both tusks were broken off. Wouldn't have been great teeth but frustratiing not to get at least one... This is a vid of what it looked like getting to the boar through the scrub. One of the little pigs and a look back across at the scrub. Cheers. I was just wondering Ned, did you have any problems with snakes or close encounters with them at night, did you or your dogs ever got bitten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted July 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2010 (edited) It's Winter here now so the temp has been down to -8C at night so the snakes aren't out much in the day let alone the night. You do see snakes when it's warmer but their objective is usually to get away. If one does hit a dog you've got f**k all hope. Same if one hits you. Very serious snakes in Oz. Some experts list nine of the world's top 10 here. Of those the ones near us are the Eastern Brown Snake and the King Brown. There are also Tiger Snakes. Those three will roll a dog or a man no probs but as I said mostly they want to get away. There are also Black snakes (Red-Bellied Blacks) they are poisonous for sure but we much prefer to see them because of three things; 1. They are calm. They are not fear biters like the others especially the Eastern Brown. They will lie still while you and the dogs walk within inches of them. 2. They can decide whether or not to use venom on you. Their first bite is usually like a dog, just a bite but if you f**k with them they will poison you. 3. They eat Eastern Brown snakes. Cheers. Edited July 4, 2010 by Ned Makim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
waidmann 105 Posted July 4, 2010 Report Share Posted July 4, 2010 hi ned. not been on here for a while now but very pleased to see the thread still going strong. keep it up bud. michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted July 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Here's a new compilation of some boars you've seen and others you mightn't have. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mkP65pwazs Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave C 63 Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Excellent Ned Some of the pics look old, how many years do they span over, is boar hunting a Makim family tradition. Thanks for sharing them mate. ATB Dave. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted July 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Most are in the past two years. One of two mastiff type dogs holding a boar is from 1982. A couple of others are from about 2004. One son is obsessed. I am obsessed. My uncle Tom (RIP) was obsessed. His sons were and one of their sons is. It definitely pops up a lot in out family. We are outdoor type people. I have rels who own lots of land and it is just understood we will be there to hunt pigs. Fishing is the other thing that there is a bit of an obsession about in the family. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 Got out for a training run today. I took the experienced Bobby and the green Roger up into the higher country to see if we could give the younger dog a few more opportunities to do the right thing. On the way I had a bit of encouragement, spotting a little mob of pigs in a paddock beside the main road. Didn't have access to the country so they lived to grunt another day. I had the quad on board because the property I was heading to has been wet and its tracks are rocky and slippery. It's much easier to lift the quad out of trouble than the truck... This is the place with the 6000 sheep, most of which are lambing. Of these more than half are black or black and white so there's lots of temptation for a green dog. Bobby is bombproof so his influence is fantastic. So lots of black sheep in the long grass but Roger again showed no interest so the day was a big success from that point of view. Pig wise the dogs picked up five, from a slip up to a 40 plus dressed sow. Four of the five would haved been sellers but I took three for dog food and couldn't carry the bigger sow out (too far). It was blowing a gale in the high open country so the pigs were on the lee side of ridges out of the wind. Four of the pigs came from two mobs with the dogs grabbing one each on both occasions so that was another training bonus. A good day for the dogs and we all got home without a disaster so a great day for me... The pigs off the road. Nothing special among them but always encouraging to see them out and about. Roger (left) and Bobby loaded up and ready to go. Roger on a little boar. In the vid I call him Bobby because they look so much alike, but it's definitely Roger. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euatZ9OtsX0 Bobby on the bigger sow. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmagxfQqcs4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ned Makim 116 Posted July 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 The three dog fooders. And the final commentary on the day... Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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