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4 EDITORIAL 6 BOAR TALES 8 HUNTERS TROPHIES FIREARMS 13 ROSSI COMPETITION Your pigging adventures!
Great Photo’s of the one’s that didn’t get away.
Your chance to win a .44 Magnum lever action.
14 TUFF TIMES 18 BLOODLINES WILD BOAR AUSTRALIA 28 PHOTO COMPETITION 30 CAPING IN THE FIELD 32 PIG DOGS 38 CANINIE D.C.M. 48 HUNTING GEAR 50 F@#KIN’ BOGGED STITCHES 52 SIX FOR RUSTY 69 FIELD TEST 72 ARCHERS CORNER 74 THE FREAK by R.B
Rhodesian Ridgeback
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How to cape out your trophy Boar.
Muscle of the Pack
One hunter’s experience with a crippling dog disease
Pig Trolley
& other road capers.
by Ted Mitchell
Tracking Collars
Photo’s from Australian Archers
by Kevin Salta
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From Wild Boar Australia...
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A big thank-you goes out to everybody who phoned, emailed and wrote to us showing great support for our first issue. It has totally knocked me off my feet to have such a great response from our readers. I have received phone calls from all over Australia from hunters ringing to say they love the mag. Thanks again to you guys. Well here's our second edition, and you will see the quality of photos and stories that have been sent in are great. A lot of top photos with big pigs taken from different parts of Australia. It is good to see these stories
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from all the states of Australia so that we can all see the variety of terrain and conditions we hunt pigs in. There are two top competitions this issue, first, the Rossi Firearm Competition with a .44 Magnum Lever Action up for grabs (more details on page13) and secondly, our Photo Competition which will see the winner take away a headmount from Thompson Taxidermy (details page 28). A big thanks also goes out to Pig Dog Supplies and Tusk Proof Protective Accessories for donating great prizes for this issue. Hunting goes
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way back in our family, and I was addicted to pighunting from the first trip my father took me on, when I was only a kid. Now 33 years old, watching the dogs bail off the ute and taking off into the scrub to hunt about, still gets the adrenalin flowing at 100%. Each to their own, and I don't knock what anybody else does in their life, but I've tried a lot of things in life and there's nothing like pighunting. So once again, from me and the hounds...
...Thanks Vic Attard
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Win Collar So we have seen quite a few pic-
clearings turned to timber and the
control as I thought). By this time we
tures and stories of the pigs up
land got rougher, hopefully producing
were stuffed, so onto another camp-
Queensland way, which is the
the same sort of pig. Tiny flew off with
site to relive today and anticipate
reason why I thought I’d share a
a ‘Yelp’ and ten minutes later all hell
tomorrow. Sunday morning we were
story or two about the boars
broke loose, Tiny was a big boy so to
heading home but were in a good
down south.
Pigs that are tough-
hear him getting a hiding meant we
area and couldn’t resist hunting out.
ened by the cold and harsh sur-
better let all the dogs out and move it.
Not far along, Tiny flew off and we
roundings of the mountains.
This
It took me about five minutes to reach
watched him work the open plains
took place a few years back (a fitter
him, and to witness one very unhappy
until he disappeared into the timber.
and younger me) decided to set off
boar walking off, dragging four capa-
After waiting a while I went for a wan-
Friday arvo.
The warmer weather
ble dogs behind him. He ended up
der and discovered some impressive
was starting, so I thought a trip to the
leaving a few marks on the canines
digging which had been done recent-
cooler mountains might end up with
but nothing to worry about. It wasn’t
ly.
a few. We decided to camp and get
until lunch when the dogs hit the next
peared, after two hours and no bark,
a good night sleep and rise early
one, Tiny was having a good one and
then in the distance I heard a bark
while the mist still covered the plains,
found his a good distance away.
then a steady bail MILES away. After
so sleeping in until 8am was not a
Before we had trackers or the money
what seemed an eternity of running,
good start! Quickly we organized the
to buy them, many a hunt I would
we found Tiny and the dogs fighting a
dogs onto the bonnet to hunt.
We
have to camp out hungry and tired
big white boar with black spots.
hadn’t gone far when Tiny (my mas-
and wait for that dog to return.
Luckily they had him in an eroded
tiff/ dane/ bloodhound) and Sam (my
Anyway, the other dogs got there
ditch, so it was easy for me to grab.
Bully/ staffy) left. Within minutes Sam
before me and had it under control,
We were all buggered and Sam
started to bark as did Tiny, turning up
with examination we discovered
resembled a pin cushion, so we
a small one (from Sam) and a big sow
another decent boar and though not
called it a day, a weekend, a good
from Tiny, I mean a pigs a pig but
as big as the first or last boars, he
moutain trip
thats not what this story is about. We
managed to add a few more marks to
loaded them up again and drove, the
the dogs (they must not have been in
-MITCH JANKULOSKI QUEANBEYAN NSW
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Being impressed slowly disap-
BOAR OF A LIFETIME 'Look at that', pointed Greg. There in the shallows of a small lagoon was a monstrous big boar. He was just mooching along, driving his head under the water looking for fresh water mussels and any succulent edible bulbs and tubers he could find. The boar looked like a warthog with its massive tusks flashing in the sunlight as he raised his head from the murky depths to eat the treasures he had gleaned from below. He kept his head under water for so long at times, you would swear he could breath
through his arse. Using the times when his head was under water to sneak closer, I slowly but surely closed the gap to about 30 metres. All this time, Greg was filming with the video camera. Readying myself for the shot, my heart was beating that hard I thought for sure he would feel the vibrations. As the boars head drove under the water once more, I squeezed the trigger n my Excalibur Exomag crossbow. A Wasp tipped shaft sped unerringly on its way, entering behind the massive boars short rib and
driving on into its heart. It took nearly a full second before the boar knew something was wrong. Then he surged out from the water to make a vain run of only twenty-yards before piling up on the bank. I was rapt. This is the sort of trophy that you only dream of and it was mine. To make things even sweeter, Greg had it all on film. His tusks measured out to 31 Douglas points, which was the biggest set of tusks in over 30 years of hunting that I had collected.-TED MITCHELL, FLINDERS VIEW, QLD
Win Cap
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D.Sealey
R. Van der Veen
Don & Robbie NSW G.Bandes NT
S. Hudson
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Freddo NQ
Mark S.A
Russell & Jake
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Ralph S.A
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