northern mick

Ok Conor , here is a history lesson on distrusting any media.below is a link to the abc story i was talking about previously. The reporter who did the story , whilst doing the research for content rang up the organiser of the pinnacle pig hunting comp and tried to sell him the story that they wanted to piece a story highlighting the positive side to pig dogging. The organiser smelled a rat after questioning the reporter on a few things and basically told the reporter that she would not recieve his permission to attend, to which she replied to him "well too bad im coming anyway". That set in motion the true motive and behold a month later this little piece of typical greens party backed biased ABC story hit the tv . http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2012/s3547927.htm . I agree with you that there is alot of rubbish on the net that depicts pig hunting in a bad light but that is the same with any recreational activity, dickheads in all circles that bring down the majority.

for showing the impact and damage that pigs and other invasive species cause is a good thing Conor and i hope some one can take you for a look to showcase the issue. As for photographing the hunt, that has me gun shy to the request , soley because once i sign over control of the pictures i would not have a say in where they end up. Personally it would Not be for the fear of anything i would be show casing but more the fact of i would not want to be the face of a anti hunting propaganda campaign. Unfortunatly taking peoples word these days has been degraded and cant be trusted due to the actions of political driven media in regards to this issue in the past - eg anything the ABC have reported on in the past in regards to the 7.30 report. That situation proved there was an underlying motive that put our recreation and lifestyle at jeopardy. The old saying mate, once burned twice shy applys to any situation such as this.

A good book to read is the makim method by Ned makim. Learn a few tricks on how to read a dog and tips on how to achieve training the dog correctly. Also source property to hunt on, people are very reluctant to take other people due to bad experiences. It will be a long and at times testing road your about to embark on but a very rewarding one. Good luck

advice would be to get bailing dogs as luggers are illegal to hunt with in Victoria itself. run your pup off experienced dogs with no bad habits (stock proof, socialble with other dogs and people, controlable) and let the pup learn its art off the older dogs. take the time and put in the hard yards from the start and learn a few things on the way. you will gain/learn more out of it.

Welcome George. Where abouts in qld do you hunt ?

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good to have you back Mr Magoo. A specialist in your field always welcome to share knowledge here.

i did not know you could read or write

Mainly pigs these days tank. The odd buff , but rarely worry about them. I grew up hunting foxes. None up where I am.

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run with experienced well trained dogs, but first train and establish control over the dog and sort out stock proofing. Have your own areas to hunt on as well, expecting to be taken everywhere on the back of someones elses hard work to gain access to a property will not get you far. Ned Makim has a book out which may be useful to a beginner to help with gaining a bit of an understanding of the dog. He is on here under dogmann or on facebook under Ned Makim. http://www.ozziedoggers.org/forum/index.php?showuser=1623 Also familierise yourself with the laws and regulations of hunting pigs with dogs for your state and area. for example hunting pigs with lugging dogs is illegal in Victoria and you would need to do it in NSW. Become a member of the APDHA.

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I run wolf/pit/bulldog cross dogs Katie. Main bitch is only 27kg

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Sorry to hear that Ben. Short of having someone take you on a hunt in the ute, I would not know any other way for you. Open or Crop country would be the most ideal for you. Good luck

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gone up to $5000 now,and that gets you taken into the public hunting reserve on Darwin outskirts.