109 pound boar

Lightning air scenting off the side of the track
Lightning air scenting off the side of the track

First day off work and no client in today was a good enough reason to get the dogs out for a quick hunt. Fog done his usual job of tracking away for a look around in the gully that I wanted him to hunt. He spent a good twenty minutes looking around this gully before tracking around into the next gully. It was here that he put up a nice bail.

Both Lightning and Fog running along the track in front of me looking for pig sign
Both Lightning and Fog running along the track in front of me looking for pig sign

I had left Thunder behind for this hunt because he had broken I mob of pigs twice on me a few day earlier so today I had just Fog and Lighting. I watched the GPS as Lighting approached the bail and took it very slowly as to not break the boar. When I approached the bail I had the camera going and was thinking about shooting him when he broke.

This boar was shot in the creek just behind the motor bike
This boar was shot in the creek just behind the motor bike

This was good news to me as I knew that there was a four wheel drive track in the bottom of the gully. Both dogs bailed the boar in the creek right beside the track where I shot him. I only need to drag this 109 pound boar about five meters to the motor bike.