Bill's Diary
Avoiding sows and targeting Boars
The majority of pig hunters would rather catch a nice boar rather than a sow. The reason for this is that we understand the importance of keeping our hunting areas stocked up with wild game. […]
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South Island Ridgeline judging team
Each year our judging team have one big get together, this year it was up at my new house in the Te Moana gorge. We had managed to get most of our judge’s along as […]
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Nice easy pig released
I was planning on giving the dogs a walk but had only walked 200 meters when I saw Lightning putting his nose to the ground and take off tracking. When Lightning was down in the […]
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Fog is going to be a dad
Almost two months ago a had a young hunter, Hayden Manson come in for some training with a new dog that he had just brought. Ruby was a greyhound/ Lab / Cattle dog. I was […]
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Where have all the big boars gone
At this time of the year the sows will have young with them so I have started hunting two of my dogs with muzzles. Also part of the reason for this is that I am […]
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new piglets in the block
My sow has finally had a litter of piglets. The first two times that she had become pregnant none of the piglets had survived. I have since discovered that when a sow has a litter […]