I was still not ready to take Gus out on his 1st hunt however my son Sloan had asked if I could give him a hand to build a deck on his hut. The deck took us four days to build and while I was there I took Bro and Gus to spend the days with us. Sloan also had his two dogs Mack and Bruce.
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On our 1st day Sloans dogs disappeared for a while before bailing a 93 lb boar. Gus did not get to see this boar at the bail but was with us when we carried it out.
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Later in the day Mack had disappeared again so we rode the motorbike towards him when Bro bailed up a sow. While Gus got to see this pig he did not join in and because it was a pregnant sow we let here go.
It only took us four days to finish building the 40 square meter deck with just the two of us, our cordless drills and a chainsaw. I’m sure this deck will see a bit of beer spelt on it over the next few years.
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