Michael and Simone from Denmark

 

Michael with his 153 pound pig

Michael and Simone are a young couple doing their big OE. They had just spent a lot of time on a 48 thousand acre station in a very hot part of Australia. In that time Simone got to shot a large wild boar that they did not weigh but looked to be getting up to the 200 pound mark. Now that they are in New Zealand Michael wanted to tick the pig hunt off his bucket list. First up I took them both into the pig block with Jeff and Snow and we bailed up the white boar. This gave both Michael and Simone the chance to see how dogs bail pigs and get some photos.

We went out for an evening walk with no success and the whole way Simone had a smile on her face even through the bush lawyer and up and down the step stuff. Next morning the dogs bailed a couple of pigs together which Michael got to sneak in on and shot the biggest pig in the mob. He made a nice shot in behind the pig’s ear and it fell like a stone and did not squeal once. Michael jumped in and bleed the pig straight away. The carry out was a drag to a fence line and roll her down to a track where what turned out to be a large barren sow was gutted.

Simone and Michael carrying the pig out the easy way

Down at the house she was weighed coming in at 153 pounds. She was skinned and while we were boning her out I found what was left of the bullet in the back of her head. We even had some steaks on the BBQ before my two Denmark friends departed with a chilly bin full of meat.