Nice easy pig released

boar calm and relaxed at the bail
boar calm and relaxed at the bail


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 gully he stopped moving for about a minute before he put up two barks but they did not sound urgent, as if he had a sow or a young pig there. A minute later I spotted him tracking up out the other side of the gully but I could not see a pig. Fog had gone through this gully a little lower down.

Dogs bailing just before being called off
Dogs bailing just before being called off

As the two dogs tracked over into the next gully they were together and moving away from me. I still had Jeff and Thunder with me so I turned around and headed back to the motor bike. As I was riding around the road I noticed that the two dogs had a pig bailed just above the road. As soon as I turned the bike off Jeff and Thunder heard the other two and headed for them. I had stopped the bike just around the corner from the dogs as I did not want to upset their bail. As the two new dogs hit the pig broke down onto the road. I thought that I was getting some good footage until I discovered later I had turned the camera on and off to quick and did not record this part. The action moved off a couple of meters into the creek where I got plenty of footage. Two of the dogs were wearing muzzles Lightning and Fog. I noticed that Lightnings muzzle had come off so I called all of the dogs into heel and let this young 80 pound boar live for another day. At the time of this hunt I did not need any more meat for my freezer I just wanted to get the dogs and myself out for a walk.

Jeff about to move the cows back around the road towards home
Jeff about to move the cows back around the road towards home

On the way back home I managed to round up some of my cows using Jeff with the pig dogs sitting back watching. This is always good training getting dogs to watch other dogs doing a job that they themselves are not allowed to do. This definitely helps with stock training.