UREWERA BOARS

These days we try head down to his haunts around Wairoa at least once a year. It’s always great fun, staying in the old huts or shearers quarters and having a good catch up over a few beers each night.

This trip Jack had arranged access to a property on the vast scrub margins of the Ureweras. We’ve hunted it many times over the years, always targeting pigs despite the abundance of deer in the area as well. As daylight broke on the first day we split up. Dad, Jack and Craig – the ‘Oldies’ took the left side of the ridge, while