Sporting Shooter

Pigs Way Beyond The Divide

After a successful hunt on some monster goats out west, it only seemed fitting when we had two days up our sleeve to try and squeeze in a pig episode. These TV guys sure have some tight deadlines, so we quickly finished caping our goats and packed up our gear. We hit the road and it was on to the next adventure.

We pulled into the remote property at lunchtime and the drought certainly held a tight grip on this country. In these conditions, water = pigs! Our first port of call was a large swamp which has always produced pigs in the past. We parked Greg’s ute around 400 metres from the swamp and made our approach into the wind. Straight away we spotted two medium sized boars feeding on the edge of the swamp.

Rob suggested we do the 1,2,3 fire, trick.”

We stalked in to around 130 metres and by the time we got into position, one of the boars had disappeared. Resting on

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