Australian Hunter

Pigs, pigs and more pigs

I must have died and gone to heaven. That was the conclusion I had reached. It could not have just been a dream, as I had all these empty 6.8 SPC cases and the photos on my camera. There were pigs, pigs and more pigs. This is how it all came about.

The wet summer caused by La Niña coupled with the decreased hunting activity due to restrictions and lockdowns because of COVID-19 has seen an explosion in pig numbers in parts of New South Wales and Queensland. Several weeks earlier I noticed a significant increase in pig sign on one of the properties in northern NSW that I hunt on. So, I headed back there for a few days of pig hunting.

I decided to take my Sako S491 with me as I had recently replaced the wood stock with a McMillan graphite stock using Edge Technology in Sako

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