Wild Pork

I don't think I have mentioned Peter&Colleen they live just down the track from me and you won't find a nicer couple, they often feed me and put up with my bullshit.

Well my luck had to come right some time, Pete my 70+ year old pig hunting neighbor kindly lets me tag along and carry his rifle some times, when we can find the bullets that is, anyway yesterday was our first hunt for the winter and we had a good start.
Up at 6 am and walked around to Pete&Col's, then off on Pete's four wheeler with me and the two dogs Smoke&Jack on the back, cold morning and Pete asked if I had any long trousers as I was wearing shorts and shivering, anyway we left the bike by the big tree before the bridge (in other words I can't tell you where we left the bike) and headed up the hill, frosty and cold and not much fresh sign, after climbing up and around then through a gully the dog's stated bailing a pig, Pete took off like a 25 year old down after the dogs with me in hot pursuit, the dogs stopped barking, so we stopped, stood there listening for a bit, then the dogs started up again further down the hill, off we went again, Pete went flying around one Manuka hanging on with one hand and bugger me put his shoulder out, I stopped and Pete holding his arm said go on get after it, Pete is a tough old bugger and I new he would be alright. So off i go barreling down the hill head over heals at one stage (think my back went back into joint) , the dogs had the boar bailed down in the creek and as you can see he is now in the freezer.
P/S I haven't left for chch yet what's the hurry.

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