first hit

[lukeyboy]

well took young fella out called chad thats pretty keen on hogging hes only 16 and can carry better than some growning men i no . so picked chad up at 6am arrived at block just before 7am got mutts out box turned collars on dogs didnt even get time for a shit were gone way up in douglas furs coubles yaps at 300 odd meters they across road still chasing all 4 dogs hard up pig. chase him to around 1km i thought this not looking good .does bigger loop starts heading back towards me i thought i would try out the new 44 mag which im dieing to bowl sumthing over with but that was short lived as i went to far by about 20 meters pig ran out below me with 4 dogs going for it 50 meters behind so shoot to next crossing still with the idea of trying this gun out about 1km down so fly down in ute take quick look at gps all 4 dogs treeded 550 meters back way i came get over there cant hear much get about 20 meters in trees and music to the ears good scrap up in the goarse get video rolling dogs all bit sore took some hits to body and ones got bottom of foot torn off weighted in at 172lb with nice jaw for down here. video at http://youtu.be/N9oTh08TC7c

[dmunk]

Lukeyboy,

If you don't mind me asking, what kind of dogs do you guys hunt with there? When i visited i didn't see many hunting type dogs. Are the Huntaways they use on the sheep stations any good at finding/baying pig?

[lukeyboy]

i run few breeds mainly mutts dogo greyhound lab crosses dogo got plenty prey drive is the better bull breed got natural ass end bite the pigs over here get arse holes get chased around alot as lot of pig hunters would stay away from huntways trail barking mutts mite get the odd good one in a cross they breed for stock and yard work and will bark allday for farmers herding stock heres quick link of the breeds i mainly run. http://www.monteriaboarhunts.co.nz/

[dmunk]

Lukeyboy,

Looks like you guys have spent some serious time and planning into your dogs. They look Good! That's cool you guys are using the Dogo/greyhound cross. I've often wondered how that cross would work on coyote's up here. In an average litter how many do you get that come out with real good speed?
Just out of curiousity, how did you get your Dogos and Staffordshire terrier through the ban?
You can P.M me if you'd rather respond that way.

[lukeyboy]

MARK IS THE main man that breeds this type of dog i have just ended up with couple of the breeds one dog got is half dogo greyhound reachs speeds of 55km and can go faster when chasing game most of that type are pretty fast dogs around 33kg he does breed a big set dog for more punch .the types dogs are only banned to import and people that show them can breed them any one else with the purebreed have to get them fixed far as i no .different rules for some towns and cities

[dmunk]

Sound like real versitile dogs with good speed/power balance. You've got a fabulous country to hunt in. I visited a few years back and loved it there.
Good to see the stupid bans haven't hindered you too much in getting good working dogs!