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I hunt them here off and on in America. Was told Australia has tons of 'em and they have a different method of hunting with dogs than we do. Anyone know where?
All over Queensland and most of NSW. Some of the Northern territory as well is where they are the biggest problem. Some are shot from the air and some are baited or chased down with dogs.
North Queensland is certainly where they are a big problem, though as mentioned they do live pretty well all over Queensland, but are quite rare in some places. I grew up on a farm about 300 km west of Brisbane, and only ever saw one or two of them in the area in my life. Travel about 100 km further to the west however and they were far more common.
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They're everywhere, well in a lot of places in the Outback. While I'm not one for hunting animals for sport, they're feral and damage the environment. If you do hunt them you should eat them though, they're lean and good eating.
There is (or was, when I lived there) an annual feral pig hunt in the Northern Territory, near Darwin. IIRC it was based around the town of Pine Creek, about 200km SE of Darwin. I don't know much about it otherwise, but Google might be able to tell you.
The biggest razorbacks in the world live in thickets around the Margaret river area of southwest Australia,at least they used to years ago. I saw a sow in my headlights once on the side of the road eating a kangaroo just south of Perth West Australia, I cant describe how big it was because you wouldn't believe it,this thing was unbelievably big. I used to go with some bow-hunters in Queansland hunting pigs,Id act as the backup with a 30.30 calibre rifle in case the wounded pig attacked them. I never liked it really its too cruel.Same hunting them with dogs.One clean head-shot is the way to go unless its a sow with young. Only kill what you are going to eat.
Never feel sorry for the hogs. We've had problems with them tracking pregnant cows so they could ram them in the sides causing them to abort their calves live so the hogs would charge in and eat the calf alive. Just one hog can contaminate 4 acres with their poop/pee and eating..trashing the crops. They tear fences apart. If you have high dollar horses/cattle, they can break their hooves going into a hole that a hog has dug. We call them the poor man's grizzly here because they are one of the few wild animals that will actively plot to stalk and try to kill you. Grizzly bears, mountain lions, and feral hogs are the wild ones that you have to look out for. Main reason for using dogs is because the dogs can track down the really smart boar hogs. The traps just get the young and the stupid plus the mommas that charge in to try to save their young ones. It only takes one time in a trap for a hog to NEVER go in. They're one of the smartest wild animals out there and from scientific tests done, seems that hogs rank above dogs in the smart department so the dogs that are trained to hunt them are the ones people want to get rid of because they're smart and get into trouble all the time. I run catahoula dogs. I'll see if I can post a few pictures.
Dogs are just about always used in NZ, as the terrain and vegetation dictate it. There are some easier areas around plantations and farms etc, where the country is more open, and pigs can be stalked and shot.
For the most part though, the bush is just too thick and the terrain too broken, to get pigs without dogs.
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