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Posted by FNQ:
Sometimes
the pigs stay in the crop, depends on how much hunting pressure
they are under. In photo
above the pigs were living in the
rainforest at the top of the hill.
Theres heaps of different ways to hunt
cane, the best bet is to run a small dog with a good nose in the
cane thus making less noise and keep the bigger dogs on leads or
on the headlands. Walking the scrub
line will give you a good indication of where the pigs
are coming in and going out,
(some people even wait on the pads
with a shotgun while the dogs are working the cane),
then a walk in the late afternoon or early morning is the best
bet. The most important thing is to
keep the wind in your face
Posted by Cooke:
I
also hunt
cane paddocks around the same area as F.N.Q.
I tend to just let my team work as a pack, I hate having
dogs on leads as they are noisy and just seem to piss me off
while waiting to hear my dogs hit up.
I run 3 or 4
good dogs with the wind in my face. I walk the edge of the scrub
line at night the later the better,
12am - 3am is prime time for big boars. You
can always tell a pig from the dogs
when you hear them in the cane, they
tend to snap it making a hell of a noise when they cross the
paddock.
A team regularly run together will
learn the sounds that the different dogs make in the cane.
Some dogs tend to pause and listen. a
dog with a brilliant nose and big heart is needed to pull up big
boars in the cane.
Picture
supplied by Wizzer
Posted by Paulmc:
I'm
no expert in the cane, but I hunt it a fair bit, I seem to blow
more than I catch though, hard dogs are
the key I reckon , though I have caught them with bailers &
a 30-30.
I also
find I have more success on foot, in
the cane I hunt, the pigs are pretty
flighty, if they here my truck they seem to retreat to the
hills. I often hunt solo, so I haven't tried the flushing
method, generally just follow 3 dogs & hope they stop what they
hit.
Posted by Cody:
I'm
no professional but do my fair share in the cane, I usually run
3 working dogs and a pup, and these dogs are good finders and
holders for the fact that when they hit something,
everything around here runs like a bat out of hell from the
hunting pressure. I like to be certain when they find something
they start the ball game straight away.
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