| Cathy (a Butters bred
grand daughter of Wal) braces herself against a 104kg boar caught about
400 metres from Ned's house in the New England of NSW. |
| Ned with the head of a
170kg boar caught west of Rockhampton in 1985 with two long dead dogs
Buck (bully cross) and Socks (deerhoundxbully). On the same property one
week later he picked up a 175 kg boar (both dressed weight). They'd been
living on sorghum and living in thick scrub for years. By far the
biggest Ned's ever caught. |
| This pig wasn't caught.
It was poisoned north of Rockhampton after numerous attempts by Ned to
track it down. It had attacked Alf Collins (with the beard) about a year
before in an unprovoked charge out of the body of a dead cow. It ripped
him to bits, running up his legs and hitting his groin and right hand.
His son young Alf, then 9, stood over his father and beat off the boar
with a tree branch until he was able to pull his father back to the
truck. His bravery attracted a medal personally presented by Queen
Elizabeth II during a visit to Australia just before the pig was finally
rounded up. |
| Ned carries out a little
boar in typical western New England country. |
| Ernie. One of Butter's
dogs. By Wal (Wolfhound/Bull Mastiff cross English Bull Terrier) out of
Donna (Wolfhound cross English Bull Terrier). |
| Sam, another
Butter's dog. Out of a Bully Dane bitch by a pure English Mastiff. |
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