Hunting - Wild Pigs

Boardom Busters      Kim Swan NZ/ 248pp/ 220 x 140mm/ illus. b&w/ limp		PRICE A$32.95
Kim Swan is the author of The Grunter Hunters and Chasin’ Bacon and in this book returns with another collection of pig hunting stories. Fellow pig hunters have provided information, pictures, advice and almost unvarnished truth of memorable hunts of that worthy adversary, the wild pig.
Classic Pig Hunting Stories      Charger Morrison NZ/ 143pp/ 215 x 145mm/ illus. b&w/ limp		PRICE A$27.20
Charger Morrison has been a pig hunter for years and has collected many stories which he retells with a dry wit and just a little poetic licence. Combining the excitement of a good hunt with pieces of homespun philosophy, Charger captures the essence of what it means to be a hunter in the bush, up against a cunning and worthy adversary.
Pig, Dog & Knife      Mark Hogenelst Aust./ 160pp/ 210 x 137mm/ illus. col., b&w/ limp		PRICE A$30.00
	The author’s experiences in hunting wild pigs in North Queensland, both for sport and for the commercial export market. Mark Hogenelst, who through his employment as a country policeman has been able to select remote areas in which to work, provides detailed information on the type of dogs best suited to hunting the varied habitats he has encountered and the techniques employed in handling his quarry. As the title suggests, he does not normally resort to the use of a rifle when hunting. The book concludes with anecdotes of several hunts in remote country.
Pigs at my Doorstep          Bob Pittaway NZ/ 184pp/ 220 x 145mm/ illus. b&w/ limp/		PRICE A$32.95
Well-known writer Bob Pittaway has hunted pigs most of his life. As a successful farm manager his job has always placed him in the best hunting country. Part of the book covers years spent at Huiarua – a vast back-country station that was like stepping back in time and where mobs of lamb-killing pigs destroyed pasture and fences. It is all true and happened within the past few years.
Two Dogs and a Rifle          Ken Cuthbertson NZ/ 180pp/ 210 x 140mm/ illus. b&w/ limp/		PRICE A$29.95
This book is set in the best pig hunting area of NZ - the Wanganui hinterland. It is a story of pioneer farming and the battle against the bush and the wild pigs that ravaged the sheep flocks, of dogs and danger and companionship.