Mainland Boar Hunting - Bill Westwood

14/09/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/woof-at-33-weeks-old/

Woof experienced his first hunt at 23 weeks old where the dogs caught a sow with one ear. Now nine weeks later the dogs bailed up this same sow. She was still looking skinny so I released her again…

29/08/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/hayden-mansons-birthday-hunt/

Yesterday I went out for a hunt with a client, Hayden Manson. Hayden was turning 30 years old and wanted to catch a pig for his birthday with his dog, King. For this hunt I took Bro and Gus who wer…

11/08/2026

A hard to fell firewood tree

09/08/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/noah-with-his-bitch-sika/

Noah had arranged to bring his Lab/ collie bitch, Sika in for some training.  So far she had seen nine pigs but every time the action was over quickly with dogs holding the pigs.One of Noah& #8…

31/07/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/dog-training-5/

Every pig hunter wants a dog that can go out and stop any pig out there. But the fact is that does not always happen.There are many reasons why this may not happen but one of the main reasons is th…

29/07/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/putting-a-stop-on-woof/

Over the past six months I have been able to watch how Woof has developed.As I mentioned earlier my grandson Aaron gave Woof his name and it has turned out very appropriate as his breeding is Beard…

19/07/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/woofs-3rd-hunt/

It has been a very busy time lately with judging the North Canterbury hunting comp. On stage at the North Canterbury comp The boars we measured tusks on. The one on the left went 22 inches. Next da…

10/07/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/muzzles-2/

This article has been a long time coming so there is alot to explain.A bit about myself, I started pig hunting in 1989 and have been hunting ever since.In 1993 my wife Janice and I moved to central…

29/06/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/woofs-2nd-hunt/

Woof turned 23 weeks old yesterday and this was to be his 2nd hunt. After Woof’s 1st hunt I put him in the training block to help him gain some more confidence. I got to see that his exciteme…

25/06/2026

https://www.pighunt.co.nz/woof-in-the-training-block/

After giving Woof his 1st hunt yesterday I wanted to give him his second turn in my training block. Last time I had Woof in the training block four days ago he gave a couple of barks of encourageme…