Bakes, you photogenic devil!

What a plug for the magazine!

And after Bacon Busters too.

Well. At least the .303 looks good in WBA... joke, mate!

Greybeardbushman

It takes alot of time and effort to make Bakes look a star. It's all done with mirrors. Don't let it go to his head.

Gary.

He must have shot the odd pig or two by now, I guess.

You are the "Gary Hall". with the articles in different Aus magazines.

Sorry, mate. I never clicked.

YOU must have shot a lot of pigs by now, with you sons and mates.

I didn't realize you posted! on the AR Forum I mean.

I love WBA and BB plus nearly every other Australian mag.

Great stories. I enjoy reading them.

Ross

Ross.
I look at the AR Forums, but hardly ever post. To busy, often chasing hogs three or more days a week and if I'm not hunting I'm writting. This was just a good chance to have a go at Bakes. Who's a good hunting mate and top friend.
Gary.

Good lord Ross !!
Don't give the PNTPH that kind of recognition in a public forum. He is near unbearable now

PNTPH.....

Popular Nothern Territory Pig Hunter

Wiz.
Popular N.T. Bushwalker, walked for fours hours today, nothing. Heaps of fresh sign, only took Nip and Peggy as Matt's working in Darwin.

You on for a hunt next weekend?
Gary.

p.s. the quads working fine.

Glad you two are good hunting mates, with Bakes too.

Havn't seen the article yet mate but if like Garys other storys, It'll be full of daring do and edge of your seat adventure

And Wiz is right......don't ever call him "the Gary Hall" we'll never hear the end of it. How many pig hunters do you know that get recognized in the shops?

Damn right I am in Gary...Feel the need to blood the H&H on something

Have only hunted with Bakes the once before he got posted GreybeardBushman and enjoyed the experience, knowledgable chap and good company.

Wiz.
'Knowledgeable chap and good company' are we talking about the same Bakes??

The Gary Hall.

How the hell do you get the little faces?

Gary the computer guru. When you post a reply, you'll see a face. Click on that and the rest will show up

quote:

'Knowledgeable chap and good company'

I thought the same thing mate

Hey Wiz, I hear you went for a bit of a walk the other day

Any pictures we can see?

try this one gary...

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Originally posted by Rattlesnaker:
Any pictures we can see?

Of which part...?
I have several of me stuck 29K's from nowhere without so much as a packet of lifesavers in the car (thanks for the reminder Bakes ) Several of Gary, myself and his son Matt.
I have also have a very VERY disturbing one of Bakes, a stick, a rock and a dead pig..

quote:

Originally posted by Wiz:

quote:

Originally posted by Rattlesnaker:
Any pictures we can see?

Of which part...?
I have several of me stuck 29K's from nowhere without so much as a packet of lifesavers in the car (thanks for the reminder Bakes ) Several of Gary, myself and his son Matt.
I have also have a very VERY disturbing one of Bakes, a stick, a rock and a dead pig..

All of the above, plus some dead pigs? Unless "disturbing" would be something worse than a good laugh and some blackmail material...

Wiz & Bakes.

Matt's out bush for a few days and he's the only one who knows how to post the photos.

Wiz. Could you send in a photo of the good boar Matt, the dogs and I got last week?

Thanks.
Gary the computer guru and Popular N.T. pig hunter.

quote:

I have also have a very VERY disturbing one of Bakes, a stick, a rock and a dead pig..

Ahh we've all seen that one before mate. Lets not go there. Some of the members have only just got out of therapy from the last time it was shown.

Gary and a very red faced me on my very first hunt with the PNTPH. The lads walked me for miles for 2 good pigs and then the hairy thing found and chased this good boar until the boys caught up. As you can see by my face I lagged a little behind

Gary and Matt with (I think) thier latest boar. Notice the grass in the area flattened by the scrap!!


My first Northern Territory pig taken on the run with my beloved old Ruger MK1.

Wiz.

Thanks for that.
Gary.

Nice pictures and some good looking dogs as well!

Thanks for the pictures. If you have time I'd like to hear a little bit about how you hunt. It seems that everyone does things a little different. Apparantly you walk your dogs until they pick up a fresh track and find the hogs. We don't usually walk them that far (2 miles) but maybe that's something we should be doing. We hunt a lot of grain fields and I'd guess that after we've walked around the field and then through it a couple of times we've probably walked over 2 miles.

Looks like a very good time was had by all....

Couple of nice pigs too. You certainly have had some stories published that I have read. Just to make you feel your age, Gary, the first must have been in the 70's? Sporting Shooter?

It must have been a typical hot day up there?

A lot of people don't know this mate but Gary is 70 years old and he still gets around OK.

Walks the legs off me I can tell ya!

You bet
4 or 44 degrees the Hall boys will be out looking for them

I thought he was over 80

Started in the Sporting Shooter in 1996.

In twenty years I'll get a birthday card from the Queen Just joking, turned 50 recently.

Gary.

Now I think it was some bloke called J. V. Richards???

Maybe I am 80?

I feel like I am when I walk into a class of Year 9 - 10 Auto kids.

These are some great pictures, thanks to whoever posted them.

Question: That spotted pig, is that huge head typical? Seems out of proportion to the rest of him.

Enjoying reading your posts. Do hope to make the trip over someday. Mighty long swim from the middle of the USA. Any of you fellows come over here make contact, I'll do what I can to help you have a good time and see the country.

George

Hi georgeld

The spotted porker with Gary Halls son is not exactly "typical" of an Australian pig but the boys seem to have a knack in finding the big fellas.

Having hunted in several of our states I can say that the pigs here in the NT are much larger all round than the bulk I have taken. Someone will correct me if I am wrong but I have always assumed that the body/head shape and ear size is related to the domestic breeds that these fellas decend from.

I would dearly love to visit the US (Home of cheap gun gear and optics) one day Same goes if you ever visit here too!

Daniel

PS.
I will post some more shots of the pigs the halls boys and I have taken together if people are interested?

Yeah Dan,more pictures please.

Gary, that bruise in the "Sporting shooter" looks very painful. What could of happened?

and I see another great pic in today's edition of "Guns and Game."

You blokes must shoot a heap of pigs.

Hit a low branch on the quad. Needed a row of stitches front and back, just below my bottom lip.

Gary.

OK. Is there any sort of recipies for those piggies? I do know commercial pork of the lower cost type here in American stores often has an armpit-like odor. On tghe other hand some of what the Mexicans call "chuletas" or lower-end pork chops, if the proper type, can make a fabulous sandwich.