All right , a break from the levity. I have just discovered that my associate in Queersland with whom I hope (?) to be staying later this month , has a surplus pig or two on his ranch .

Not having hunted Australian pigs before , anyone care to offer tips on technique , methodology etc ? I would like something a little more in-depth than " find pig - kill it " . I think I can manage that bit on my own .

The basic terrain is flat with scrubby cover and a bloody great field of sugar cane for the sods to hide in . All new to me And no , you arent all invited to show me how . Maybe next time...

Borrow Bad Ass's dogs to flush 'em out with Bad Ass attached to lead. Good luck getting them out of Cane,almost as dense as you. Ha ha
You won't be able to get them out of cane mate too thick and you will not want to go in after them,don't forget snakes.
Maybe spotlight them at night??
BTW,no Sugercane at Kilkivan,it's cattle country.
We don't have ranches,just call them 'a place'.
e.g.Your friend has a place at Kilkivan.

Want a loan of my B92 Browning 10 shot 44mag or a 30/30 or two? Plenty of free ammo with it.
You can shoot the bastards, just want to watch a Kiwi shoot something bigger than a possum

Scouting and work out their movements.

Water. Feed. Shelter. The standard equation.

Dogs sound a good idea.

Muzza you mad prick you don't in into sugar cane to shoot pigs you go into sugar cane feed the pigs my advise is to spot light around the fields they do come out for a change of food dawn or dusk you know the drill for some reason, and see if you other guys agree pigs near sugar cane or sugar beet seem to be a bit more aggressive than bush pigs and a lot heavier .

Choice of rifle isnt an issue , but being new to your version of pighunting I figured someone would have some advice .

Sending BAW's dogs in to the cane and shooting them as they reappear may have some merit ? Perhaps BAW could fix bayonet and conduct a frontal assault on the cane field with his K98? Or I could mention Shauns name and the pigs will come out laughing so hard they will be unable to run away ?

Maybe I will just scout out the area first and then formulate a cunning plan according to what I find .

Interesting suggestions tho , thanks guys.

Don't be a big girl, get a 12g coach gun with SG's and get in there after them, you want this trip to be an adventure right?

OR just do what I do if I come across a patch of thick grass or scrub I want to check out.... I send Gary in

Thanks for the good advice Bakes , next time I go to a party can I borrow your suit of feathers ?

I dont have a problem with hand to hand combat with aussie pigs , been doing mental combat with a bunch for a while now and they certainly have difficult dispositions .

I think the most likely advice to follow comes from the vintner from the Barossa. (God , it hurt to say that )

And speaking of pigs, I was out and about at the back of the base today on the quad (got bogged as well had to call the troops to get me out ) and came across the BIGGEST set of pig tracks you'll ever see, at first I thought they were buff tracks but upon closer inspection (did you like that bit? thats the copper comming out )I discovered they belonged to a bloody great pig.

Muzza,
If you go into cane take a GPS.

Bakes,
A mate of mine done the same thing when he worked in the mines.Three of them,young and stupid took a Land Cruiser down the back paddock chasing roos on night shift.
Bogged the thing to the diffs in a melon hole.So they just kept flogging the thing till the clutch burnt out.
Next day the mine had to get a crane to lift it out,they were on the carpet in a big way.Just keep there jobs as they were apprentice fitters.