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Man vs Wild

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Man vs Wild

"Phoenix till they lose"

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
This afternoon I went to bring in our washing and up the bank I could hear pigs. I bashed my way up (quite overgrown path) but still couldn't sight them. They seemed to be maybe 5-10 m away and I could hear one adult and several littlies.

They buggered off before I could get any closer.

Apparently there were around 10 a few years ago. .

Might be a call to the regional council tomorrow.

PS We have Wright's Hill reserve between us and the next road near the top of Wright's Hill in South Karori. Not exactly the back of beyond but also not built up coronation st environment either.

Junior822011-09-21 21:57:11

"Phoenix till they lose"

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
kill kill kill


Salmon swim upstream

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I would like to, next time they come around, but I don't think my Spear and Jackson spade with the number 5 handle is an effective killing weapon.
 
I wonder what Bear Grylis and his camera crew would do in this situation?
 
Here's more old stories about the badlands of South K-town:

http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0405/S00014.htm

http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=10906.0;wap2

Junior822011-09-22 12:25:55

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Junior82 wrote:
I would like to, next time they come around, but I don't think my Spear and Jackson spade with the number 5 handle is an effective killing weapon.


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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Didn't one Karori lady stick a knife in the guts of one of them a few years back? Bar-b-q at your place?
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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
A mate of mine hunts pigs around Karori golf club because they get on the course and ruin the greens. That and he just likes to hunt for pigs. Says there are always a lot up in that area.
Fruglo on 15.01.2013 wrote:

Fuck this stupid game

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HarryHotspur wrote:
Didn't one Karori lady stick a knife in the guts of one of them a few years back? Bar-b-q at your place?[/QUOTE]

I've only got a Swiss army pocket knife so am not about to try that.

I do have some fresh fruit and a pointed stick which I'm not afraid to use if needs be.

BBQ would be good if my skills with the logan berry are up to it. I mean, we all like BBQs right?

[QUOTE=TopLeft07] A mate of mine hunts pigs around Karori golf club because they get on the course and ruin the greens. That and he just likes to hunt for pigs. Says there are always a lot up in that area.


Makara I can understand. We are quite suburban (our strip of reserve would be less than 100m wide and is between two streets). We've been here for about 5 years now and this is the first time I've heard them (otherwise just lots of tuis and kakas).

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el grapadura wrote:
Junior82 wrote:
I would like to, next time they come around, but I don't think my Spear and Jackson spade with the number 5 handle is an effective killing weapon.




That I believe is the weapon of choice in Karori WEST (we like to think of ourselves as a bit better in South Karori).

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Junior82 wrote:
HarryHotspur wrote:
Didn't one Karori lady stick a knife in the guts of one of them a few years back? Bar-b-q at your place?[/QUOTE]

I've only got a Swiss army pocket knife so am not about to try that.

I do have some fresh fruit and a pointed stick which I'm not afraid to use if needs be.

BBQ would be good if my skills with the logan berry are up to it. I mean, we all like BBQs right?

[QUOTE=TopLeft07] A mate of mine hunts pigs around Karori golf club because they get on the course and ruin the greens. That and he just likes to hunt for pigs. Says there are always a lot up in that area.


Makara I can understand. We are quite suburban (our strip of reserve would be less than 100m wide and is between two streets). We've been here for about 5 years now and this is the first time I've heard them (otherwise just lots of tuis and kakas).

 
FIXED

We're the WELLINGTON Phoenix

And this is our Home

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BYO Mariachi (tash optional)Junior822011-09-22 23:17:51

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Junior82 wrote:
el grapadura wrote:
Junior82 wrote:
I would like to, next time they come around, but I don't think my Spear and Jackson spade with the number 5 handle is an effective killing weapon.




That I believe is the weapon of choice in Karori WEST (we like to think of ourselves as a bit better in South Karori).
 
Would this be more like it?

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago


A Spear & Jackson number 3 shovel.


Edit: Note this is an extremely well made shovel with a good handle, although perhaps better suited for soft, flatter places (Denley Moor for example), rather than more hilly, stony places such as Wrights Hill.

For this type of landscape a Spear & Jackson E-series digging spade may be more appropriate.
Junior822011-09-22 23:46:51

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over 14 years ago · edited over 13 years ago
Given the title of this thread, I expect that once you have shot it / stabbed it / hit it with a shovel you will then harvest the intestines and wear the skin as a protective cloak.
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Junior82 wrote:
 
I wonder what Bear Grylis and his camera crew would do in this situation?
 

 
Bear would drink his own urine while the camera crew either laugh or grimace.
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Well there are 6 little-uns - seen today by SWMBO and Jnr Jnr in our back yard (i.e they had come down from the bank - using the path that I had bashed my way through a few days ago). Presumably mum was waiting up the bank.

Soon they will be knocking at the door asking for a cup of sugar I expect.

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about 13 years ago

Crikey!  The other day Jnr Jnr heard "sheep" out the back.  Today we saw a wild kid and it's mum (goats that is) on the bank out the back of our neighbour's garden.

Where's a good cat when you need one?


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