Pigs in Adelaide river

unseen1 · Post by **unseen1** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:08 pm

Hey guys,

not after some secret spots but i have never gotten a pig and my hunting buddy and I are looking to open my account. Looking for some help for some spots near adelaide river.....

possibly have access to some quads if not on foot. general areas is what we are looking for. so any help i can pay back in fishing trips or beer tickets

Petto · Post by **Petto** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:30 pm

Make sure you have genuine Permission mate,

there is a bunch of blokes going to court in the near future for hunting without permission just near Adelaide River.

It is an absolute joke the amount of people doing the wrong things and poaching these days.

COOPS · Post by **COOPS** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:38 pm

my tip would be to try some of the hunting reserves. shoal bay, howard springs etc. do u guys have dogs? these reserves still have a few pigs running around.

unseen1 · Post by **unseen1** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 7:15 pm

nah we dont have dogs, just going for a walk by the looks. I dont pay the petrol of the ute, so driving is not an issue dont mind going further.

Definetly dont want to break any laws so wanna stay legal.

max · Post by **max** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 9:08 pm

I know theres pigs out near Channel Is Ive seen them run over on the road there and often see tracks in the mud on the high tide flats between the Bectel gas plant turn off and channel is bridge but they would be hard to flush out of the mangroves,dont shoot towards my gas truck going by a.

John Whitegoods · Post by **John Whitegoods** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:12 pm

yeah like the post above says mangroves (beleive it or not) hold pigs. Your best bet is to walk along the edges of the mangroves where the bush meets the mangroves. you will be amazed by the amount of (mostly old!) sign you will see ... they seem use these areas as transit ways ... also look for low points in the land where fresh water drains into the mangroves ... you might get one campd up in these dry creek beds this time of year it will just be pools of water not flowing ... at the end of the day thoough its pretty hard hunting even when you have a dog that knows what its doing ... but on the other hand one of the best pigs ive ever seen was caught using this method (and it wasnt too far from Darwin!) maybye get one of the gillie suits and make sure your not wearing any strong deoderant !

meter_seeker · Post by **meter_seeker** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 12:35 pm

max wrote:I know theres pigs out near Channel Is Ive seen them run over on the road there and often see tracks in the mud on the high tide flats between the Bectel gas plant turn off and channel is bridge but they would be hard to flush out of the mangroves,dont shoot towards my gas truck going by a.

Im suprised how many pigs are actually out there almost cleaned a few up on the way to the island for a fish. Someone decided to leave a massive boar on the wickham point turn off a while back

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