Bryce’s bitch Dusky and dog Buck

Dusky and Buck bailing the black boar
Dusky and Buck bailing the black boar

My son Bryce has had Dusky off the hill for a couple of months as she had a litter of young pig dogs so Bryce wanted to give her a run through the training block to make sure that she had not forgotten what a pig looks like. As an added advantage Bryce wanted to try out his Go Pro camera on Buck. I have had a camera on a dog before and found it hard to get good footage as the camera shakes around too much.

Black boar running past me
Black boar running past me

Another problem with them is that as soon as the dog goes though the scrub the camera gets knocked backwards and just films the sky. We did have a good run through the block though on the black boar and at one point when I was filming the two dogs had him bailed in a wallow in the creek when he made a break for it right through me. I managed to side step just at the right time and you can see on the footage as he brushes past the camera on his way through.

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