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Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association Unfortunately, over recent years, the ethics of this form of hunting have often come into question.

Responsible, law abiding hunters using disciplined well trained dogs is one of a number of useful tools in the ongoing effort to control feral pig populations across Australia. Correctly done, it is extremely effective, particularly in thick country by not only capturing pigs for humane despatch, but also by tending to disperse those not caught into more open country where shooting, for example, enjoys increased effectiveness. Contrary to popular misconception and, in some cases, propaganda, the use of well trained dogs to locate and either bail or hold pigs is far more humane than some other methods of control in use. In addition, well trained pig dogs are species specific, being rigorously trained to ignore animals other than pigs. To address these issues, hunters from around Australia came together to establish a national body representing people who hunt with dogs. The Australian Pig Doggers and Hunters Association (APDHA) was incorporated in mid 2005.with its major focus being to improve the image of hunters using dogs for feral pig control by promoting humane and ethical hunting hunting practices. This is occurring through member compliance with our Code of Conduct, education of both members and the general public as well as implementation of initiatives against those hunters without respect for the law or landholders, the poachers. The APDHA also lobbies all levels of Government on legislation concerning hunting and dog ownership as well as being a united voice for responsible hunters through its committee. We have built a good relationship with the Department of Primary Industries QLD and NSW and NT Parks. We have also forwarded submissions to various government departments, animal welfare advisory committees and research bodies promoting the harvesting and control of feral pigs with dogs. The APDHA accepts members Australia wide and Provides $20 million in public liability insurance, membership cards that can be checked against drivers licences, regular newsletter, promotions and various discounts to its members. Membership fees will be on a sliding scale with an annual fee of $80 for full membership and discounts for juniors and those on pensions. As we grow our aim is to have a committee member in every State and Territory representing hunters in those areas.

Welcome to Wednesday researchers. More pigs removed from the environment and more data on the benefits of pig hunters ad...
13/10/2026

Welcome to Wednesday researchers. More pigs removed from the environment and more data on the benefits of pig hunters added to the pile. The Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 continues to deliver.
Ebony and Rookie get us started today with a good Coonamble pig with back up from Kel’s Hector and Harriet in the Burkedin and Luke at Narrabri with his excellent boar.
Top effort team.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

Happy Tuesday citizen scientists. The Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 rolls on delivering data and dead pigs. It’s a win wi...
12/10/2026

Happy Tuesday citizen scientists. The Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 rolls on delivering data and dead pigs. It’s a win win situation.
First up today in our pig parade is the Burdekin (Q) team of Rex, Jake and Toby with their catch for the comp. Then Dave’s back with another Balonne boar and WA’s Dan has a good pig being prepped for the freezer, kiwi style.
Great work guys.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

Welcome to Monday environmentalists. We are in the middle of our final section of The Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 and h...
11/10/2026

Welcome to Monday environmentalists. We are in the middle of our final section of The Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 and heading toward the final data analysis.
Getting us underway this week are Jamie and Kelsey hunting the Central Highlands of Queensland with Rocky, Dave grabbing a good set of teeth in Balonne Shire (Q) and Matt filling a rack in Warren Shire (NSW). Good pigs and great data.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

Happy Friday data collectors. Wow. Ten days into October already and the pigs and data are still flowing.Dakoda and Amay...
09/10/2026

Happy Friday data collectors. Wow. Ten days into October already and the pigs and data are still flowing.
Dakoda and Amaya did their bit in Bogan Shire NSW and Dylan came up with the goods in the Whitsunday region of Queensland. Nearby Robert and Rex got in on it in Burdekin Shire to wrap up our pig pic dump this morning.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

09/10/2026
Welcome to Friday researchers. More pigs and more data. Did you know hunters spend just short of $1million daily, mostly...
08/10/2026

Welcome to Friday researchers. More pigs and more data. Did you know hunters spend just short of $1million daily, mostly in regional Australia, on chasing pigs. That’s a lot of money and spent where it is needed most. Top job you mob.
Today we feature Archie and Khali out with the family in Warrumbungle Shire (NSW). Then it’s Courtney and Spook the dog with a good one from Coonamble Shire (NSW) and we head up to the Fraser Coast in Qld to wrap up the day’s pix with another from Alex.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

Happy Thursday environmentalists. Great job on turning the p if hunter stereotype on its head. Our efforts in the bush h...
07/10/2026

Happy Thursday environmentalists. Great job on turning the p if hunter stereotype on its head. Our efforts in the bush have shown we have a massive environmental and economic role to play. Did you know the research shows every pig you catch costs you an average of $60.67? That’s money fed straight into the economy not the added vs,use of removing an expensive pest.
So today, some more contributors to our data with Toby and Jake at work in the Burdekin (Q), Kendra still on the job on the Moree Plains and Courtney and Ebony showing the way with Knox the dog in Coonamble Shire (NSW).
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

Very exciting to see not only recognition for pig comp organisers and participants, but also reporting on the APDHA’s ef...
06/10/2026

Very exciting to see not only recognition for pig comp organisers and participants, but also reporting on the APDHA’s efforts to find the true worth of these pig population reduction events. Pig comps are gaining due respect for their positive and cost effective reduction in pig numbers and hunters are shaking the discredited notion that they contribute little to pig management.
As always we recommend to subscribing to media outlets that give us a fair go so we aren’t running the full story here. Support those who treat us fairly

Excellent contrast in the pig pix this morning to help us make a point. Most pig comps are about big pigs. Ours is all a...
06/10/2026

Excellent contrast in the pig pix this morning to help us make a point. Most pig comps are about big pigs. Ours is all about all pigs.
This morning all ours are from Queensland (again) with Alex dropping in a good Fraser Coast model. Mark is next with a smaller version from Goondiwindi and Kley wraps things up with an excellent breeding sow from the Central Highlands. Every pig counts in this comp because our object is the numbers caught and shot p, not the size. You are hunting pigs and we are hunting data.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

More pigs today. These ones are from our Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 and are in line for the October lucky draw prizes....
05/10/2026

More pigs today. These ones are from our Great Australian Pig Hunt V2 and are in line for the October lucky draw prizes. First up is Matt with a good NQ boar then William and Kolt in the Charters Towers area. Then we have Brooklyn, Parker and Jackson Creasy with a good catch from the NSW Central West.
All part of our research agenda with prizes on offer for participants.
Every hunter who joins our data collection project is in line for thousands in prizes. So, how do you get involved?
You register to participate, log in your catches on line (and send in some pix) and we do lucky draws at the end of September, October and December.
Frazer Coast Outdoors has a $1000 open order up for grabs for the October comp. That will go to the first contributing APDHA member’s name pulled from the hat at the close of play for the month. Second prize remains the choice of either a Lightforce 240 Blitz 2 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a Wild Game Innovations Australia (WGIA) thermal Mount or a Powa Beam 9” 12 v 100 watt halogen spotlight fitted to a WGIA thermal bracket.
And third prize is the branded Yeti 1 gallon water bottle from the best friends a hunter could have Calibre Country in Tamworth NSW.

To register for the final three months of the comp, leave your details here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?display=2222616

To login pigs, go here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/pig-hunt-numbers-report-form

And to qualify for the best prizes, join or renew your APDHA membership here:

https://www.apdha.org.au/index.cfm?module=MEMBERSHIP_V2

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