Pig hunters John McIlroy and Tom Spry pictured with their winning boar in the Labour Weekend Pig Hunt. Hunters said nothing like it had been seen before in terms of trophy tusks, which it was estimated would make a Douglas Score of 358. The pair were traditionally cagey about where they caught the pig, saying simply that it was "bagged locally".
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Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 510, 2 November 1993, Page 1
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61Pig hunters John McIlroy and Tom Spry pictured with their winning boar in the Labour Weekend Pig Hunt. Hunters said nothing like it had been seen before in terms of trophy tusks, which it was estimated would make a Douglas Score of 358. The pair were traditionally cagey about where they caught the pig, saying simply that it was "bagged locally". Ruapehu Bulletin, Volume 11, Issue 510, 2 November 1993, Page 1
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