BOAR HUNTER "BREASTPLATE MATES"
Harley & Son
The first two photos are of my finder/lugger Harley. The old fella who bred him had been breeding this style of dog for years, a dog with a good nose, speed, agility and the strength to hold big boars one out. His breeding is quite mixed Bull Arab, Mastiff, Dane, Stag, Bully, Pitty, Kelpie. He hunts at 45kg. The boar in the photo was found at 70 kms an hour off the ute. Harley smashed the wiff and flew off into the darkness, 200m in he hit the boar like a road train. Both dog and boar fought like true champions. This boar was one of the best fighters I have ever seen and judging by his ears this was not his first time brawling with a dog. This boar really knew his art, lifting the dog on many occasions forcing mans best friend to release some noises not heard from him before. After some time the fight went quiet, as dog and hog stood still as if eye balling each other, this is where the humans step in to finish the job. This awesome animals match was met and was sent to piggy heaven. Surprisingly dog unscathed and ready for the next one. He weighed in at 97kg not the biggest, but his impressive ivory and his rhino like pads had him built a dog killer. I have been using the "Boar Hunter" plate for about six months now, most of this time has been up here in the Territory. The plate has stood up to the test on every occasion, fighting of the razor sharp tusks of dozens of awesome fighting boars. The plate allows him to keep most of his speed and agility, whilst giving him plenty of air flow on the steamy humid hunt.
The third photo is of his son at 4 weeks old, a morning after a hunt I had left the pups to sleep on the tray of the ute. I came back to find the young bloke having a kip whilst trying the old mans breastplate on for size. Naturally this was my pick of the litter. -- Shaun Counsel

 
Missy
Name: Missy Breed: Corso/Rottweiler Age: 2 years old Missy started pig chasing at 1 year old, she weighs 35 Kg and stands 625 cm tall. She can now catch and lug on her own. Picture: Missy and Shanon with pigs that they had caught out on the flats after the rain all pigs had averaged 50 Kg gutted. Dog had no injuries they were the best hit ups I have seen in a long time. -- Charlene and Shanon, Charleville
 
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Hopper, Molly, Rigger and Brandi
We have bought 4 of your breastplates over the last 2 years or so... we recommend them to everyone we talk to... Here are some pics of our dogs with the plates on: - 1st Photo: Hopper (Dane x bullarab, 4 yr old bitch, roughly 35kg) - 2nd Photo: Hopper aand Molly (Catahoula x bull arab, 30 kg) The first 2 pics taken while out catching pigs in cane... caught 60 kg boar... - 3rd Photo: Rigger (black dog) and daughter Brandi, caught 60 odd kg boar in back paddock in group of 50 odd cows...
Our dogs love the plates, they always work extra hard, the plates are the best, very good. -- Scott McIness
 

Sinner
Our 40kg 10 month old bullarab x dane Sinner keen and ready for the hunt.
 
Chestplate Mate
Hey mate the first pic cud i enter it into your competition please and hope u enjoy the pics we got 11 for the w'end.
 
Biscuit
Dogs name is Biscuit he stand about 27 inches tall and weights about 50 kg Breeding: Wolfhound/Staghound X Bull Arab I caught this boar early morning on the way back from a run round a few mountains he was roughly 400 meters off the track when the dogs hit him. He didn't move far from his cow carcass and gave the hounds a good fight. The black and white dog in the picture is blind in the left eye from him ripped her from ear to eye. The boar went just over 102 kg dressed. He was caught just out of Injune QLD. -- Cheers, Scott

Bonnie
Hi guys, Here are some photos of Bonnie, she is a pitbull cross bandog, stands 45cm at the top of her shoulder, weighing about 45kg. These are a few photos of pigs that she has caught in and around sorghum crops in the Dalby, Queensland area. She is not very big but she is a 'goer' and willing to give anything a shot. -- Regards, Joel Sweet
  
 
Chestplate Mate
Hey Greg, got the plate in the mail this morning. Fits perfectly. I attached a couple of pics before we ran her on the farm, while she was still clean. Looking forward to testing it out on Friday night in Moree. Thank you very much. -- Regards, Sean Lampard
 
Chestplate Mate
Scott Fry here, I got a plate off ya not long ago and took it out on the w'end for the first time we only got one boar but my pup got in and had some fun and the plate held up real good.

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Maggie
In the first pic is our young bitch Maggie she is 11 months old her breed is Great Dane/Bull Arab/Ridgeback cross and roughly weighing 35kg at the moment. Second pic dog on left in our bailing dog Major his breed is Border Collie/German Koolie/Kelpie/Dingo cross with a very big heart. The middle dog is Desiel he is 14 months Bull Arab/Catahuliua cross starting to show good signs and the dog on right is Maggie 11 months Great Dane/Bull Arab/Ridgeback cross been on couple of pigs and lugging up straight away.
 
Chelsea
Chelsea with a few pigs caught central nsw. With your chest plate.

Tucker and Jake
Greg just like to say home from Afghan and got my plate and it fit my dog really well. Have not had a chance to put it to work yet but it won't be long. Well made and worth every cent so Thanks heaps.
 

Chestplate Mate
Greg just like to say home from Afghan and got my plate and it fit my dog really well. Have not had a chance to put it to work yet but it won't be long. Well made and worth every cent so Thanks heaps. -- cheers, Ty Shaw
  
  
Nyamvubu Boerboele
 
NW of Charters Towers
Gday, my name is Lee Gowans and i'm from Proserpine NQ, i ordered my boar hunter breast plate a few weeks before christmas 2009. The boar in photo was caught out in the basalt country NW of Charters Towers, we were on our annual trip out that way 3 days after christmas 2009. He was caught in the middle of the day as we were making our way out to the back of the property to some mills. We stopped at a spring/creek on the way for a cool down when the dogs got onto another boar further down. We spotted the big fella as he stood up out of his wallow to watch the dogs on the other pig. We run the dogs on to the big fella (which hadn't moved an was only 20m away). My 12 mth old bull arab/staghound 'desiel' (mad prick) hit him head on and got several good uppercuts (while he was in the air laying across his nose). I thought he would have holes for sure, but nothin just a few marks on the collar. He was a good grump fat as from all the deadys around and would of dressed around 100kg. Desiel is the dog i measured for the collar he has gotten a bit leggier an weighs around 37kg. -- cheers, Lee Gowans
 
Father and Son Team
Father and son team (Tez and Duke)
- Tez :-
- Brindle, Mastiff cross
- 4 years old
- Weighs 31kgs
- Height 58cm
- Neck measurement 47cm
- Duke :-
- Mastiff, Wolfhound cross
- 2 years old
- Weighs 42kgs
- Height 63cm
- Neck measurement 49cm
Both dogs are wearing medium size Pro Brisket Protectors puechased about 3 weeks ago received on the 29.10.09. (around the date). Pig was caught at a block of pines in the braidwood district. This was their first good pig with these plates. The pig had been eating something dead and good find. Cheers. -- Luke Clarke
 
A Great Gulf Dog
Sams dog Tige with a 76kg dressed boar that was caught using BloomBrothers BOARHUNTER BREASTPLATE, tige is by Grim out of Micks hard bitch Jess, a great gulf dog.
 
A Great Catch
This was a great catch in the humidity by smileys dog Milly, she done well to operate in that condition and pull this tusky boar up, a great bitch.

Bloom Bros. Breastplate At Work...
Hey guys, Thought we'd send some photos of our dogs with bloom bro's breastplates on. All of our working dogs have a plate each, and we recommend them to EVERYONE... they are the best out, we don't look back bloom bro's all the way!!! -- Scott McInnes

Great Hooks
Hey Greg, please find attached photos of dogs and the pigs that were caught at the weekend. This is the first trip out with the vests. Quite impressed with them. Caught 5 pigs and brought back the 3 best, 2 sows 80+ and the boar 120+ with great hooks. No damage to the dogs! Have a look at the photos and let me know if you would like a story about the trip. Delighted with the vests. -- Jason, Darwin
  
Muddy Boar
A good muddy boar caught by Smiley and his daughter Bridgette with Milly an arab x mastiff in her Bloom Brothers BOARHUNTER BREASTPLATE.
 
South of Katherine, NT
I have attached a photo of myself, my dog and a pig that we caught. The dog is named Ted and is a Bull Arab. His measurments are as follows: Height: 63cm at the shoulders Weight: 40kg Neck Measurement: 38cm This boar was caught on a swamp south of Katherine in the Norhtern Territory in November 2009. The pig weighed 110kg! It was caught while checking bores on a station. The pig was wallering in the mud in a turkey's nest. The dogs latched on and the boar was taken. We are new to the Northern Territory and this was Ted's third pig with his new Bloom Brother's breastplate. We are loving the pig hunting the Territory offers. -- Thank You, Graham Power

Hagler
Hagler is a 3 year old male Qld line liver nose bull arab. He is 50kg, 72cm to his shoulder and a 59cm neck. Him and his partner in crime a bloombrothers dog Break, a black wolfhound dane cross smelt this pig off the back of the ute and i picked them up 850 yards away on my tracking collar, on the bank of the Corrella River. The pig dressed 71kg. These collars time after time handle a thrashing from good big boars with very minimal damage to the collar and dog. This collar i have been using for 2 years. -- Bill Krause

Thunder, Floyd and Bull
Hi Bloom Brothers, in the photo is: Thunder - he is a 2 year old Bull Arab cross Dane, Height is 73cm, Weight is 49kg, Neck is 59cm Floyd - he is an 11 month old Bulldog Mastiff cross Boxer, Height is 62cm, Weight is 30kg, Neck is 58cm Bull - he is 3.5 year old Boxer cross Mastiff, Height is 54cm, Weight is 20kg, Neck is 50cm. All dogs are wearing your breast plates after a successful hunt, that was purchased over the last 12 months. -- Thanks, Fred Millard

West of Nebo
Hi Bloom Brothers, in this photo is Floyd - he is an 11 month old Bulldog Mastiff cross Boxer, Height is 62cm, Weight is 30kg, Neck is 58cm. He is with a the latest catch of 2 sows; 1 is 57kgs and the other is 32kg. These pigs were caught west of Nebo on a dry swamp in the middle of the day. I have 3 breast plates that range from large to medium. These collars have proved to be life savers in harsh conditions. -- Thanks, Fred Millard

"Piggin' In Style"
Hi Bloom Brothers, in this photo are: Thunder (one wearing the glasses) - he is a 2 year old Bull Arab cross Dane, Height is 73cm, Weight is 49kg, Neck is 59cm Bull - a 3.5 year old Boxer cross Mastiff, Height is 54cm, Weight is 20kg, Neck is 50cm. Floyd (one out the back) - he is an 11 month old Bulldog Mastiff cross Boxer, Height is 62cm, Weight is 30kg, Neck is 58cm All dogs are wearing your breast plates. This is "piggin in style". -- Thanks, Fred Millard

A Bumper Sow
Hi Boys, I noticed a competition regarding your breast plates in the latest Bacon Busters mag. See attached photo of my three muts (all Coonhound crosses) with your plates on and a bumper sow we caught on Saturday. Estimated live weight was around the 200kg mark. I got her on one of the mine sites that I am allowed to hunt... nobody has hunted there for years... we had to tow her out of the scrub using a "snatch strap". P.S. The red bitch in the photo is out of my Coonhound over the Boerboel, Dane, Wolfhound, Pitbull bitch you gave me a few years back. -- Cheers, Josh
  All 3 dogs in the large standard BOARHUNTER BREASTPLATES
First Pig
1st pig with new breastplate, works well, done excellent job, thanks -- Scott McIness

Breastplate Versatility
I purchased 3 of your medium breastplates. The photo of the three dogs are to show how versatile the collars are to fit three different sized dogs. This might give other hunters an idea of how they adjust to various dogs. The black boar weighed 115kg, live weight and the black and white boar weighed 87kg, live weight. -- Fred Millard (Nebo, Queensland)
  
Birthday Boar
It was my step-daughter's 8th birthday. We gave her a choice to go to town to the movies or get pizza. But no, not this kid, she wanted to go pigging. So we packed the gear and dogs and we headed out. There was no sign of pigs and the dogs showed no interest, so back to camp we went. The next morning it was the same outlook as the day before. We were just about to give up and head home, until our main hunting dog, Boo (Dane, Bully, Mastiff X) flew off the back and into the Lantana. Then we heard nothing, then all of a sudden, every pig hunter's favourite moment, the good old bark. Once we heard this, the other two dogs flew off the back, bolting towards the bark. That's when the battle began. As we entered the Lantana, the dogs had secured the beast and was holding well. Not a bad boar. 87kg and a good set of hooks. Not a bad pig for an eight year old's birthday.
 Morgan (with hat on) and Kodie (birthday girl)
Drama and Dance
Smiley from Lightning Ridge with his dog Gator, a bull arab x mastiff, and a good solid boar caught by the young up and coming dog in a large BOARHUNTER breastplate. Gator is 35kg, 70cm at the shoulder, and his neck is 46cm.

Other Breastplate Testimonials
I was happy with the size medium boar hunter breastplate it fits my dog good -- Keiran Edwards
hey boys just a quick note to say thanks for the new collars,there so much lighter then my old ones...by far! I've been getting into alot of good boars and some real hooky fellas that just stood and fought. Your collars let my dogs work/move around well and still no holes in them or my dogs.TOP COLLAR thanks again!! -- Daniel Woods
Matey Im very interested in owning/acquring one of your brestplates as my bitch had a litter two weeks ago so i will have to wait til she gets back to normal to measure her out or do they just come in s/m/large very keen to see more pics of plate as well cheers kye P.S did see #3dvd as there will not be a better one come out until you guys make another one all the best fella doin well... -- Kye Wallace
I have recently purchased a breast plate. After looking on the Bloom Brothers website and choosing the appropriate one the ordering was easy. I sent off an email with the order and my details, deposited the money direct into your bank account and received the plate within days, I was very pleased with the quality and price. I have watched all of your DVDs and they are awesome. Thanks for getting me started with the dogs and plates. -- Sam Gorton
Hi, I wanted to thank you for the good quality chest plates and the Doggin Boars 3 Dvd which i think is the best so far. I am from Wingham in n.s.w so most of the places i go hunting is in the hills. Is there any tips you could give me to train my 9 month old pup to be a good scent dog off the ute? Since i don't know anyone that has hunting dogs that mine could learn from. My mate and i wanted to know if you sell any pups from your hunting dogs as we would be very interested? Once again THANKS, -- B. Moon P.S. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!
Got the plate real quick, looks quality made, fits the bitch well and is light weight and flexible as. I have just paid for a large shadecloth one as well to be sent to the same address. Loved DVD 3 when is the US and Africa one comming out, can i put my order in now? Thanks mate -- Darren Gotch
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