Paul Goldsbury-Hapi likes nothing better than bringing home the bacon.
The young pig-hunting enthusiast, who has been hunting for 11 years, has been based in North Otago for the past seven months, having moved south from the North Island for a change of lifestyle.
Mr Goldsbury-Hapi (24) has been roofing during the week and hunting on rainy days and weekends.
He preferred using dogs rather than a rifle, saying he found "more joy in sticking a pig without a gun" and he got enjoyment from watching his dogs work.
The next best thing about the sport was it filled the freezer and he described wild pigs as a "tasty pest".
"I just like getting out there. It's like therapy for me being out in the bush with just the dogs," he said.
He has four dogs - Smoke, Boost, Patch and Flex - and they live to go pig hunting.
"They are good pig dogs; they do the job."
If they were not in their kennels, they were in the dog box on his utility and, if not there, then they were in the bush.
"My gun is Patch. She runs in and ends things," he said.
They worked hard and had "lazy Sundays" sometimes, when they lay around on the lawn. A good pig dog needed intelligence, speed and power.
Mr Goldsbury-Hapi has been hunting in the Hampden area "and wherever anyone wants to take me".
Pig numbers were strong at the moment and he was always keen to find new places to hunt.
He believed there were differences between wild pigs in the far North Island, mid-north and South Island, saying they were shorter and wider in the south.
They were also much hardier and found in much steeper country.