TOWNSVILLE pig hunters have rallied to defend their sport in droves, saying their weekend hobby is helping stem Queensland’s feral pest problem.

The confronting profession and hobby of catching, trapping, hunting and dispatching of feral pigs is an unfortunate reality for farmers and local governments from regional to rural Queensland.

The confronting profession and hobby of catching, trapping, hunting and dispatching of feral pigs is an unfortunate reality for farmers and local governments from regional to rural Queensland.

The RSPCA wants the Queensland Government to take action to end what it calls a gruesome and illegal pig-hunting culture across the state.

The confronting profession and hobby of catching, trapping, hunting and dispatching of feral pigs is an unfortunate reality for farmers and local governments from regional to rural Queensland.

The Cooktown Hog Hunt champion has urged better teamwork among Far North Queensland’s biosecurity stakeholders after the annual event wiped out more than 200 pigs in 48 hours.

THERE is nothing feral about the pig to be served to guests at Sunday's weigh-in at the Queensland Big Boar Hunting Championships.

A coronial investigation into the disappearance of a Kimberley man who went missing during a pig hunting trip in outback Queensland last year is underway. Jeremiah Rivers's family say the police ...

A pig hunting trip during which a man disappeared in South West Queensland, was being used by some members of the group as an interstate drug trafficking run, a court heard.

The confronting profession and hobby of catching, trapping, hunting and dispatching of feral pigs is an unfortunate reality for farmers and local governments from regional to rural Queensland.

The confronting profession and hobby of catching, trapping, hunting and dispatching of feral pigs is an unfortunate reality for farmers and local governments from regional to rural Queensland.

The confronting profession and hobby of catching, trapping, hunting and dispatching of feral pigs is an unfortunate reality for farmers and local governments from regional to rural Queensland.