boarsbilliesandbarra
22-01-08, 06:35 PM
Over the Christmas holidays my dad and I have been trialling the new Australian made voodoo wraps. We went out for a hunt about two weeks ago, excited and ready to bag a few animals. My dad and I were both really keen to get some footage of the bright white wraps flying straight at then disappearing into a big Billy, boar or bunny for that matter.
We got there at around 5:00 in the arvo being daylight savings we still had a few hours of light left. We were driving out to a spot that was not far but had been producing good numbers of game lately, as we were driving about half way there we seen a mob of billies on a nanny half way up a ridge not that far away. There was one standout Billy so we thought we would have a crack at him. We parked the car got our gear on and set off, we made it to the goats but the way the wind was and the lay of the land it was best for me to circle the goats and come in from behind where they were. I made it to about 20 yards with dad on the other side of them, the wind changed and they got a slight whiff of dad and came back towards me, the big Billy stopped quartering on through a hole in the fence so I let him have it. I got up looked at dad the looked down the hill to see a white and red wrap waving in the air. We took some photos and he ended up measuring 104 6/8ths. We then went back to the car and headed on out to the originally intended spot but with no luck, we got back to the car on dark took off our boots and had a nice cold can of Pepsi max out of the car fridge.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/BenVoodooBilly.jpg
The next morning we woke up at 4:44 am and headed out to a very popular part of the property to us, it is pasture improved and has been for a while so there is usually a few game animals around. We drove up to the highest point of that section and glassed it very well only seeing a lot of goats and a few pigs down the bottom so back down we went after the pigs. We got there to find out that it was two fat sows. So back to the car it was to head back up an old track and try finding some more.
My dad has been teaching me to drive for a few years now and on this occasion I was driving up a fairly easy track when dry but when it gets wet there is one bit that you have to hit with a bit of speed, a bit more speed than what I hit it with anyway, so here we are half way up a hill with dad running the winch out as the wheels were just spinning. From tree to tree I got further and further then dad said “stop” so I turned the car off, dad came down to me and said there’s a half decent Billy just feeding about 80 yards away so he got his bow went over the hill just out of sight, then I hear a ‘thwack’ and a ‘bleat’ then quiet and dad walked back down and said got him and continued winching up the hill. I just shook my head and laughed to my self. After reaching the top with nothing in sight we headed to a different part of the property were the manager had asked us to kill off some goats for him so we kindly accepted. We got there and went for a walk up to the head of the gully to try and find a huge Billy which we had seen the trip before, as luck would have it we seen nothing. A little further on we spotted a mob of smaller billies and nannies with a couple of bigger billies on a nanny, dad and I made our way in on them before the bigger billies pulled a runner after the nanny leaving us with the small stuff, they came into about 20 yards as I drew back on a smaller white Billy and released I smacked him tight behind the shoulder and out the other, he barely made it two steps before piling up, I walked over to him and looked for my arrow and spotted it immediately covered in blood but the Voodoo Wraps made it still stand out very well in the grass. We took some photos and walked another few hundred yards to see what was down in the valley.
We only walked around 200 yards and spotted two loan small Billies feeding in the long grass. I stalked in to around 15 yards and waited for a shot, the Billy turned quartering away and lifted his head as if smelling the air so I drew and put an arrow through his back rib and out through his front shoulder, he only ran around 20 yards and collapsed. A few more photos and we were back on our way.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/BenVoodooBilly2.jpg
We walked around the tops of the huge ridge line that we were on to find a few smaller goats and a mob of sows and slips, dad managed to smash a sow in some fairly thick bush.
As we headed down and got back to the main track which ran along the creek we thought we might see if we could smash a few bunnies and try and get a hare as dad had never shot one before and never really thought about it until now so we thought we would try and get one, and funnily enough as we got to the main track I spotted a hare sitting less than 30 yards so out dad got with his bow very quietly, and I stayed in the car but set the camera up, he shot and hit the hare good, as he went up to it another hare came out so he shot it too. Some photos were taken then kept driving spotting a few rabbits I got our and shot one from about eight yards, it travelled around 5 yards.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/Picture017-1.jpg
Before the sun got too low we decided to go to a newly supered part of the property to see if any pigs or goats had been lured in to the area. We got there with quickly fading light and spotted around 7 lone pigs along with two boars and a sow feeding on something dead in the grass. Assuming all these lone pigs were boars we headed to the nearest bigish one I got into around 30 yards of him and I looked at dad he looked back with the thumbs up so I went another 5 yards and drew back on the boar with my sight just showing up through my peep as the light was almost gone, I released and watched the white Voodoo Wrap smack him in the high lungs with the boar dropping on the spot all I could see was a white Voodoo Wrap on the end of the arrow standing out the top of the grass waving around and on the video it looks great. Dad went back to grab the car as I set the boar up, by this stage it was pitch black and by the time dad got there a few other pigs had come into me but it was too dark to do anything. The boar was nice and solid but still young; dad took some footage and photos in the headlights of the car. We then headed back to camp for a well deserved good nights sleep to finish off another successful trip.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/Picture019.jpg
I have made a small Movie of the shots mentioned above, I will post it shortly.
I would like to thank Voodoo Wraps for suppling me with the wraps to test on this trip, most shots where complete pass throughs and arrows only needed cleaning and a touch up before using them again.
Thanks for viewing.
B.B.B
We got there at around 5:00 in the arvo being daylight savings we still had a few hours of light left. We were driving out to a spot that was not far but had been producing good numbers of game lately, as we were driving about half way there we seen a mob of billies on a nanny half way up a ridge not that far away. There was one standout Billy so we thought we would have a crack at him. We parked the car got our gear on and set off, we made it to the goats but the way the wind was and the lay of the land it was best for me to circle the goats and come in from behind where they were. I made it to about 20 yards with dad on the other side of them, the wind changed and they got a slight whiff of dad and came back towards me, the big Billy stopped quartering on through a hole in the fence so I let him have it. I got up looked at dad the looked down the hill to see a white and red wrap waving in the air. We took some photos and he ended up measuring 104 6/8ths. We then went back to the car and headed on out to the originally intended spot but with no luck, we got back to the car on dark took off our boots and had a nice cold can of Pepsi max out of the car fridge.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/BenVoodooBilly.jpg
The next morning we woke up at 4:44 am and headed out to a very popular part of the property to us, it is pasture improved and has been for a while so there is usually a few game animals around. We drove up to the highest point of that section and glassed it very well only seeing a lot of goats and a few pigs down the bottom so back down we went after the pigs. We got there to find out that it was two fat sows. So back to the car it was to head back up an old track and try finding some more.
My dad has been teaching me to drive for a few years now and on this occasion I was driving up a fairly easy track when dry but when it gets wet there is one bit that you have to hit with a bit of speed, a bit more speed than what I hit it with anyway, so here we are half way up a hill with dad running the winch out as the wheels were just spinning. From tree to tree I got further and further then dad said “stop” so I turned the car off, dad came down to me and said there’s a half decent Billy just feeding about 80 yards away so he got his bow went over the hill just out of sight, then I hear a ‘thwack’ and a ‘bleat’ then quiet and dad walked back down and said got him and continued winching up the hill. I just shook my head and laughed to my self. After reaching the top with nothing in sight we headed to a different part of the property were the manager had asked us to kill off some goats for him so we kindly accepted. We got there and went for a walk up to the head of the gully to try and find a huge Billy which we had seen the trip before, as luck would have it we seen nothing. A little further on we spotted a mob of smaller billies and nannies with a couple of bigger billies on a nanny, dad and I made our way in on them before the bigger billies pulled a runner after the nanny leaving us with the small stuff, they came into about 20 yards as I drew back on a smaller white Billy and released I smacked him tight behind the shoulder and out the other, he barely made it two steps before piling up, I walked over to him and looked for my arrow and spotted it immediately covered in blood but the Voodoo Wraps made it still stand out very well in the grass. We took some photos and walked another few hundred yards to see what was down in the valley.
We only walked around 200 yards and spotted two loan small Billies feeding in the long grass. I stalked in to around 15 yards and waited for a shot, the Billy turned quartering away and lifted his head as if smelling the air so I drew and put an arrow through his back rib and out through his front shoulder, he only ran around 20 yards and collapsed. A few more photos and we were back on our way.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/BenVoodooBilly2.jpg
We walked around the tops of the huge ridge line that we were on to find a few smaller goats and a mob of sows and slips, dad managed to smash a sow in some fairly thick bush.
As we headed down and got back to the main track which ran along the creek we thought we might see if we could smash a few bunnies and try and get a hare as dad had never shot one before and never really thought about it until now so we thought we would try and get one, and funnily enough as we got to the main track I spotted a hare sitting less than 30 yards so out dad got with his bow very quietly, and I stayed in the car but set the camera up, he shot and hit the hare good, as he went up to it another hare came out so he shot it too. Some photos were taken then kept driving spotting a few rabbits I got our and shot one from about eight yards, it travelled around 5 yards.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/Picture017-1.jpg
Before the sun got too low we decided to go to a newly supered part of the property to see if any pigs or goats had been lured in to the area. We got there with quickly fading light and spotted around 7 lone pigs along with two boars and a sow feeding on something dead in the grass. Assuming all these lone pigs were boars we headed to the nearest bigish one I got into around 30 yards of him and I looked at dad he looked back with the thumbs up so I went another 5 yards and drew back on the boar with my sight just showing up through my peep as the light was almost gone, I released and watched the white Voodoo Wrap smack him in the high lungs with the boar dropping on the spot all I could see was a white Voodoo Wrap on the end of the arrow standing out the top of the grass waving around and on the video it looks great. Dad went back to grab the car as I set the boar up, by this stage it was pitch black and by the time dad got there a few other pigs had come into me but it was too dark to do anything. The boar was nice and solid but still young; dad took some footage and photos in the headlights of the car. We then headed back to camp for a well deserved good nights sleep to finish off another successful trip.
http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q69/boarsbilliesnbarra/GR%202007/GR%20Dec%202007/Picture019.jpg
I have made a small Movie of the shots mentioned above, I will post it shortly.
I would like to thank Voodoo Wraps for suppling me with the wraps to test on this trip, most shots where complete pass throughs and arrows only needed cleaning and a touch up before using them again.
Thanks for viewing.
B.B.B