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these were footprints of a red deer on the left and a fallow on the righthttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0021.jpg
hunting_mainiac
13-03-05, 10:09 PM
wollow
http://www.hunt101.com/img/263542.jpg (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=263542&c=500&z=1)
hunting_mainiac
13-03-05, 10:11 PM
tracks leading into the scrub away from wollow
http://www.hunt101.com/img/263543.jpg (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=263543&c=500&z=1)
hunting_mainiac
13-03-05, 10:13 PM
and if you see this , there is a good chance there are pigs in the area , (or there was :lol: )
http://www.hunt101.com/img/263544.jpg (http://www.hunt101.com/?p=263544&c=500&z=1)
Iv got some rubs and scraps in picture somewhere
this is a picture of a fallow rub we found last friday, it was probably about a week old and made by a spiker we have seen in the area http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/b7507e9d.jpg
hunting_mainiac
14-03-05, 12:16 AM
yea i agree , keep the pics coming
This isin't a photo of animal sign but I found this old aborigional camp on the basalt looking for pigs one day. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v475/Glenn51/blackfellacamp.jpg ...Glenn...
jindydiver
14-03-05, 01:36 AM
Some fallow prints. Note the nice sharp lines on the front.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/fallowprint2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/fallowprint1.jpg
Fallow scrape
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v508/dstoj1/scrapeeasternsideRusselshill20041.jpg
humphrey
14-03-05, 05:49 PM
this is a large fresh sambar wallow. its a bit shady so its hard to see.http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/humphrey_bear/000_0060.jpg
jindydiver
14-03-05, 07:39 PM
How about a dog print
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/DSC01594.jpg
And a tip.
The diff' between a dog and a fox print is on a fox you can draw a line between the two outside claw marks and the front (center) two pads will be fully in front of the line. If you look at this dog print a line between the two outer claws would desect the two front pads about a third of the way up.
Howling Dog
24-03-05, 11:11 AM
If you find this your in the right area
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/Dingo29/dingoes/P5230801.jpg
Howling Dog
24-03-05, 11:18 AM
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/Dingo29/dingoes/P4090794.jpg
This dog has left 8 sent marks along a 500 yard trail, yet to see him, hopefully over easter as I took my male dog out last Sunday to sent over his marks that should stir him up!
Howling Dog
24-03-05, 03:38 PM
Mick that little metallic arrow next to your dog in the photo looks like short draw length but big poundage!
jindydiver
24-03-05, 03:57 PM
Mick that little metallic arrow next to your dog in the photo looks like short draw length but big poundage!
Yes :lol: :lol: we were looking to put a hole in that dog bigtime. All our activity seems to have moved him along which is the same thing to the farmer so all was good. The goats around there were a bugger to get within bow range while that dog was around, they would get moving at the slightest hint of danger and until the dog was removed from the picture I got to carry my bow up a lot of hills for precious little stalking time.
BTW that round is 60mm long and it fits in the rear pad of that print. That dog was certainly a big fellow.
Howling Dog
29-03-05, 10:05 AM
Guys finally caught up with him on Saturday morning, didn't get a shot!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/Dingo29/dingoes/P1011027.jpg
Howling Dog
29-03-05, 10:08 AM
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y43/Dingo29/dingoes/P1011024.jpg
Looks like one large Dingshep to me.
this was a tree that had been rubbed by fallow http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0024.jpg this was a reds wallowhttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0022.jpg a couple of fallow scrapes http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0023.jpghttp://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0019.jpg
A fallow rub. Do fallow stags ever rub large trees like the reds or do they just hammer the saplings because we could only find rubbed saplings this w/e.
http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0WQD7AnUbusXeiEbASxio5jqdOywSKsjYvbZuxTAMYgEVd7Iil qsenHYm58Cv*zEksSfT0M5tAGgmM1ruanBVr2B*67x76a3SA!4 fW0fN*TXbcCH5aEaa21SkEwZwfZESXwVXzZ2dMIk/P4140055.JPG
Warlocke
04-04-05, 10:25 PM
Most Stags rub saplings along a corridor to lay their scent, but the dominant in the area will have a favorite tree he visits every year.
Find this and you will get a very good trophy.
Hey thanks for that Warlocke. we saw one good stag and 2 other average ones and the rubs were all the way along a ridge. I herd them rutting for the first time. Man it was an awesome experience. I almost got a shot on one of the younger stags but he saw me at 35m.
Macka
p.s. might have 2 look for that tree :wink:
Ive been working on a photo album of animal sign.... love this thread has added to my pics.
jindydiver
06-04-05, 03:05 PM
A couple of pics of deer sign.
The first a sapling all trashed and the second a scrape with a fresh puddle of piss (less than an hour old, I was hunting the buck but without success, yet :wink: ).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/deersign1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/deersign2.jpg
macca, me and a mate found this fallow rub tree last weekend, its the biggest one i have seen so far.
I will be heading back to it next year cause i recon it is a really good buck :) http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/Img0012.jpg
you can also see where he has been rubbing his scent gland near his eye near the base of the tree
Hey Mozza yeah I haven't found a tree of that size rubbed by a fallow before. I bet you could smell he had been there :D You can tell he has been there more than once. Hope you get him :wink: Down the southeast I found plenty of saplings thrashed and a red deer rub( it was 2 big to possibly be a fallow) But the reds had moved out and I only saw a red hind all trip. Good hunting to you, bet ya like me and can«ÉŸt wait until next years rut!
Macka :wink:
jindydiver
06-05-05, 02:34 PM
Went out today to check the activity on one of the farms I hunt. There is one dam that has had the one pig living near for 3 years now and he is getting some size now. Here is the latest print.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/trotterprint.jpg
And of course there are the usual foxes there :)
jindydiver
22-05-05, 09:54 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/redandfallowturd.jpg
Red and fallow pellets with a size reference, a 10 cent piece.
jindydiver
21-06-05, 11:52 AM
And some more.
Rory and I were out hunting yesterday and found many sheep remains, it seems the dogs are at it again.
Here is some **** we found complete with wool and bone shards. And it was so fresh it stunk to high heaven.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v243/jindydiver/Dogturd.jpg
Bowmancam
21-06-05, 11:56 AM
Did you bag it up Jindy for future reference :?: :wink:
One things for sure, Jindy knows his ***** :lol: :lol:
Cheers, Cam
Just to clarify, Jindy brought a zip-lock bag of fallow poo to the mudgee meet to show coach and i the difference between it and goat crap.
I must admit i was thinkin something else when he said he 'bought a bag of *****' with him :wink:
jindydiver
21-06-05, 01:02 PM
Did you bag it up Jindy for future reference :?: :wink:
It stank way worse than my bag does, and that had you guys allmost spewing :lol: :lol:
No way I was bringing this one home (insert smilie for spewing your guts up :lol: )
bloody oath it stank! :evil: I dunno exactly how fresh it was, but the bloke who did it has my name written all over him!! :D
rory
Ben looking over young pig ripping to see if mum and dad are in the mob.
Animals were all half grown.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/benspigtrad088.jpg
Fallow buck scrape and rub tree in the back ground, pre rut.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/P1000336.jpg
Fallow deer rub, pre rut.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/P1000331.jpg
Western game highway, leading to water no dout.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/bow05west017.jpg
Red deer print.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/DSCF0781.jpg
Red wallow, pre roar
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/P1000418.jpg
This photo was taken after I saw a fallow buck leave the area, I have never came across deer droppings clumped together like this. What are other deer hunters thoughts on this, is it clumping because of the really green pick that was in the area.
Adam
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/family05east046.jpg
Adam I have seen clumping like that but not to that extent. IMO I'd say either it's been eating heaps of fresh green stuff or the animal is not well. :roll:
A bit to much green curry maybe :lol: :lol:
jindydiver
05-07-05, 09:00 AM
The **** is green because of the green pick the deer were eating, but that isn't nessasaly the reason they are stuck together. If you waited a day they might fall apart into seperate pieces just like you normaly see. I have seen that a lot, as the **** dries it shrinks and falls apart. Each piece then has little wrinkles on it from the shrinking.
One possible reason it is stuck together may be that the fallow actually had a drink, and/or there was a lot of the green grass around. When the grass is green they can gain all the moisture they need from the feed and the deer will browse the dry grass and shrubs to even out their diet and they still may not need to drink.
Fallow deer rub, pre rut.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v388/bowhunting/P1000331.jpg
Adam I only just noticed this but that Fallow rubbed bush is the same type of bush that they are rubbing and eating at my fallow property. :roll:
valhalla
05-07-05, 05:50 PM
Mmmmm bush :wink:
Thanks jindy, I reckon you are right.
Hood, in the area that the rub picture was taken there isn't one of those shrubs not rubbed. dang thatÃ*s a bad sentence(sorry)
Thanks jindy, I reckon you are right.
Hood, in the area that the rub picture was taken there isn't one of those shrubs not rubbed. dang thatÃ*s a bad sentence(sorry)
:lol:
Yeah same here on my property, there were about 16 odd little shrubs like that one in an area of 100m2 that had been rubbed or eaten.
jindydiver
05-07-05, 08:15 PM
What sort of bush are they? Are they an acacia or a melaleuca?
What sort of bush are they? Are they an acacia or a melaleuca?
:roll:
Your asking me. Bahahahahahahaha no idea Jindy.
Acacia I think jindy, I'd love to find out what it is for sure, next trip I will. This area is pretty green and I haven't seen signs of them eating it yet.
Funny how they have favourite trees to rub, it varies in area from what I have experienced. Those fallow around home jindy just love that small non native pine hey. whats that stuff called.
ADAM
jindydiver
05-07-05, 10:36 PM
It seems that no matter where you find fallow, you will find them in the local pine forest.
That area down on the river near home they seem to give the Cyprus pine a real flogging. I am sure you know the area I am talking about :wink:
Cyprus pine thats the stuff, I know the area in question mate :wink:
No joke I have seen a patch on saplings the size of a football and only the couple of cyprus pines in amounst it had been touched.
Adam
Hoyt_Trykon
21-08-05, 09:13 PM
the following are pig scrapes we saw while hunting in Bigga. Not sure though if they are pigs although they were surrounded by pig diggings. Any suggestions?
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/hoyt-usa/pigscrape1.jpg
Hoyt_Trykon
21-08-05, 09:20 PM
and heres another one
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a149/hoyt-usa/pigscrape2.jpg
I've seen wombats and skippys do simular to that mate, but thats not to say it wasn't a boar getting his tusk into it or a pig rubbing.
Couldn't fined any hair on it :?:
It does look like it was scrapped downwards indicating it was a roo or wombat.
Adam
Adam i to have seen many droppings that are stuck together and after a lot of reasearch ( reading books that mention this and other Sambar hunters) the general opinion is that it is from eating on improved pasture.
I have also found that it stays together even as it dries out.
Thanks piggy, There was a lot of fresh grass about as I mentioned. Thanks for the info mate.
Adam
p.s did you get your package.
Hoyt_Trykon
22-08-05, 08:20 PM
i didnt know that roos and wombats do such scrapes on trees. I just figured it could've been an old boar as both scrubs were surroundd by pig diggings. But now that you mentioned, it could be roos.
When on the group hunt in mid september we found this rub. It was fairly fresh as you can see where the fern has been broken it is still green.
(maybe a week or so old)
It was rubbed from almost the base to a height of 4 or 5 feet.
Any suggestions of what type of deer this might be :?:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/wellsyinoz/Dsc_0088.jpg
Wellsy
second try
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v713/wellsyinoz/Dsc_0088.jpg
jindydiver
04-10-05, 01:21 PM
didnt work
hog deer rub tree
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0035.jpg
hog deer doe print
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0033.jpg
hog deer stag print
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3/amozza/DSC_0032.jpg
fantastic work mozza...not many get to see them in the flesh...at least I know what their tracks and rubs look like now ;)
Luke :D
this is samber food. it's a little bit prickly to touch. notice the tips have been nibbled off. i've been told
its called proprosma (sp)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/deerfood.jpg
this is the noxious weed holly. there is heaps of it in the area. a few months ago i guess, somthing was
abusing the **** out of it. many of the plants are very stubby. now there are many new leaves growing.
one guy told me deer didnt eat this and it was probably goats, but to me this looks like a deer has eaten it.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/hollyeaten.jpg[/img]
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/hollyrub.jpg
biggest wallow ive found. it's very exciting finding a spot like this. ill be hunting here later this year.
not holding water yet. its about 400mm deep and 30m from a creek.
good spot behind me as the land elevates and gives a good view for a 32m shot.
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/wallow.jpg
still can't get over the size of these teeth. maybe from an old wallaby?
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/jawbone.jpg
all these pictures are from the same area :D
nice dean, thanks for sharing.
Adam
jindydiver
09-02-06, 06:55 PM
Good pics
The one in the first pic is called Prickly Coprosma
It is mongrel stuff when you grab it while climbing up a bank :shock:
Bowmancam
19-02-06, 06:45 PM
If you see this kind of sign it's a good chance there are deer around ...
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/bowmancam/t0ir6xc1.jpg
Sorry, couldnt help myself ;)
Cheers, Cam
Told ya Coach, they're all in Queensland :lol:
aussiehunter
19-02-06, 07:39 PM
they migrated from down south,shame we cant put up a big fence.... :lol: :lol:
Bowmancam
19-02-06, 07:49 PM
Im not sure if i was exported from NSW for my stupidity, or if QLD recruited me for it!!! :wink: :lol: :lol:
Cheers, Cam
aussiehunter
19-02-06, 08:21 PM
sorry coach i was born in banana bending state..lol.. :D
what about urself?? :D
cheers pat...
p.s i left myself open for that one.. :lol:
benhohnke
23-02-06, 01:41 PM
thought a juniour might put some on here
here is a pic of a red deer print which we tracked and found and i managed to get within 30m but wasn't comfortable with the shot
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b133/benhohnke/P1150020.jpg
aussiehunter
23-02-06, 02:58 PM
is that a dog track to the left of the arrow??cheers pat :D
tracker
23-02-06, 03:34 PM
That's a nice fresh track. Exciting stuff.
is that a dog track to the left of the arrow??
I would have said front foot of Echidna or maybe small Wombat... the spread looks wide... are there 5 claw prints there? Or only 4? My eyes are too crappy. :lol:
Mick.
saberhunter
13-03-06, 09:58 PM
Ben and I only just missed the deer :x
We'd been up that same trail a few times but always seem to miss them no matter how early we get up there :lol: :?
benhohnke
09-05-06, 01:40 PM
tim we always followed them up but you weren't with me when we found them
saberhunter
09-05-06, 07:43 PM
tim we always followed them up but you weren't with me when we found them
yes i was......remember,,,,,,,pigs galore
definitely look out for these! :shock:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/castantler1.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a276/freddofrogg_/castantler2.jpg
21"
are they hog deer antlers or sambar Dean ?
I thought so, I just couldn't tell the size of them
woodstoka
08-06-06, 07:15 PM
wow nice cast antlers are they the same pair or 2 randoms thanks jesse
woodstoka
07-08-06, 05:11 PM
heres som fresh sambar twritory i would say this is from the dominant stag in the eara because they are in a straight line and theres poo in between each one heres the pics
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0008-1.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0022.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0019.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0013.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0006.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0011.jpg
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a284/woodstoka/2005_0628Image0003-1.jpg
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