Old Ways but not Old Days

[adam]

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Here's a few photos from my latest expedition into goat country of the pilbara. The hardest goat hunting I have done from stalking around creeks teeming with springs to mountains of rocks. I was lucky to secure 2 places to hunt both with spectacular landscape to hunt in.

1 scarny fox
42 inchers 118dp
39 incher 116dp
38 1/2 incher 117dp
38 incher 111dp
35 incher 111dp
36.5 incher 105 dp

I've cut and pasted some parts for the pictures from my story on the hunt, hope it makes sense.

The mangy fox drinking from the tank.
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. I was fortunate in taking an old mangy fox on the first tank and the owner was very happy to here of it. I think I done the fox a favor as he wasn’t much but skin and bones. Though weary he was as on the ball as any fox and spooked after the wind changed direction favoring the fox. But at seven meters I was well ready for the shot and took him through both lungs as he trotted off. He’d only gone 10 meters and died in full stride.
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The billy turned out to be my second goat over the 40 inch mark, measuring 42 inches tip to tip and a Douglas score of 118 my third biggest goat to date.
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The first bit of goat country I hunted was fed by a large dry river that holds a good pool of water(300meters by 70 meters wide) all year round. This made for good hunting as the goats couldn’t be targeted in any easy way due to the expanse of the river and the multitude of trails and scrub surrounding it.
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Certainly a paradise in the outback with birds flocking to the river, tall gun trees standing over for shade in the mid forty degree heat. Fish are plentiful and they draw my attention away from settling up camp. This is the perfect camp site and the pool is deep enough to have a wash in at the end of the days hunt.
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Goats battling it out.
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The water hole brings in the goods but what trail will they leave on, its my only hope of secure one of the big Billys.
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more to come over the next few days.

[Luke]

Mate, that is dead set the ugliest fox I've ever seen! You sure did him a favour alright.

Great work on the goats, it sure is awesome country up there!

8)

[Clinglish]

Glad to see you are getting out for a hunt, the photo's are superb as is the senery in them .There are some big billy's in that lot .Great effort Adam.

[Arra Slinger]

How much for the GPS.......................
AS IT IS 8) 8) 8)

great camping grounds ey, what sort of fish were in there?
And dude 40incher.... nice work

Catcha

[Antarcher]

Excellent stuff there Adam. Hard hunts make for hard earned trophies. Very satisfying. Looking forward to more. Top pics too.

[XTfreak]

As usual great pics. Looking forward to more.
Congrats on the fox and goat.
Bill

[Garden Gnome!]

Adam,

They are truly awsome picks of the billy's fighting they make a truly unique sound too, the water sure is a great way to freshen up after a day out and that fox I bet he makes a nice score a well. Congrats on the billy when you say third biggest to date do you mean over the 40'' or just that third biggest? Either way you make me proud to see such magestic amimals taken with the camera and the bow, my pb goat to date is 40 1/2" 119dp I will be trying for the legend out on my favourite property later this year with a bit of luck, but that will be a story that will have to wait.

Yours In Archery,

Gnome!

[Piggy]

Mate some nice photos there, like the others I have never seen a fox that bad poor thing :cry:

[ricochet]

Adam- awesome photos mate, some good goats there, good to see you have got a great spot to hunt :)

Rick :)

[PeterM]

Yeah really well done mate and top pics!

[Trophy Bowhunts]

Great hunting with Bow & Camera Adam. Good to see some quality ground over WA.

Mick

[adam]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Gnome wrote
Congrats on the billy when you say third biggest to date do you mean over the 40'' or just that third biggest?
Third biggest in the douglas score 2nd goat over the magic 40 inch mark.

And would love to here about the legend one day mate, I chased a high 40 low 50 incher for months back east but he was never seen again.

Arraslinger
Yes the gps is getting some hot spots marked into it, including some exellent cave and gorge country in which the goats favoured during the peak of day. That was a good buy that sucker. You'll have your chance next month mate, I promise.

Im not sure on the fish, I a book I read that mention a fresh water brim(early euro settlers) I think they might be a small bass.


well here's some more

The bank of the pool 6 hours before success.
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A billy goat heads towards my ambush position
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One of many mobs I stalked past to get into position for the bigger Billys
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After sitting back and watching were most goats were leaving I choose to sit between 2 game trials one 15 meters to my right the other 7 meters to the left. I could only hope that out of the hundred odd trails leading away from the water that the big billys would take one of these. 3 hours later.
35 inches 111dp
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The moment of truth, 3 hours of stalking and 3 hours of butt and leg acking sitting still.
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38 inches 105dp 1 arrow double lungs from seven meters. If hadn't the broken horn he would have measure 43inches 122dp. But whats a good score compared to a great hunt.
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more to come

[FentonW]

Adam,
What can I say, I do like how you tell the tales of the hunt with photo's. Mate they are some smashing goats and the photos just top it off. I don't kmow how many times I have hunted goats at this time of year and wished I had a waterhole like that to cool off in, you are lucky. Keep posting the pics mate.
Cheers, Fenton.

[Luke]

BLOODY AWESOME MATE....

Looks damned hot though :o

[Antarcher]

Still more to come. This is getting better than a Demtel commercial.

[Warlocke]

Mate, those Goats look in excellent condition for the landscape.

Well done with the pics and the game.

[Mozza]

Well done Ads :)
some fantastic pics, and some awesome trophies

[Paul R]

Absolutely fantastic Adam. :D

It looks like you had a grand adventure there mate.

[adam]

Warlocke

I am constantly seeing goats in great health in the arid lands. There choice of grazing lands is by least the greenest, but the vegetation they can feed on is amazing. Im not sure what type of bush it is but its very spiky and they can just chew it up like its soft grass. So while we all look at it as a dry fruitless land its really not for the old goat. I also imagine there well use too harsh environment and have learnt to adapt. Unlike goats in greener areas that are now drying out.

There’s also flowing springs in this area that poor from the foot hills of the gorge country. An around these areas there is plenty of reeds and gum trees that Ive seen the goats standing in.

On we go...

Now I awaited the last big billy
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Still at the waters edge, I'd used a good 10 minutes of video footage up on the brown Billy. Certainly a prime goat with twisting horns an a shaggy brown coat. He soon left the waters edge and disappeared behind a large fallen gum were a mob of goats fed.
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He slipped away in a washed out creek bed, an while I caught a glimpse of the big fella leaving I couldn't move due to all the other goats that surrounded me. After a long wait a path opened up and I stalked out of there towards were I'd last seen the billy. I soon found him under a bush feeding.

15 meters 1 arrow and traveled around 20 meters.
36 1/2 inches 111dp
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Time to leave the paradise and scout the next property some 4 hours away.
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Scouting the next new station. The morning was very unproductive game wise but overwhelming with country to explore.
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Afternoon found me scouting around a natural spring that randomly poured from the ground in about 12 locations.
3 hours of stalking and waiting, 1 arrow 15 meters
38 1/2 inches 117dp
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Then this old guy from the same mob, the quietness of the recurve is remarkable, no goat knew of what had happened when I arrow the first billy nor in which direction was danger.

2 arrows for a speedier process
39inches 116dp
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And that my fellow bowhunters was a trip like the old days and using the old ways.

hope everyone enjoyed it.
Adam Greentree

[Antarcher]

That was excellent Adam. I hope to nail one billy like any of the one's you shot. Top hunting and photography. So much for the camo hey. :wink:

[adam]

Yeah camo doesn't work in 45degrees :wink: cause I keep taking it off. But sunscreen and sticking to the shade works well :D Im putting a bit of a story together for Bowhunting downunder magazine witha few more pictures should look good.

cheers
Adam

[Luke]

Camo?

You had great camo mate - red dirt = red shoulders...shiny rocks = shiny head :lol:

8)

[adam]

That was well under the belt milky :wink:

[Luke]

yeah...and like I can talk anyways :P

It's already a three day march from my eyebrows to my hairline :P

8)

[yarra01]

nice goats and some great pic's mate

[ricochet]

That was well under the belt milky :wink:



MILKY- Adam should we know more about this :lol: :lol:

Rick :)

[Luke]

Ask FentonW! :lol:

8)

[adam]

Last time I was at the beach with luke Rico tourist were taking photos of a suspected white dolfin that had beached itself :wink:

[ricochet]

Last time I was at the beach with luke Rico tourist were taking photos of a suspected white dolfin that had beached itself :wink:


:lol: :lol: , now i get your point Adam, :)


Keep those photos coming also Adam,

Rick

[FentonW]

I haven't heard that for awhile, but it is still funny :lol: :lol: .
Cheers, Fenton.

[Luke]

Easy there wide boy 8)

:lol:

[rory]

Great goats Adam 8) Nice to get hunting such quality game :D 8)

[FentonW]

Ease up mate you know I am fragile :lol: .
Cheers, Fenton.

[adam]

His just wide boned Luke :oops:

Thanks for the compliments everyone.

[maxy]

Great stuff Adam,

Mate, you gotta be happy with a trip like that!!

Nice to know that there are still some mighty fine trophies getting around the place if you work hard and get into the right country,

Well done,

Maxy

[howie]

Well done mate, good read and great photos. WA seems the place to hunt big billies. Bet that fox took some skinning, LOL.

[Glenn]

Well done Adam and good photos as well. That's a very mangy looking fox...Glenn...

[Sorehand]

great stories, pictures and goats mate :D
as for the fox, all the foxes i have seen in the pilbra seem to do it pretty tough :(
cheers mic

[adam]

sorehand
I think the humity doesn't play well with them, though the land owner told me the last dozen he has seen have been beautiful in the coat, Hope so.

Yes the skin wouldn't look to good on the floor would it :shock:

[adam]

Here's a video photo.
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[adam]

And another of the second billy.
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[Sorehand]

no it wouldnt look good on the floor mate. all the foxes around the port hedland area that ive seen looked just like the one you shot :( i bet the stink too :P
cheers mic

[Clinglish]

Sweet photo's ,I hope to see more throughout 2007.

[adam]

You should do Clint, now having gain permission that bit closer to home its not such a hole in the pocket.

Back to work tomorrow but what a holiday it was. I topped it off with my first Mullaway (been chasing for a few years now) a 1 meter long solid jewi.

cheers all

Adam

[Clinglish]

Glad you are making the best of it up there mate .Love to see the pics of that fish. :wink:

[adam]

Off again tomorrow for a few days on the Goats, Hope to get into deeper country(more deeper). Have Arraslinger to carry my bags this trip, and his Girlfriend to carry his :lol:

[Luke]

Have fun boys and girl ;)

[hawkeye]

great stuff (goats) and such good pic's.

love to know where you were exactly (of course) adam.

dunno how far from coast or what river systsem that billabong's on, but doubtful there's any small barra or jacks etc in there, but there should definitely be plenty of poonta perch (small speckled spangled grunters) as well as a few small catfish and possibly small tarpon.

however, with those billys who cares about baby fish.

your dvd's gonna be a corker!

[macka]

Well done mate you sure shafted some awsome goats. Struggling to find a mature billy around here now days but with the effort you put in to finding properties you deserve them! keep it up hope to see more soon!

Macka

[NormGunston]

Ah-ha! The amazing twisted gum. Beautiful stuff- really is.

And another of the second billy.
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[aden94]

nice goat mate congrats