my first ever billy ( PICTURE HEAVY )

[saberhunter]

Well after awaiting the weekend that had been planned multiple times because of many personal reasons, Friday lunchtime soon arrived!!

The 4wd was loaded full of gear and we hit the road in search of hogs, bunnies, dogs, cats and the odd good billy!

After the the hour and 15 minute drive to our destination the car was unloaded, all of my new blacktump broadheads were sharpened to perfection, the bowstring was waxed and the water bottles were filled

We drove to a spot that had been well known for all critters great and small...so we got our webbing on and set off down into a gully and over the next ridge which is infested with pig wallows and diggings.

As soon as we topped the next ridge we spotted three mobs of pigs, One of which had a few corker boars in it and the others were just sows, slips and a few young boars.

We planned our attack and were off in the directon that we finally chose!

Here are the good boars that we were after.........they might not look much in the pic but when we had a closer look it revealed a fair amount of pig for one small mob!!

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Once we got the wind right we stumbled on 2 more younger boars feeding towards us but they soon had their snouts in the air when they got on the wrong side of us and were on their merry way down into the gully behind us.

We stumbled accross a sow on heat and 3 corker boars with her!!!!!

Other than that we didnt manage to get on the right side of anything else for the rest of the night but when we radioed Bens dad on the 2 way he soon told us that he slipped an arrow into a nice fox that was bedded down just up from a gully next to a log!

We arrived at the car again and drove back to the homestead for a good nights rest.

We awoke at 7:30am :x as we didnt set the alarm the previous night and we had a good feed of pancakes and hot milo before getting back into the car for the full day saturday hunt that we had all been waiting for.

We started the drive to the next section of the 97, 000 acres that we had to hunt we bumped into these bunnies ( Ben shot and missed :lol: ).........

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We also bumped into this billy along the way sitting next to the road........

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We come accross a mod of three deasant billies so I decided to have a stalk.......

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They decided that they didnt want to let us get any closer when they moved under 1 tree in the open which gave us about 30cm of tussock to use as cover so we stood up, gave ém the finger and walked back to the car.

We spotted many more goats through the day totalling at about 500 plus!! EASY

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The sort of area we hunted.........

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We agreed to go in search of a bunny or 2 so we drove the car over to a spot behind a big ridge, in the bottom of a gully.....ben got the camera out whilst I got my bow and the radio and we set off around the ridge to view the first rabbit warren and also a lone billy just sitting behind a big old apple tree :P

A closer look at the billy proved that he had nice horns for a first billy.......
I put a stalk in and got to within about 8 yrds of the billy with just the big old apple tree between me and him while ben had the camera rolling just behind me!!!!

I saw that the billy was bedded down with his bum closest to me so a let a carbon excel tipped with a razor sharp blackstump slip just above and to the right of his tail and into his opposite shoulder taking out both lungs and main arteries which only saw him travel about 15M down hill........and the cool thing was that this was my first billy and second goat and it was all caught on film :!: :P :!: :P

The billy scored a nice 91 6/8 DP

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We put a stalk in on a few pigs and we nailed 3 but all of them were in a too harder situation to find :( They were good shots too :(

The next day arrived after plenty of rest but nothing came into out interest except a mob of goats and a hare that scared the s#@t out of us by jumping out from a bunch of tussock about a metre from us!!

We arrived back at the homestead for the last time and packed the gear up and made our way home for our memories to be shared for years to come :P :)

SH :wink: :P

[spudgrunt]

Well done. Nice photos.
:lol:

[aussiehunter]

well done fellas,certainly had a good couple days,sighting plenty of game,conrats on the billy


pat :)

[Luke]

Great stuff!

Sure is some awesome game on that place mate :P A property you wanna make sure you never lose access to!

Congrats on your first Billy, a great fella to start your tally with.

8)

[bowhunting4eva]

excellent job on the billy. great property with a bit of everything.
john

[macka]

well done mate :wink:

[adam]

How friggen sweet is that saberhunter, well done mate. Not just on the goat either the photos are teriffic mate.

Those pigs do look good from the photo along with a bunch of goats with excellent blood lines, you should see some good trophys come of the place in the future.

Who took the photo of you and your first billy, its an excellent photo.

Once again congrats

Adam

P.s the photo comp is going to be a hard one this month.

[PeterM]

Excellent story and pictures mate, really well done! :D

[Scott]

Good onya mate! Good yarn and good pics

[Kimall]

I thinks its amazing, when I was that age it would of been just what can we get but you showed a mature head on fairly young shoulders.Not just the hunting but the story writing and the quality of the pics is top notch.Its a real credit to you and if we can get some more like you coming through the ranks then bowhunting in Oz has a great future.
Cheers KIM

[Grunter]

SH, Top effort as all have said. Memory will last forever. Nice looking country as well.

Grunter

[Paul R]

Congratulations mate, I know that you've been after a billy for a while now so well done.

The pictures and story was great, what a beautiful place to hunt, hopefully next time you get to recover a good pig mate.

[Antarcher]

Good stuff there and a good billy for your first. With numbers like that there are sure to be more coming your way soon.

[Mozza]

congratulations on your billy :)
They are some great photos there as well

[maxy]

Well done mate, the first of many i bet!

Maxy

[Marty]

Nice one mate & good photos too

[Garden Gnome!]

I love the story the picks, the fact you are so mature in your judgement, keep it comming young man you are an inspiration to many.

Congrats on your first of many billies to come too.

[Gooderz]

Well done pretty good read. Those Boars look pretty fat too :D

[saberhunter]

Who took the photo of you and your first billy, its an excellent photo

That was my mate, Boars Billies And Barra 8)

Thanks a heap for all the compliments guys :) You might just see this story in BDU mag :P

SH :wink:

[Jeffro]

Some great photos there matey and congrats on the billy.
Looks like an unreal place

[XTfreak]

Great job SH. Awsome photos and story. Thankyou for sharing them with us...
Bill

[adam]

I hope we do see it in the mag mate.

Adam

[yarra01]

there some great pic's mate and thats a great billy well done

[saberhunter]

i sent the story away today and yeah so fingers crossed hehe :P

SH :wink:

[HOOD]

Big congrats to you, great picks and read as well.

Your one up on me. :(

[saberhunter]

hehe yeah

i never thought i was gonna get a billy for a while there :lol: :shock: 8) :lol:

SH :wink:

[warnie]

That’s a jolly good start, well done; I tell you I would swap A MILLION acres of this country out here at Bourke for 95,000 there any day.

Can I just say one thing (you have probably heard this heaps before) Get in and make the most of it whilst you can, I mean really get into it like you only have 6 months access left. The only thing for sure about properties and access is it never lasts forever, ownership changes, competition from other people can be beyond your control, seasonal conditions (who would have thought game would be so scarce around Bourke 15 years ago), the reason for access changing is endless and beyond what we can think up. Get into it; get big Billies and boars before someone else or something else does.

Cheers Good luck James Warne

[rohan]

good onya saber hunter, i like the look of those pigs very much indeed.....great goat too :D
rohan

[adam]

Thats some good advice there Warnie.

[rory]

Good call Warnie :!:

[Spider]

well done SH. a great read and excelent pics

[Hoyt_Trykon]

Well done saber hunter. If i were u buddy i'd be so proud of myself. Thats a great read and some fanfrigintastic photos. I really enjoyed it. Thankyou.

Justin