Scratches, Stings & Four Legged Things

[adam]

After a hunt with a few of the Canberra lads fell through I decided to head out to an old hunting patch and try to organize it a bit better for the next trip. I manage to slip a little bit of hunting in on the saturday morning, no brainer.

After camping up on the ridge friday night under the stars I awoke on first light, way to late for my likings. I blamed waking up late on the bug I have picked up over the last week, to say its knock the stuffing out of me would be an understatement. Well I quickly slipped into my hunting wear checked my broadheads and was off hiking down the ridge with my backpack on.

The legs were acking, once again thanks to this "bug" but a few kms into the hunt they were in the back of my mind. I hiked my way through some rough country to try get into more gamey areas, and it came at a price. My legs were scratched up and covered in stings from nettles. The only way off one ridge without heading back across already hunted country was to lower my pack and bow down with a rope over a massive boulder ledge, then climb down into a patch of blackberry and fight my way out. But it did put me into good grounds and I was soon glassing a few mobs of goats and seeing regular pig sign including some massive fresh wallows.

While walking a small creek I spotted a black pig and put in a stalk which got me to around 7 meters, the pig now feeding in long straw grass pick up scent as the wind swirled and bolted, I took a running shot as the pig burst clear at 15 meters and the arrow took her double lungs, she was lucky to make 5 meters.

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I also put in a stalk on a large body billy goat that was feeding with a few other decent goats further up the creek. I got to about 15 meters of him when the game looked up and the mob started to move on. He was leaping from rock to rock around these water pools in the creek. I could seeing the next rock he was going towards and drew back on it. As he landed on that next rock I let loose and the arrow took him double lungs, he leaped of the rock and dropped were he landed. A good way to start the new year.

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[stevenn]

Good work a top start to 2008,well done.steve

[HOOD]

Nice shooting Tex.
That water hole looks like a nice place to go for a dip on a hot summers day.

[Glenn]

That's a good start to 2008 Adam. Are there any fish in those waterholes, very nice looking hunting country...Glenn...

[outback preditor]

nice one, like the hat too. looks likle a archery mafia hat to me..haha

[GOLDGT]

Nice work there Adam. But i think you should have bells on your shoes and a flashing light on your head to give them a fair chance. LOL. What arrows are you using there? Carbon?

[Antarcher]

Nice going as always Adam and a good billy to boot. Are you trying to out do Ben with that hat. Looks like it could be the year of the bowhunting Fashionistas. I'll have to get myself a groovy hat and join in on the fun.

[adam]

Glenn, just guppies mate, That creek is pretty much dry mid summer.

Pedro, I've been a active member of the Archery Mafia for some time now, but only just decided to rip the hat out now, hehe. Its the trad type too, non camo.

Hamish, I'm using carbons the wood looking type. I finish up with a 720grain arrow and they penatrate double shoulder blades. Also whats been helping is chisel pointing all my blackstumps, they are killer heads.

I also had an amazing experience that day that I forget to mention. Once I shot the billy I took my back pack off and sat down for 20 minutes eating some lunch and just have a rest. I was going through my first aid to treat a cut to my arm and some tiger pear spikes. The niose seemed to atract the local water hole lizards including a massive bearded dragon, I then went down to the waters edge were the dragon just watched me turning his head to get a better view all the time. He came to about 10 meters of me and slouched over a rock. I watched him for some time before he moved off a little and started to eye ball some "wet the beds" yellow flower, he then grabbed one with his tongue and ate it. They were few and far between as the goats favour them, so I hoped up and picked a bunch higher up the gully and slowly made my way towards the dragon. No joke he ate them from my hand, a magnifient animal indeed.

Adam

[Arra Slinger]

Well done ol mate, but yer I thought the same thing about that hat to Pedro ;)

And Ant he couldn't make a hat look this good :)
Are you putting on weight Goatboy or is it just the hat making your head look like a melon hehe :)

[Mozza]

Good stuff Adam, it was a shame the hunt fell through but we will have to organise some more in the future:)
well done on the pig and goat

[Bowfly]

Well done Adam a great yarn and some nice pictures as always.The backdrop in the pig pic is beaut
Good on ya mate
Rod

[hunt or be hunted]

oh my god adam, i am speachless. what can i say, you live my dream of huntin big hills with good billies and a running stream. i'd do anything to hunt a place like that. your the luckiest person i know.

those pictures you took got my heart going, no joke.

bloody brilliant mate fantastic effort!

dan.

[rudy]

Great read once again Adam, cant wait for the next one.

[fiend]

Good on ya!! That is one ugly looking billy :eek:

[acthunter]

Always enjoy reading your storys Adam.
Well done!

[XTfreak]

Nice story sir...
Bill

[Mick Smith]

There's nothin wrong with that hat mate. It's a great hat for bowhunting, with a nice narrow brim that won't hinder your bowstring at full draw. It also gives you reasonable protection from the sun, much more so than the baseball caps you so often see blokes wearing.

That's some beautiful hunting country you've got there Adam.

Mick