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Title: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: ozy clint on November 25, 2008, 06:05:00 AM

i went for a goat hunt at an old stomping ground of mine on the weekend, this time toting my recurve. this is the first time i've hunted my patch with a trad bow. had an enjoyable few days in the bush. it was great to get amongst the stinkies again. most of the terrain was quiet steep. ok, so it's not the rockies but it's not bad for the flattest continent on earth, LOL. here's a few photo's of my outing. enjoy, i know i did.

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: ozy clint on November 25, 2008, 06:49:00 AM

ok, i've remembered how to post pics.

 (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats003.jpg)

 (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats002.jpg)

 (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats001.jpg)

here's a pig wallow i found on top of the hill.
 (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats004.jpg)

while following a game trail i was lead to this unusual dead tree. looks like the bower of some mutant bowerbird. strange things you see in the bush, hey.

 (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats005.jpg)

i managed to take a respectable billy. clean missed the 1st shot. he was nice enough to hang around to give me another chance. took him a bit high through the shoulders but i thought it was allright. following the blood trail, he got up and moved on. no vitals hit. he laid down again. i managed to get close and take a follow up shot to finish the job. this was my 1st animal that i had taken with the 69# limbs of my bob lee.

  (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats006.jpg)


later on in the day things were pretty quiet so i told my mate to do some goat calls. he's good at it. within 5 minutes we had 2 little meat billies at about 5 metres. one shot from each of us and the meat was made. quiet good fun.

 (http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd349/ozyclint/goats007.jpg)


thought i'd share some good memories with you lot. good hunting, clint.

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: JoLo on November 25, 2008, 09:31:00 AM

Those aussie pics are my favorits, thanks for sharing, and congrats on the goats.

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: stick_string on November 25, 2008, 11:07:00 AM

Very Nice!!  Well done!!

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: Benny Nganabbarru on November 25, 2008, 04:42:00 PM

Good stuff, Clint!

  :thumbsup:    :archer:    :clapper:

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: tradtusker on November 25, 2008, 04:50:00 PM

great job Clint, nice work on the follow up

thanks for sharing

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: medic77 on November 25, 2008, 07:37:00 PM

Goats would be a blast to hunt.  Congrats

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: BOFF on November 25, 2008, 08:43:00 PM

Great pics of the territory!!

Man the 1st goat has some propellers!!   :thumbsup:

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: Arwin on November 26, 2008, 12:05:00 AM

That looks like a ton of fun!! Congrats!

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: Chris Surtees on November 27, 2008, 06:06:00 AM

:bigsmyl:    :clapper:

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: Matabele on November 27, 2008, 04:19:00 PM

Awesome stuff, thanks for sharing!

Title: Re: went goat hunting on the weekend. a pictorial
Post by: LEOPARD on December 09, 2008, 04:45:00 AM

Nice goats mate! Thanks for sharing!  ;)   :thumbsup: