Well, I got out of the big city today (Brisbane)and met ozy clint at his place in Eukey. The scenery and countryside in this part of Australia is absolutely gorgeous! Clint said he had gotten off work for the afternoon so we could get in a quick spot and stalk hunt near his house. So off we went to a nearby pasture. We had not gone a quarter mile from the truck when we spotted our first game. It was kangaroos! We could not hunt kangaroos but it was relly cool seing them in the wild. We did not get close enought o get any pics but could se them clearly through the binos. We carried on for our spot and stalk hunt and it was not long before I was stalking my first animal in Oz. That stalk was unsuccesful and we kept at it. Right before dark I was able to make a picture pefect stalk and shot! Here is a pic to get things started:
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Internet is slow here and we are packing for more of our adventure. I will get back with more in a couple days when I have better service! After all, we are in the outback.
Bisch
Lot's a luck down there my friend. Take good care and have fun! Look forward to more pics and stories.
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Danny
Awww boy, here we go. Ive been anticipating this hunt as if I were going myself. :thumbsup:
Outback? :laughing:
Hey, that arrow looks good! Welcome to Australia! And wishing you lads a heck of an adventure!
Sounds like fun Bisch - have a blast bud :thumbsup:
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ben- yeah we are in the far east of the outback.
bisch has his 1st night in the aussie bush in a swag under the stars tommorrow night.
million star accomodation!
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I am sitting on "ready".
God bless,Mudd :archer:
Bisch welcome to Australia, looking forward to reading the story. How long are you here for? Where will you be travelling in Aus?
Clint have you told him about the jump bears, Koalas the size of hogs.
Enjoy.
Oh you tease you. :campfire: :coffee:
Bisch - Don't forget to tell us what's on the menu! I bet camp meat takes on a whole different meaning down there. :saywhat:
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Just get the pictures, we can wait. Good luck.
Stories are worthless without the pictures. lol
Dang boy....was just going to email you to see if you'd gotten yourself and your gear there in one piece and you've already drawn blood. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Considering it is tomorrow there, what's the hold up? :-)
Good luck,Bisch! It looks the first day is already been successful.I wait for the stories.
:campfire: ..... :coffee: ....bring on the stories..!
..... AND?
keep us posted, and good luck.
Probably no internet connection.....out there in the bush!!!!
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What cliffhanger, ahhh...one can only dream.
we leave for goat country right now........
Wow, that was fast!
Looking forward to the pics. Bunches of'em, too!
Remember, be careful down there. I see on The Discovery Channel that just about everything in Australia is either poisonous or can eat you!
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good job Bud!!! cant wait to see the LDP's
This is going to be a great story. I'll keep checking back.
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This ought to be good. Looking forward to updates.
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David
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C'mon Bischster! You;re dragging around like a one legged whopdejou!! Best of luck & enjoy to the fullest fellow Texan.
It's funny we all want to go to Australia to hunt. My friend on face-book lives there and all he wants is to come to Oregon to hunt elk and mule-deer with me.
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Lets do this!!
hurry up!!!!
Do us all a favor while you are down under. Buy up a bunch of Ribteks and we will buy them from you,
Meanwhile, bloody are just get our blood boiling Pic we need pics and the scoop
Good luck
OK, we are back! It was a great weekend......for me and the goats (You will see why the goats liked it as the story unfolds. I have earned a new title that will be revealed later also.).
Oh yeah, I guess I better follow up on that pic I posted a couple days ago. I called ozy clint to get directions to his place and he said; "Hey mate, I do not have to work this afternoon so if you can come earlier we can get a hunt in this afternoon too". I was all over that and jumped in the car for the 3 hr ride from Brisbane to Eukey, where Clint lives. I arrived and we shook hands and Clint tells me that he has a place right down the road to go rabbit hunting. We changed into some camo clothes and off we went. These Aussie rabbits are a bit bigger than Texas rabbits and live in burrows in the ground. There will be 6 or 8 burrows all together. You find the burrows then sneak in and look through the binos to see if any rabbits are out. Here is a pic of Clint checking out a cluster of burrows:
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Here is a few pics of me stalking one of those Aussie rabbits:
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I thumped that rabbit right at the base of the head with a VPA small game head but it did not do much to him and he ran down into the burrow. So I decided to switch to my broadheads. We wandered around and right before dark we found a set of burrows with several rabbits out. I put the sneak on one and just barely clipped him and down the hole he went. I snuck in a little further and found another one. This time I was dead on the mark and I bagged my first critter in Australia! here is a pic of me and Clint with my rabbit:
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After that we went to the house and had a great axis roast supper.
The next morning it was off to the goat hunting grounds. This was a ranch about an hour from Clint's place and we would be camping for the night. We arrived about noon and decided to hunt for the afternoon then come back and set up camp. We skirted the edge of the property to get the wind in our favor. After about an hour of walking we found our first goats. There was a "mob" of goats at a small pond. The pond was out in the open and we set up above the pond in the trees and just waited to see what they would do. Here is pic of the mob at the pond:
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There was a big white billy in the group that we knicknamed "biggun". After quite a wait, the goats started to move away from the pond towards the woods to our left. We jumped into action and made our way through the bush to get the wind right and make an ambush. When we finally spotted them again they were in a wash just slowly feeding along. The stalk was on! We snuck in a ways and Clint told me to finish on my own and that he would stay back and watch. I snuck up to the edge of the wash and there they were.....with biggun in the lead. I got as close as I dared and then decided to wait on them to come closer to me. All was good for a while. Biggun had fell back to 2nd in line but the brown billy that had taken the lead would be a great one also. I waited and waited. Just as the brown billy was about to set himself up for a perfect shot, he decides to turn up into the woods......straight at me. He got to within 7 or 8 yds and then noticed me and Clint behind me, and stopped dead in his tracks. He stood there staring at us. He was so close I could see when he would change his focus from me to Clint and then back to me again. Now several other goats are working into the woods all around me. One even bedded down about 12 yds away. Here is a pic of me and the brown billy having the staredown (the goat is in the far left of the pic):
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After what seemed like forever, the brown billy finally spooked which alerted all the goats. The one that had bedded down jumped up and started to run off but stopped at about 15ys. I drew back and let one fly. Oh, no! I was sitting on the ground and it all happened so fast that I did not realize my cant and when I let go my bottom limb slapped the ground and the arrow never made it to the goat. After they spooked, Clint got this pic of me at full draw:
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Oh, well, I always say that a clean miss is better than a bad hit anyday. This stalk was a blast and I just had a bit of bum luck at the end. We spent the rest of the afternoon looking for more goats but never found any more. At about dark it was time to pack it in and go set up camp. We need some rest after all the walking and still had another day of hunting to go.
Bisch
Great pics!
Sounds like you had an awesome time!
Here is a pic of our camp. It was along the banks of a small river that is the border between the states of Queensland and New South Wales
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We slept in swags (Aussie for sleeping bag) on the ground, under the stars. No tent or anything. This was the first place where Australia really jumped out at me. There were wild cockatoos, parrots, and parakeets flying around. I saw kangaroos and wallabys while walking through the woods:
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And there was a 3 foot lizard too. Everyone told me to watch out for spiders and snakes over here before I left home. I still have not seen a snake but there are millions of spiders over here:
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Clint claims they are harmles, but at about 3-4 inches long, they looked pretty mean to me and I made sure to stay clear of them.
More to come soon-
Bisch
oh man great pics and great story.
sooner or later everyone hits their bottom limb.
keep it coming
thanks
Day 2 of the goat hunt was another great day in the Australian bush. Clint decided he wanted to hunt a new place where he had never hunted before. We went and met the landowner and after some advice from him, struck out into the woods. We found a mob of goats right off the bat. They crossed a fence and we lost them in the bush. We then started to make our way around the face of hill towards another mob we had seen while driving into the proprty. They were a couple ridges over and we were not exactly sure where they were. As we were making our way we looked down the hillside towards a small stock tank and discovered that another mob of gots had moved in there for a drink. We made our way down the hill and decided on a stalking game plan. Clint put me in the lead again and I made a stalk I am proud of all the way to within about 17yds of the goats. After missing one yesterday I was not in a mood to be picky so I had my eyes set on the closest one which was a small white billy. He was bedded down and closest to me. I crept in and got up on my knees for the shot when all of sudden the billy got up and began to move away. I came to full draw and loosed an arrow when the goat was right at 20yds. I am not sure what is going on now but I whiffed one right over his back and sent my Silverflame tipped arrow right into a rock wall behind where he had been standing (this is the first Silverflame that I have ever had break). Here is a few more pics:
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The next pic should have been a glory pic.....but it was not to be. The score is now Goats-2, Bisch-0!
Bisch
After that little hiccup, we decide to again go look for the goats a couple ridges over. We started up the first hill and Clint saw a termite mound and we decided to shoot an arrow at it. Clint went first and hit it squarely. His arrow laid across the face of the mound and I decided to aim at a spot a couple inches above his arrow. OOPS! I let go and SMACK, pieces of arrow went in two different directions. I had center-punched Clint's arrow and broke it in two.
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After the apologies we continued on our way. I heard Clint mumbling something kind of under his breath about making Bisch go first the next time we go stump shooting!
We made it about halfway up the hill when all of a sudden we see two goats about 50 yds from us heading down the same hill we are on. We ducked down and watched them go down the hill to the same tank I had just missed the small white billy at. We turned around and made our way back down the hill to find a mob of goats with seeral nice billies and one huge one.
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I could not get in front of them because it was too open but They were just behind the tank dam and I made my stalk behind and then up the dam.
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Once again I made a great stalk to the dam. Once on top, I realized that the BIG billy was too far away but there was a beautiful brown billy still close enough. I waited for him to turn quartered away and then stood up and took a shot. OMG - right over his back and I missed again. Goats-3, Bisch-0!
We spent the rest of the day walking around and looking for more goats but it ws not to be. This was an absolutely amazing hunt in a truely beautiful place. Even though I could not hit one I had a great time chasing them around and was really proud of my stalking ability. I don't get to hunt that way a lot. Anyway I have my red stag hunt still to come next week so maybe I got all the misses out of the way, for this trip anyway.
Clint and Roxanne, I cannot thank you enough for taking me into your house and showing me such great hospitality! If you guys ever come to Texas we will hunt together again, my friend. And if I ever get back here, a Cape York pig hunt is definitely on the list!
Oh yeah, remember back in my first post where I said I had earned a new title? I almost forgot to let you all in on that one.
I am now known as:
"THE WORST GOAT HUNTER IN THE WORLD" :knothead: :banghead:
G'day mates and I'll check in again after the red deer hunt.
Bisch
Nice mate ! and yep ..... we've all been there before ... and again .. and again ..... and no doubt we'll be there again next time .........
Darn goats ... %$^&*(#$@* !!!
Nice...
What's the rifle for? No offence meant, as I often tote both a bow and a rifle myself... just curious. In fact, I have always been, and always will be, a rifleman, in addition to my relatively recent plunge into traditional bowhunting.
Good hunting!
Great Pictures and even a better hunt. Will be looking forward to your next installment. :thumbsup:
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Nice...
What's the rifle for? No offence meant, as I often tote both a bow and a rifle myself... just curious. In fact, I have always been, and always will be, a rifleman, in addition to my relatively recent plunge into traditional bowhunting.
Good hunting!
Clint had spotted dingos in this area before. He brought the rifle just in case. It was not needed for this outing.
Bisch
like bisch says, i have seen dingoes on the place and i got one with my rifle last november. they are hated anywhere in sheep and cattle country. it's best to shoot them on sight.
ben- that's my new blue widow pack. i got the rifle scabbard with it for hunts like this. very happy with it.
head up bisch. let he who has not missed cast the 1st stone. it was a pleasure hosting you mate. i enjoy taking people out and showing them my neck of the woods. the look on your face when you saw your 1st mob of roos on the rabbit place....priceless.
the tank (we call them dams) where you missed the goats will be called the 'bischtank'
now if those silver flames were single bevel it would have split the rock and been okay. :laughing:
i'm off to cook some axis chops for dinner then i have to make a new tab before i can shoot my bow again. gee your rough on gear mate! ;)
:p
more yarns later...
best of luck on the red deer hunt. hope you shoot a monster!
Thanks for the update and it sure looks like you're having a great time Jerry. Hopefully on you're Stag hunt you'll shoot like you normally do and hero pics will be posted.
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Yep, I hear you about those rotten dogs, Clint.
What an adventure!!
I'd say that you are in more good company than you'll ever know with you "whiffs"....lol
I look forward to more of your stories from "downunder".
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Keep it coming! good luck on your stag hunt
It don't matter what the score between Bisch and the goats is, this whole adventure has to be a blast! Good all over you my friend and keep on keeping on!
Ben says to tell you hi and to please take a good picture of a kangaroo for him.
Danny
That's great stuff right there guys!
Bisch, I'm sure your shooting will came right back around bud....someone that shoots as well as you doesn't stay "off" for long.
Keep on shootin'! :archer2:
You can blame those misses on jet lag.Thanks for keeping us updated on your adventure.Good luck on the axis hunt.
Now that was an awesome story and some great pics along the way!1
Thanks for sharing!
Great stories :)
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Awesome hunt so far! :campfire:
Awesome stuff Bisch!
Well done Ozzy! Thanks for providing for my fellow Texan. Great job! Better luck next time B. Southern Hemisphere always turns a Texas mind inside out! Man they've got some animals!
Looks like a great time so far!!!
A real hunt does not have to have a kill to be a success or fun! You have new friends, a new respect for game, new hunting techniques and a great following here.
Now on to stag.....
Thanks for taking us along for the ride, good stuff!!
Thanks for sharing.
Really neat to meet up with the "natives" and share their hunting grounds. Missing. I don't think hitting would be such a big deal without that possibility.
Good luck with the Stag hunt.
I dont believe a thing that Ive read here. If you missed 3 goats in a row its cause you didnt want to poke one, must have a soft spot for them. That looks to be one of those hunts where a kill is not needed to make memories. Have fun buddy and get those misses cleared from your head before you put it on a big ol stag. :thumbsup:
Good stuff!
Thanks! Nice to be able to read about hunting where I will never do it. Great story. todd
Yesterday I went out and found a local archery range. MAN, do these guys know how to do it up around here! This place had a live-on-site caretaker, a practice range with butts from 5 to 50 meters, a broadhead range, and 2-20 target walk through the woods courses. They also have a covered "indoor" range with a wall just like you would see in an archery shop in the US. They can shoot out to 30yds, even if it is pouring down rain. David, the caretaker, told me a group of guys meet out there on Wed evenings and shoot from about 6pm till 10pm. I might go check tht out today too. I am going back out today and will get some pics. I spent quite a while talking to the caretaker and he told me about an all trad 3D shoot they are having there Easter weekend. I am scheming real hard now, trying to work that into the schedule.
See y'all later,
Bisch
What a great adventure!! Thanks for bringing me a long. Maybe crossing into the southern hemisphere is making your northern hemisphere arrows spin backwards :biglaugh:
Good stuff Bisch and Ozzy!
Remember to pick a spot on the Stags :thumbsup:
Congrats on the Thumpers!
Man, I was on the road (wrong side of the road) in Australia over easter weekend a few years back, driving way waaaay out for a hunt.
I have to say, in all my years, I have never seen as many people going camping as I saw then.
Trust me guys, Aussies REALLy like to go camping. Easter and Christmas seem to be prime times for them. Just the opposite up here.
The difference kinda makes the world go 'round.
Thanks for pics and stories - worts and all. Misses are definitely out of the system for the rest of the trip.
Looking forward to seeing you and a red stag. :campfire:
Go get 'em, Bisch!
Looks like your having a great time. Say hi to Mic and Andy for me when you see them.
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Looks like your having a great time. Say hi to Mic and Andy for me when you see them.
I'm pretty sure Andy will not be able to make this one. Only 4 days till I am chasing stags!
Thanks for the well wishes everyone. i got some pics at the archery club yesterday but have not had a chance to get them ontot he computer yet. it may not happen till Sat as i am headed off on an all day fishing trip tomorrow.
See ya blater,
Bisch
Good luck on your stag hunt and fishing trip!!!
:campfire: Cool pics and stories! What an awesome time that must be...
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Very cool thread!!! Hope you shoot a monster stag!
Fishing got canceled today due to high winds. I'll be in the woods after the red deer on Monday!
Thanks for all the well wishes guys,
Bisch
Seriously, nothing till Monday? Maybe you'll have time to post up some pics from your night at the range, etc.
Up for Crocodile Bisch. Red Stag is mind numbing cool! Krikey!
TTT Good luck Tomorrow. :readit: :wavey:
Bisch arrived safely after going to wrong airport for pick up, sure had me confused. Not ass much as the people in the car behind me that I nearly took out.
The Stags are roaring well but no luck yet, I got Bisch real close as the stag jumped over me to get to him. Man that was close.
Cheers
Mick
This is gonna be good. Tell Bisch Good Luck!
OK, I'm back at my sister's place in Brisbane. The red deer hunt was a blast but no deer were harmed. I have some pics and a little bit more I want to tell but don't have time right now. My sister and I are headed to the Gold Coast to have a surfing lesson (wish me luck!). I'll be back in a bit with some more of the tale. I can tell you this though; I now know what every elk hunter is talking about when they describe the spine tingling feeling you get when a bull bugles about 10yds from you! Only red deer do not bugle; they roar.
Bisch
So glad when fellow members share hunts like this with everyone...we get to live vicariously through these hunts.
Way to go Bisch! Glad you have been able to enjoy a trip of a lifetime, and thanks for sharing it with us!
Good luck surfin mate. Look out for them BFS.
can't wait for the rest off the story. shame you didn't get one but it was good that you were at close range on a roaring stag.
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Ok, I'm finally able to finish my story. After the goat hunting and the week long stay at my sister's place, it was time for the red stag hunt. This was a hunt I bought at the LSBA banquet last summer. I met up with my guide, Mick Baker of Trophy Bowhunts Australia, and Mick and myself and another Aussie traditional hunter named Luke were off for the several hours ride to the Mary Valley. This is a beautiful mountainous area. These are not high elevation mtns like in Colorado, but are every bit as steep. Mick told us that he had had 2 compound hunters the week before and that they had not taken any stags because they would not come in to the calls. We arrived at the camp on the top of one of the mountains and it was soooooo very cool. It was somewhat primitive but man, it was neat. Here are a few pics from the camp:
This was the cabin from the outside-
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And from the inside-
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This is the donkey (water heater) and shower-
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And no camp would be complete without an outhouse so here it is-
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And now onto the hunt:
The first day of the hunt was uneventful with a few stags heard in the distance but no sightings. On day 2 the guide Mick and I went out for an afternoon hunt in an arewa where Mick said he was pretty sure there was a bull staying. While making our way into the area Mick spotted an echidna. it is a little critter that is covered in spines like a porcupine. When threatened, the echidna rolls up into a ball and looks like a 6" round spiny ball. I had never seen one before and it was real cool. I had forget my camera that day so we have no pics. We let the critter be and left in search of stags. After a while we sat down and Mick began to call. In no time we had a stag answering the call. It kept getting closer and after a few minutes we could see him across the small canyon coming our way. Mick kept calling and the bull kept coming. He made his way behind a rise where we could not see him but from the roars we knew he was continuing to come our way. From the way his sounds were coming it appeared that he was going to walk around right in front of us and I would get a shot between 10 and 20 yards. All I remember was the last time I looked at Mick he was in the middle of laying flat on his back and pointing straight above me. I turned around to see the 5X4 bull coming into view at about 16yds. He was not where we thought he would come and I had to turn about 120 degrees and draw all in one motion. The bull caught the movement and stopped dead in his tracks. I could not believe what was happening. I picked a spot low and tight and let her rip. Well, I was not as low and tight as I thought as my arrow passed right over the bulls back. He turned and tore out of there. I have to say that, for a brief moment, I was truely disgusted. I laid my bow on the ground and just sat there not believing what had just happened. The good thig was that i had a clean miss and i did not make a bad hit on that majestic animal. We went back to camp and I was somewhat bummed for a while but then I realized something. I was in Australia on the hunt of a lifetime and I had had a nice stag roaring 15yds in front of me. Mick fed us another great supper and I was soon in great spirits again.
On the 3rd day Mick again was able to call in a nice bull - up close and personal. We went to a spot where we had heard a couple bulls from camp. As soon as Mick stsrted callin we got answers. But he would not come closer. We talked back and forth for about an hour and a half and he just would not come our way. Finally Mick just stopped calling and that did the trick. The next thing we knew the bull was headed straight towards us. He came up out of the bottom walking up an old 4 wheeler road straight towards us. He gat to about 12-14yds and let loose with a very load roar. He was so close I could see saliva dripping from his mouth and his eyes looked liked he was crazy or cross-eyed or something. He came up the road and cut off on a trail about 12yds below us. He was moving fast so Mick made a very light cow call to try to stop him. It worked; he stopped but he was right behind a tree so there was no shot. He figured out something was not right and tore out of there straight down the slope and into the cover. I was rattled. I really know what all the elk hunters are talking about now, when they describe the feling of a bull elk bugling right in front of you.
Day four started out at daybreak with us walking to an area behind the camp. While going out Mick hit the call and a bull answered immediately. He was real close but across the property boundry fence. He was real close though. We set up in a hurry and within a few minutes the bull was right in front of us on the other side of the fence. He walked along the fence till he got right in line with me and spotted me. We had a short stare-off and he won. He figured out something was wrong and took off. In hind sight we should have set up a little farther off the fence. That was our last sighting for the trip. We hunted the rest of the 4th day and the 5th day with no more encounters.
I had an absolute blast on this trip. I did not shot worth a crap and I missed 4 animals that I would have mounted and put in my living room. People who do not hunt cannot understand all that we, as hunters, get out of the experience. This was one of those trips that is proof that the hunt is not all about the kill. I got the full experience and got to do everything except take a picture while holding horns.
I will also say that I made some new friends who I probably will never again see again but you can bet I will stay in contact with through the forums.
I also have to give some kudos to Mick and Trophy Bowhunts Australia. I would hunt again with Mick in a heartbeat.
See y'all later,
Bisch
Awesome story and trip Bisch! Been there, done that on the shooting part! :) Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
Thanks for sharing this once in a lifetime experience Bisch. Glad you got a hog the other night to put the "over the back" jinx to rest. Hope to see the rest of the pics and hear the stories this weekend.
Bisch,
Great story. Sure makes me wish I were there.
Great story Bisch, but since there are no pics of Red Stags, tell us the story about the wrong airport....
Danny
Thanks for sharin' the journey with us Trad Gangers Bisch!
Keep the wind in your face!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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Bisch,your hunt is been a great success,lot of adrenaline and many opportunities.This is bowhunting the hard way,we decide to hunt this way for the experiences more than mere killings. :clapper:
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Good on you, Bisch!
Awsome hunt! :clapper:
A great adventure for sure. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks for the stories and the pictures. The hunting looked to be very fun, even if not all your wishes were granted. Mick is definitely a good guy to hunt with, and he really knows his stuff. Glad you got to team up with Clint too.
Allan
Wow, what a great hunt! Having stags roar in your face! I can't even imagine. Congrats on a hunt of a lifetime, and thanks for sharing it with us! :notworthy: :campfire:
Thank-you for sharing, glad to hear you had a great trip.
Leland
Bisch, great story!!! I've had elk bugle in close....can't imagine a roar!
Great story Bisch, we need to meet and do some shooting. I'm planning a trip to meet the guys at Solana ranch hunt 2013.....
great story and pictures!
Thanks for sharing your story...
I really enjoyed the whole thing. Congratulations on a chance at a great trip.