G'day,

Thought I'd share this photo from today. I wish I had've taken my wife's bigger camera, as this is enlarged and cropped from the little camera. But I think it's still worth sharing.

These three Antilopine walleroos came down to the dam for a drink, and then a spoonbill landed and began doing laps. The walleroos would always gawk at the bird whenever he or she went past, and then they'd resume drinking.

Cheers,

Ben

Here are some others photos from the day. No pigs hit the deck, and the wind was a mongrel. But being there was good enough.

This little wallaby caught my movement with the camera, and started thumping his leg. So I thumped my hand on the ground whenever he made a thump, and that settled him, and he came in to drink.

And then the bad guys came along.

 

Sorry about the quality of the pictures. Next time I'll take the bigger camera. After seeing Andy's photos and Nige's photos, it has inspired me to burn a bit more digital film.

The other highlight of the hunt, aside from the wind giving us away on numerous occasions, was trying to stalk a nice short-horn micky-bull, but he was too cautious, and kept hiding amongst the brahmans. A sad thing about this trip was finding a brahman cow down but not quite out, unable to move, and fully exposed in the miserable sunlight, dying a slow and terrible death. She couldn't move her legs or lift her head. We put her down. It's that time of year when the cattle start to do it tough before the rains come.

I love my sunburnt country, though!

Awesome photos Ben, looks like you had a great day out    

I really need to get my act together and get over to Oz...you guys have too much fun      :D

Thanks for sharing Ben, looks like a great day!

Wow,,, thanks! That is good stuff! I'd like to come down under someday, it looks like another planet to me with all the different wildlife.

Thanks fellows. It was a great day, and fun - despite the odd wind frustration and the sadness for the cow.

Here's a mob of whistling ducks scooting around. On the way out there, we were doing about 80km an hour on a gravel track, and I looked out the window to behold a duck overtaking us, doing at least 90km an hour, possibly 100km an hour.

Thanks for showing us something very different.I have never seen an antilopine wallaroo in southern Ohio.very cool.What is a micky bull, is that what you call a scrub bull,or wild cattle?Im very interested in your part of the world.
Bill

And, the bows: my Silvertip, and Matt Wright's PLX Zebrawood. Note the highly-specialised Aussie hunting boots.





Cheers,

Ben

G'day Bill, a micky-bull is a scrub bull, or a bull that got missed (and keeps getting missed) at mustering time and hasn't been marked.

I saw a video one time of a group of fellows who were hunting hogs in Australia.They shot some real tuskers and a lot of them.Im not sure what part of the country they were in.I may be mistaken but I think they were the guys who make tusker broad heads,they were also showing how to pop the tusks out of the jaw with a BIG knife.It has been a couple of years since I saw it.neat country.My 3 year old neice calls those specialized hunting boots, flop flops although hers are pink with cartoon caracters on them.Im certain that makes all  the difference.
Bill

Nice photos

Always enjoy your pics, Ben. Almost a different world than what I'm used too...

What was killing the cow? Some kind of sickness??


JDS III

Thank-you for letting us share.
Leland

cool pics ben!

nice pics Ben, thanks for sharing your adventures.

bhfp

Thanks again, fellows. I enjoy sharing glimpses of my patch of the planet.

Bill, that film was by John Teitzel. He does make the Tusker broadheads, as well as excellent DVDs featuring recurves mostly. There are two instances where he or someone he's with gets treed by wounded boars. He hunts on Cape York peninsula in Northern Queensland.

JDS3, the cow was old, that's all. At this time of year, the grass isn't very nutritional, so it pulls the elderly up. The station spends a fortune on lick blocks, which reduces casualties significantly.

Thanks for the pics mate, and yes it is sure dry up your way. The rains will be on your doorstep before you know it!

Me, well I'll be heading top a fine little spot in a few days time to outsmart some spotted spped machines.... longbow in hand and new binos to try out.

Regards,


AK.

dont forget pics al  :D