I took a trip over the Easter break with my good mate "Chris". Although things didn't go to plan we still managed to get the chance to hunt for a couple of days. Now the last game I took with a recurve was my first trad kill. However that was over 2 years ago .I don't get much chance to hunt and as a result it took till the last morning of our easter hunt for me to get game on the ground.
It was more by accident (we got lost) than by good judgement that we got to the tank just after a mob of about 50 billies had had a drink. The mob was slowly feeding away from the tank with the wind at their back so we parked up the cruiser and circled around to get in front of them. This put the wind in our favour and hopefully the mob would walk past the spots we had chosen to ambush them from. Chris was to have first shot so I waited patiently tucked up under some mulga. The mob had come in and goats were everywhere except were I could shoot them coz I had set myself up on the wrong side and if I moved I would surely have been spotted.  I waited ears straining for the shot, then the billies closest to me all started to move away, I was running out of time so I started to work my way out around the bush.I heard the shot from Chris and used the distraction to get yself ready for a shot ,I had already chosen a Billy and was trying to focus on a spot on his shoulder. He walked out from behind some mulga and stopped ,looking in the direction of the rest of the mob I came to full draw and released .The arrow smashed into his left shoulder and he went up and over. I put a second shot into his heart to finish the job . I was elated to have taken My first Billy with trad gear and stoked that my Mate was there to share my success.
I was using my Fox Breed which is 58#@28 and GT traditionals with magnus stingers on the front.

The billy measured out to 85 DP and has a spread of 27.5 inches

Congrats Mate      

Nice. Congrats.

Good on ya mate! I'm going Down Under someday, you fellas have a gold mine with the non-indigenous species.

Congrats and an awsome picture!

CKR

jc- yep ferals are all we have. the only native we can hunt is the dingo.
well done clingish

nice billy      

Good hunt and story. Nice shooting also. Thanks

Its a long way over there, but I gotta hunt with the Oz bunch some day. Nice goat clingish!

Any of you guys are welcome to come hunt with me ,just give me a couple of weeks notice .But it get's bloody hot down here.LOL

Thanks for the invite Clinton. Back at you. What kinds of snakes do you dodge down there?

the worst kind!!! they are all alive

G-Day Mate, Good looking billy you got there Mate.... Can you only shoot on billy a season...  

Take Care Mate,

Cody

Nice!!

Straitera, only 8 of the top 10 most poisonous snakes in the world live there (actually, the top 8 I believe).

Jeff, good to see ya! Think about the trout over there all the time...and of course, you too buddy    :D

Congrats on a nice goat!!!  

Congrats        

Nice going on the billy!   Check your PM's!

Chris  

Very cool!    

QuoteOriginally posted by cody roiter:
G-Day Mate, Good looking billy you got there Mate.... Can you only shoot on billy a season...  

Take Care Mate,

Cody

There are no seasons and you can shoot as many as you want to or need to.