Aussie treestand hunt (a good memory)...

[Benny Nganabbarru]

I was just reading the thread comparing elevated hunting to ground hunting, and it reminded me of a special hunt I got to share with my brother Nick a few years ago. I'd just introduced him to the bow-and-arrow, and he did really well. Anyway, oneday, he perched himself in a half-dead tree, out on a branch within range of a trough. He waited all morning for a suitable goat to come in, and decided that he'd better shoot this fellow before he fell off his perch in the 48 degree Celcius heat of arid Western Australia. He'd scored his first bowkill a couple of days earlier, and this was his third. It had a good rack of horns, 36" tip-to-tip. You can see the grizzled old tree in the background, the one closest to the trough. The bow is a 60lb Martin Hunter, and he was using aluminium arrows with Grizzly 160s. It was a one arrow kill. Just thought you'd like to see an Aussie treestand...

   

[madness522]

Thats a cool looking goat!  Not sure I've ever seen one like it. What is it?

[T. Downing]

Cool Pic! The horns on the goat are awesome. Thanks for sharing, my kind of treestand. T

[Benny Nganabbarru]

It's Capra hircus, the wild and feral goat descended from numerous breeds released by the settlers as a potential source of tucker during hard times.

[Chris Surtees]

Very nice! Thanks for sharing and congrats to your brother.

[LEOPARD]

Great story Ben, and a great goat! Congrats to your bro!
Thanks for sharing mate!    

[JC]

Great Ben, thanks for sharing that. We may have to put that tactic to use when Whip and I visit Alan in Oz next year. Keep the stories coming!

[Orion]

I understand why your brother didn't want to wait much longer.  The trees in your pix look like large shrubs.  That's arid country for sure.  Looks like they give pretty good shade, but pretty close to the ground so to speak.  Nice goat.  Congrats.

[knife river]

Ben, that place looks uncannily familiar, but my pic is from west Texas.  Different continent, same look and feel.  Great stuff and an outstanding goat!