See ya's next Friday!

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See ya's next Friday!

#1 Post by Nephew » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:39 pm

Ok fellas, I'm off to Texas in the morning to try my luck on pigs.I Have been getting pretty good news about the numbers out there so I might just get lucky. Even if I don't manage to bring something down I'll still enjoy just being there! :D
Wish me luck, I'll let ya's know how it went next Friday. Of course, I'll have a heap of pics to show.
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#2 Post by Bill » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:48 pm

8) Hey Moreton, I won't say it, but go and enjoy with the best of an Aussie tradition. :D

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#3 Post by Flatliner » Sun Apr 10, 2011 8:52 pm

You lucky buger, good luck.
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#4 Post by blu-dog » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:03 pm

I'll be waiting eagerly to see those photos mate!!!

...look forward to the written report too!!! :)
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#5 Post by piggy » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:04 pm

Have fun!

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#6 Post by Dryfired » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:06 pm

I'd like to be in your shoes. Straight shooting!

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#7 Post by Gringa Bows » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:06 pm

Have a Ball mate,good luck leave some pigs there for us :lol:

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#8 Post by longbower45lb » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:14 pm

good luck mate cant what for the phots and storyes to come...
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#9 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:15 pm

All the very best mate!!! Stay safe, have fun and I hope you get the drop on a few pigs. :D I too look forward to the photos.

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#10 Post by texx » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:26 pm

look in the photos section i just shot the last of em :lol: :lol:
a mate got a very big boar yesterday too its getting a bit dry now so hang around the water late evening i would think .
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#11 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Sun Apr 10, 2011 9:46 pm

Glad to hear it, Craig! All the best, and I hope you can add to your score.
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#12 Post by Paul » Mon Apr 11, 2011 12:19 am

Good Luck Craig, I hope you get the drop on a few of those Texas swine.
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#13 Post by Nephew » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:20 am

Thanks fellas! Only half an hour to go now, more excited than I can describe...and I haven't even left the island yet!! :lol:
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#14 Post by excelpoint » Mon Apr 11, 2011 4:54 am

Good luck mate. Cant wait to see the pics etc.

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#15 Post by terryzac » Mon Apr 11, 2011 6:50 am

hope you nail a few mate. cant wait for the report as i will be down that way strait after the north albert shoot


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#16 Post by prasamaccus » Mon Apr 11, 2011 7:55 am

Have fun and good luck.

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#17 Post by Chase N. Nocks » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:42 am

I know you are already gone mate but good luck and enjoy yourself.

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#18 Post by rodlonq » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:44 am

Have a good time Craig and stay safe mate.

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#19 Post by longbow steve » Mon Apr 11, 2011 8:48 am

Have fun Craig, remember to take heaps of pics. Steve

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#20 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Apr 11, 2011 1:23 pm

there seems like a big invasion of Ozbowers hitting Texas this month Terry,just different areas,the day Morton comes back 4 more of us will turn up ,and the week after we leave you'll be there,might have to change it from Texas to Ozbowland :lol:

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#21 Post by Nephew » Thu Apr 14, 2011 5:23 pm

Hey boys, just got back...no good, but not for want of trying! I still have a lot to learn, that's for sure. :D
Bit buggered now after the drive home, but I'll write about the trip later on.
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#22 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:08 pm

Good to hear you got back safely mate. I look forward to hearing about ya trip.

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#23 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Thu Apr 14, 2011 9:10 pm

"There's always next time!" (motto of the philosophical bowhunter).

Did you get any photos of the countryside and so-forth?

Glad you had fun anyway.

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#24 Post by Nephew » Fri Apr 15, 2011 7:17 pm

Yeah, always next time, Ben. Might go alone for a change, see what it's like to hunt/camp solo. Anyway, here's some pics, sorry there is no shots of game, but I had a few camera problems on the first two days, got it fixed on the last day we were there.
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#25 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:26 pm

Thanks for the photos Craig but they are a bit big mate. It is preferable to make them 800 pixel wide and you have them 1600. :D

It sure looks like there was some grass around so I guess the game was spread out a bit. It's not the best huntin' when there is bang sticks around either. All the best for next time.

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#26 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:18 pm

That looks like a really nice camping spot!
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#27 Post by Nephew » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:58 pm

There you go, Jeff, fixed 'em up mate. I'm not very well informed on photo editing and just assumed that if I made them 200kb that would make them the right size. Apparently I have a lot to learn about photos too! :wink: :D
There was quite a few pigs around, I suppose we saw about 20-25 over three days, and they didn't vacate the area when we first arrived and busted a group on the dam at 1:00 in the arvo! Monday was a very dark, overcast, drizzly rain sort of day out there and I'm told they will stay out later on days like that. These ones just ran away into the bush. We saw others later that day, right on dusk, which had come out of the next door property but whether they were the same ones I couldn't say. One lot came quite close to camp on the second night, crossing a flat area near the dam at about 8:00pm. Dave and my uncle who owns the place thought that strange. Uncle Ron says he rarely goes down that part of the property and doesn't let hunters on, excepting us now, of course. So maybe they didn't see us as a threat enough to move on? I don't know enough to comment, really. He rang me today to say they were on that dam again this morning. Do they usually hang about one area? I've always been told they only move through areas.


It certainly is a great spot to camp, Ben, that made it worth the drive to be there!
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#28 Post by longbow steve » Sat Apr 16, 2011 9:36 am

Hi Craig, If the pigs are dependant on a water source or have plenty of feed in the area they will stay unless really pressured. What I find beneficial is to see what they are bedding down in ie Saltbush, tussocks,blackberries,bracken fern and check out these areas. You can confirm thier presence by fresh poo and turned over areas. You can also follow the poo as they generally do it on the move and the pointy end is the way they were facing at the time so if it fresh be on the lookout.
Finding a good hunting partner is a challenge, Jeffro and I are effectively lone hunters and just stay in touch by radio but when it is time to sit around the fire you need to be able to have fun and that is a given when Jeff brings his FLAGON of PORT :D.
Get out there again, figure out what hunting is near to home and get into it, I have been making a concerted effort to get out more in the last 12 months and am learning heaps about different species and coming across some really impressive animals :) . Steve

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#29 Post by Nephew » Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:58 pm

Thanks Steve, it's good to get advice from those that know. :D I'm certain that if given the chance...I'll blow it anyway! :wink: I have a lot to learn about hunting with the bow, but I have a couple of places reasonably close to home to try now. I want to go back out to this place within the next month-6 weeks and give it another go.
Here's a few more photos, of the marks left behind by one of the second pigs we saw that came out of the neighboring place ( when my mate shot as soon as he saw them).
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, the next door property they came from and ran back into
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the top of a gully I though may be worth trying to whistle foxes from next time
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, the part of the dam where we saw pigs as we arrived
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and this one just because I like it, our fire.
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#30 Post by texx » Sat Apr 16, 2011 4:04 pm

just got 40 mm here last night , may even get some more yet , then it should get nice and cool after that . :D the way i like it .
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