The Kimberly Ginger

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The Kimberly Ginger

#1 Post by Slackshot » Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:58 pm

Hi All
Haven't been here for a while,my shoulder was not up to archery but after many cortisone shots and rest we went over to Broome for my sons annual pighunt on 1.9 million acres. Eight days getting up at 4.30 and hunting the washouts.
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Then coming back to camp around 11 am,having a feed and relaxing in the river,mind you there are salties and freshwater sharks in the river so we washed and played in the rapids.
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The first few days i missed everything i stalked up on and some shots were less than 10mtrs. I put that down to the memory of the shoulder and expecting the pain.After then my confidence slowly returned and i started to place my arrows where they should be.In the afternoons we simply drove around to the bores or dams and shot at them wallowing,my young fella took some great footage on the video and backed me up with the .308 8) We got out to the edge of the Great Sandy Desert on one day,and there are pigs there,
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And some big Mickies
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One morning we counted over 50 pigs and i was lucky enough to have a great stalk on this Kimberly Ginger
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The shot was taken at around 25 mtrs,downhill using one of Greg James take down re curve 55lbs. My first shot went low and hit a branch smack on,i knew i had to just go over the top but it wasn't to be.It worked out good because he then jumped up but didnt have a clue where i was and his fate was sealed and he moved only 10 mtrs and could not move ,i then dispatched him with a shot behind his ear.My best boar to date,not big in the tusks as most are,nt out there but at around 100+kgs worth every bit.
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#2 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:04 pm

Good to hear from you Gary and glad the shoulder has come good. Thanks for the photos. It looks like it was a tad warm over in the west. :biggrin:

Congrats on a good lump of a boar mate!!!

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#3 Post by Benny Nganabbarru » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:07 pm

Awesome!
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#4 Post by Slackshot » Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:21 pm

Tad warm is not the word i would have used Jeff :lol: :lol: Was getting to 40 the last 2 days there,spoke to the manager last sunday and he said that they expected 45/48 by the end of this week.The lads are going out again this month,stay in the river till 2 then hunt the dams and billabongs till 5 :!: :!:
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#5 Post by hazard » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:21 pm

Congrats mate it must have been a buzz getting back into it?

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#6 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:34 pm

Yeah, that is getting rather hot mate!!! :shock: No wonder the water was such an attraction for man and beast. :lol:

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#7 Post by UPTHETOP » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:57 pm

Gary is good to hear from you.
Great boar to ground mate.
Certainly warming up where off to the cape in two weeks and its 38 up there at the moment,
Cant wait to smell like a pig meself.

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#8 Post by wishsong » Fri Oct 14, 2011 8:31 am

Great pig ! Well done !
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#9 Post by Jayson Inglis » Fri Oct 14, 2011 9:18 am

Sounds like a fantastic trip Gary. Nothing worse than an injury that holds you back. Fantastic hog too.
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#10 Post by Keith Lee » Fri Oct 14, 2011 4:59 pm

Looks like a great trip, good boar, great photos.
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#11 Post by AndyD » Fri Oct 14, 2011 5:09 pm

Awesome looking boar.
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#12 Post by Jeffro » Sat Oct 15, 2011 4:36 am

ripped ears and a big unit.what a beauty
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#13 Post by Slackshot » Sat Oct 15, 2011 7:56 am

Hey thanks everyone,Wayno good luck up the Cape.There are a few spots up there i would love to get back to,could,nt hunt them before cause i was working and wasnt allowed.I have some more photos of the damage pigs do to one another but i think that to publish them would give the anti hunting crew some ammo. The damage this pig had from fighting was horrendous and he was a big pig so we did him a favour :!:
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#14 Post by rodlonq » Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:12 am

Great boar and even better photos Gary. That little range in the fourth photo is interesting, it looks like it has a 'high water mark' 2/3rds of the way up it. Looks like hard country but very scenic all the same. Glad you recovered from injury enough to get back to hunting.

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#15 Post by bigbob » Sat Oct 15, 2011 9:40 am

Are those the freshwater prawn in the photo? Dont look like yabby , lobby or marron or what ever locals in a particular area may call them?
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#16 Post by Slackshot » Sat Oct 15, 2011 2:39 pm

Yes it does look like a high water mark and it maybe was a couple of million years ago Rod, and yes bigbob those are freshwater prawns they call them Cherapin.Here is a photo
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#17 Post by bigbob » Sat Oct 15, 2011 3:42 pm

thought so, caught some very similar in the Wenlock north of Weipa many moons ago in another life. Good chewing from memory.
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Re: The Kimberly Ginger

#18 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Oct 17, 2011 5:06 pm

Great looking pig Gary,i'm hungry now after looking at those Cherapin. :biggrin:
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#19 Post by Slackshot » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:50 pm

LB try them with portuguize( spelling?) sauce hmmm,then spray them with water/honey mix 5 sec before serving.
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#20 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:58 pm

Now you got me dribbling on my keyboard :lol:
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#21 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:05 pm

LB rod 55 wrote:Now you got me dribbling on my keyboard
Isn't that normal for you! :shock: :razz: :lol: :ugeek:

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#22 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:18 pm

i was expecting that from one of you wise guy's :lol:
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#23 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:24 pm

LB rod 55 wrote:i was expecting that from one of you wise guy's
Why thank you Grasshopper. 8) :lol:

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#24 Post by Gringa Bows » Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:26 pm

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#25 Post by slvrslngr » Mon Oct 17, 2011 11:13 pm

Well done! Sounds like you've got plenty of room to roam. Congrats!
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#26 Post by Guy Layton » Sun Oct 23, 2011 6:11 pm

Very nice Hog Gary.... 8) Do you come across many coloured pigs up that way...?

Did the feed of Cherapin last long...?

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Re: The Kimberly Ginger

#27 Post by Slackshot » Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:15 pm

Guy....most pigs they tell me in the kimberly are ginger.I did see a couple spotty ones but only one giant of a pig which was all black, he met his fate with the aid of a .308.The cherapin just kept coming the whole time i was there 2 to 3 ltrs at a time every time we cast the net.The manager said he had never seen them in numbers like that for so long :surprised: I froze a heap and my young bloke is sending them over as well as the many scarlet seaperch i caught :mrgreen:
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