We arrived at the property at 7.30am and quickly unpacked, sharpened some broadheads and headed off into the bush for some mid morning hunting. Not long into the walk Tex spotted a fox and tried a subtle whistle and while grabbing the fox's attention it seemed disinterested as they do at this time of year. Another fox was spotted 50m off a short time later but he also was interested in other things.
Walking for another 10 minutes saw us flush our first mob of pigs from the Bracken fern and this put us on high alert.
Looking across the valley I spotted a group of black shapes and a quick glass confirmed that they were indeed a mob of 15 or so pigs. Tex didn't believe that they were pigs and couldn't make them out with his cheap binos, being so used to seeing few pigs at other properties I had to lend him my bino's to get him to return to the side of the valley that we had just come from
. We planned a stalk putting the prevailing wind in our favour and planned to approach from above and below to see if we both could get a shot. There were some good Boars in the mob but they were surrounded by smaller pigs so we were forced to choose a pig each on the fringes of the mob. Both Tex and I executed successful shots and grassed our first 2 for the trip. I dont have Marks photo's so they will be added later.
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. Mark had sensibly packed a torch and shone it on the unidentified creature that was rolling around on the track. It turned out to be 2 fox doing what they will at this time of year and they seemed unperturbed by the presence of 2 armed hunters 
. I decided I would try my luck at the fast moving ball of love but after sending one arrow into the rocks in a shower of sparks I decided that they weren't worth $40 worth of arrows and we stepped over them and went on our way 
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. I will get a fox one day 
