The annual western hunt

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The annual western hunt

#1 Post by swami » Fri Jul 25, 2014 5:26 pm

I have recently returned from a long trip to one of our hunting properties near Cunnamulla, the journey takes place yearly for a couple of weeks with my dad and a good friend of ours.

Despite the dry times over the last few years and lack of vegetation, there were large numbers of pigs sighted, some in mobs of up to 15. This made for an exciting trip with dad and bob both taking a good boar each with there compounds. As always the goat population was countless, although very few measureable billy's around. Many goats were shot for meat.

I decided to take the recurve this year and managed to shoot a boar and sow from the same mob early in the trip with a couple of medium billy's later on. We had a successful and eventful time with a couple of memorable pig charges, hope you enjoy the photo's.
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Re: The annual western hunt

#2 Post by Gringa Bows » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:19 pm

Congrats mate ,well done with the curve :biggrin:

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#3 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Jul 25, 2014 7:24 pm

Congrats on the game taken mate. Great stuff!!!

Would you please tell us a bit about your bow and arrows that you used?

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#4 Post by swami » Fri Jul 25, 2014 8:47 pm

Hi Jeff,

The recurve is a Bear Grizzly - 55lb. I shoot Eastern Powerflight 400's at 28.5''
130 grain outback stealth 2 broad heads, total arrow weight around 410 grains.

Shot this fella last year with the same set up from 7 meters.

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#5 Post by Gringa Bows » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:10 pm

great lookin pig :wink:

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#6 Post by Stickbow Hunter » Fri Jul 25, 2014 9:39 pm

Thanks Zac. You seem to know how to use it just fine. :biggrin: Congrats once again and thanks for sharing the hunt with us.

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#7 Post by Hilly » Sat Jul 26, 2014 8:16 am

Good on ya Zac .. .
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#8 Post by rodlonq » Sun Jul 27, 2014 3:39 pm

Thanks for the story Zac, great to see you showing your hunting mates how it's done with a trad bow. Congratulations on taking some great game.

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#9 Post by bigbob » Sun Jul 27, 2014 5:21 pm

Good one Zac, great to see you taking game with a trad bow.Guess you would have taken the 'other' bow too? :lol:
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#10 Post by CraigH » Tue Aug 05, 2014 7:16 am

Well done, looks like a great trip.

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