My first longbow brumby...

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Benny Nganabbarru · #1 Post by **Benny Nganabbarru** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 8:48 pm

G'day,

I took this girl today as a "piggyback" kill from my mate's stallion that he'd shot with his compound; the idea is, if you push them hard enough by advancing straight up to them when the leader is down, they sometimes have a go at you or at least try to intimidate you from coming any closer to their chum, and sometimes a shot opportunity arises.

The bow is a 78lb at 29" Black Widow longbow, and the arrows are Carbon Express Heritage 350s wearing Magnus II 2-bladers, for a total weight of 704 grains.

It's always mixed emotions (for me) when taking a feral horse's life, but at the end of the day it's a case of helping to clean-up Australia, and that's the tough reality. These horses are one of our numerous species of introduced animals up here, and they are not only destructive of the environment, but they are destructive of station infrastructure as well.

Arra Slinger · #2 Post by **Arra Slinger** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:55 pm

Well done Ben,
IV yet to draw on a Brumby
While up north on my first camel hunt I had the opportunity
to have a crack at a mob but they out smarted us
And I know what ya mean when you talk of mixed emotions
my mate drew on a big black stallion at 30m and let down the year before
he said he just couldnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t do it at the time
The owner of the station shoots quite a few and said if we
get a chance to shoot em
so when we saw the mob coming through the scrub we were sayin to each other
Ã¢â‚¬Å“are you gunner shoot oneÃ¢â‚¬Â, Ã¢â‚¬Å“I donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t know are you gunner shoot oneÃ¢â‚¬Â, Ã¢â‚¬Å“Ill shoot one if you shoot oneÃ¢â‚¬Å“ Like two ol women we were

, in the end we were gunner have a crack but didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t get close enough,,, to busy pissfarten around,,, next time maybe

Once again well done mate
Catcha later

spiderbait24 · #3 Post by **spiderbait24** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:51 pm

wow, great stuff mate, i think i would feel a bit wierd killing a brumby but if it helps the environment im all for it.

Sparra · #4 Post by **Sparra** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 6:24 am

Well done Ben...I got one a few weeks back up the Cape but it was with my compound.There are a few sites that prefer you don't show horse pic's but as you say they are a menace.This pic is a great photo,very clean with no blood and one happy archer..Once again,well done...
Cheers...Sparra

The Gnome! · #5 Post by **The Gnome!** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 1:38 pm

Good stuff Ben,

Your heart must have been pumping

and like Sparra said nice clean photo you still give dignity to the animal even in death.

Hood · #6 Post by **Hood** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:38 pm

Well done.
And a very nicely taken picture to.

Coach · #7 Post by **Coach** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:45 pm

Nice clean pic and well done Ben .

Sparra wrote:There are a few sites that prefer you don't show horse pic's but as you say they are a menace.
Cheers...Sparra

The ONLY reason I didnt want to put it up is because I know it will cause a fight .
Personally I wouldnt/couldnt shoot one . I had to put two Horses down (pets) and it gave me nightmares for weeks .
I don't begrudge others doing it as they are feral and can do a lot of damage .
It just isn't for me

Al Kidner · #8 Post by **Al Kidner** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:11 pm

Good effort Ben me far off mate! Good clean pic too. Although I think your bow was on the lighter side of things and IMHO I think you need to bump up 10-15pounds!...

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Well done mate. I'll be ordering a T/D PLX soon, just carn't put it off any longer!

Regards,

A.K.

#9 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:29 pm

Congrats Ben and as others have said, it is a very good photo which is great to see.

I believe those brumbies do a lot of damage for sure and need culling.

You certainly weren't under bowed.

Jeff

piggy · #10 Post by **piggy** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:44 pm

Well done Ben, Like others have said it's a good clean picture and that makes a lot of difference when taking such game.

Cheers

CB · #11 Post by CB » Mon Sep 24, 2007 10:20 pm

well done Ben, good pic.....

What range did you have to get within to grass this brumby?

I'm new to bowhunting and just trying to get some background knowledge of what range you guys shoot from when hunting large animals.

cheers chris

Sparra · #12 Post by **Sparra** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 6:41 am

G'day CB..Not sure about Ben but when I got mine a few weeks back I got into 25m but that was with my compound...If I had of had my recurve I would have tried to get into about 15m or a little closer before taking a shot but thats just my preference...
Cheers...Sparra

Benny Nganabbarru · #13 Post by **Benny Nganabbarru** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 7:02 am

My average shot distance on an animal is about 17 metres.

bear74 · #14 Post by **bear74** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:39 am

well done ben

Good to see another feral hit the dust

BEAR

Keen as Mustard · #15 Post by **Keen as Mustard** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:42 pm

Well done Ben!. And a well presented pic to boot.

Hope to be up there soon, best of luck until then mate.

Cheers James

Keen as Mustard · #16 Post by **Keen as Mustard** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 7:48 pm

One more thing Ben, Is that the "easier" bow of the two you use??? If so, when are you going to face the "deamons" and let the "harder" one streach its legs????

P.S, I still love my compound, just curious thats all

Cheers James

Benny Nganabbarru · #17 Post by **Benny Nganabbarru** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:46 pm

Yep, James, it's the Widow, which in my opinion is easier to shoot; I might end up doing a few Sundays with the Hill before the wet, but if not, then hopefully the goats will cop it and christen it.

Matt_the_jaffa · #18 Post by **Matt_the_jaffa** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 5:56 pm

I know you have to do what you have to do
and they did a serious cull over here on our Kaimanawa herd

I probably couldn't shoot a horse

I am coming over to Brisbane end of October
I'd actually like to see Brumbies running wild

Don't know the horse is just one of those species
that is intertwined with Human development

But pests is pests
My Grandfarther servide with NSW light horse I've heard
the waler the horses they rode had a bit of brumby in them
or were at least were partially adapted to dry environments

All those introduced pest hell we have an estimated 70 million
possums muncing on the NZ bush every night

I don't think you could get rid of all of them without some major effort?

Matt_the_jaffa · #19 Post by **Matt_the_jaffa** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 6:02 pm

Hunting them fair and Square you are doing them a favour
you are training them to avoid Humans

Hell they coralled our heard and turned the poor bastards
into Jelli meat bloody undignified

Hell going down ina fair fight is better than being turned into Dog Food

pedro · #20 Post by **pedro** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:47 pm

excellent pic. i love busting brumbies. shot a few with the wheels but id like to introduce them to one of my widows.

Manuel and i were standing on the edge of a swamp when one came along neighing. it walked past us at 10 meters. as it front leg went forward he just nailed it with his bighorn. it was unreal.

wayoutwest · #21 Post by **wayoutwest** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 10:13 pm

No offence beny boy but i cant get over how small frame blokes like you can pull that much weight back arra slinger will no what im talkin about its strange to me small men big weight if i get a custom it will only be 60 to 65 lb what type of penetration did you get?

Benny Nganabbarru · #22 Post by **Benny Nganabbarru** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:07 pm

I get pretty decent penetration with this set-up. They're not all pass-throughs, though. I got this bow for heavy animals, but use it on the lighter stuff too.

BowDonkey · #23 Post by **BowDonkey** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 10:11 pm

I've seen everything now! LOL!

BowDonkey · #24 Post by **BowDonkey** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:07 am

Would this be called "Grassing a brumby?" You guys are great entertainment. There are times at work or when I'm up in the stand and I think about some of these posts and I just bust out laughing. This post made my day.

#25 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:04 am

Would this be called "Grassing a brumby?"

Yeah mate it would.

You will have ta lstart learning some of our little ways of saying things if ya gunna wear that Akubra of yours around.

After just having a Trad bowhunter and his wife from the USA stay with us for a few days I must say you blokes have some strange sayings as well.

I might add we have a lot in common though BUT you lot sound strange when ya talk.

Jeff

CM Sackett · #26 Post by **CM Sackett** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:37 am

Easy there, Jeff... I resemble that remark!

Sackett

#27 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:48 pm

Easy there, Jeff... I resemble that remark!

I imagine you would mate.

Jeff

Jeffro · #28 Post by **Jeffro** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:33 pm

Stickbow Hunter wrote: I might add we have a lot in common though BUT you lot sound strange when ya talk.

Jeff

amusing Jeff , amusing

BowDonkey · #29 Post by **BowDonkey** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:14 pm

Where were your friends from Jeff? Some real varied accents here in the states. In some places people are very hard to understand. This summer I did a stint up north at a tanker base. Our helicopter pilot was from Mississippi and we had a difficult time understanding him, where as one of the tanker co-pilots was from Italy and his English was perfect. What a hoot out on the fireline with lots of airtraffic. Alot of your expressions are being adopted here in the bog country, as I share alot of this with my mates. We did decide the only way to "grass" an animal is with a bow. If taken with a rifle it was simply shot. We may just start calling our deer, brumbies. Just to further confuse the locals.

#30 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:54 pm

BD,

They were from Grayling Michigan and their accent wasn't real bad at all compared to some Americans I have heard.

I think they thought we had an accent also - can't understand that.

Jeff