Gday all.
went for a good old fashioned armed bushwalk on sunday and managed to bring the final tally to 3 goats and 7 pigs.
the goats were all caught off guard resting in a deep channel, as i rained a bit of hell down on them.
they all still had milk on their lips (so to speak), but the cocky wants them all dead, so i'm happy to oblige.
in fact, it's the only place i've ever been on out here where that applies, as most other places prefer shooters to leave them, and then muster if/when the numbers are worthwhile. the 165gr speer spbt pills from my 308 split 2 of the little fellas open like squashed sausages (both end-to-end shots), and needless to say, they did the job quite emphatically....
a silly boar that i kicked out of bed decided to cross in front of me about 50 yards away:
he had ok choppers - here's a pic with a prototype butt-stock cartridge holder a good mate made for me to try out - it came in very handy.
i busted 3 young pigs later on in some lignum - managed to score 2 of them - a small sow and small boar.
typical lignum area:
went to the other end of the block to check a dam that often holds game, got this sow sleeping under some prickly acacia:
after decking the sow, i saw a large boar exiting the scene that i hadn't seen before. he was moving along perpendicular to me at a fair clip, probably 150 yards off. he rolled on the first shot, and i thought "crap i'm on fire with the running shots today". he then got up and went at a slow trot directly away from me. a texas heart shot dropped him for good. turns out i gave him too much lead with the first shot, and took the top half off BOTH TUSKS!!! upon examination, he was a very big pig for here, and he would've easily been a PB for me in the tusk department, had i not shot them off. still happy to drop the big fella though....
the scrub where he fell:
hope you liked the pics.
cheers!
