Hunt Reports

[bigfellascott]

Sounds good to me mate - thanks for that

[YoungBuck]

Well this was the first time in the 2 years I've now been shooting that I've finally seen a feral cat. Shot in Vic state forest.

[RoginaJack]

On_One-Wheel, Gee that's a big pussy you'r got there,any idea what weight?

And yes, Haven't been out for awhile, had a little blow through here plus rain, called it "Debbie" but have been trapping a few feral cats, hardly hunting, more like frustrating!
The flood and rain would have spread the feral dogs out a bit but when it dries out....

[YoungBuck]

Didn't have anything to weigh it with, though he felt a little heavier than my cat at home and he weighs 6kg so this bloke probably somewhere between 6 and 7kg.

[Oldbloke]

Well this was the first time in the 2 years I've now been shooting that I've finally seen a feral cat. Shot in Vic state forest.

Well I must admit I'm a tad jealous, I haven't shot a cat for yonks. Great work.

A dead cat is a good cat.

[YoungBuck]

This thread has been quiet for a while now, 1.5 months since anyone has posted the goods from a hunt!
I'm planning to go for a shoot somewhere tomorrow, will post up the results if I actually get anything!

[Supaduke]

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I went for a stroll this morning to try and get a few bunnies for the pot.
All i came home with was some mushrooms, oh well mushie soup it is!

Did you procure them near cow pats?
And have you travelled to a different dimension yet?

[discostu]

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So on my very first hunt just before Christmas 2016, I had been waiting for other people to get lined up and ready to go because I didn’t want to go by myself for the first time. After lots of people pulling out last minute I decided to just pack my gear and head out for a walk around in the Southern Strathbogie ranges near Merton. I spent about three hours bumbling through the bush spooking lots of roos, wallabies etc but not a deer in sight. Only after a few hours I already thought this is harder that I though it would be. So I jumped back in the Triton (unloading the Tikka .308 of course and placing it on the back seat) and decided to drive about another 1000m to a spot I could set up the swag. 100m from where I initially parked, looked over to the creek and there is a young Sambar spiker about 80m away having an evening drink. It was about 1950 by this time and I thought there was no way I could stop, get the rifle out, load it and then take a shot. I was as quiet as possible but he was just standing there staring at me so I lay down in the prone position, put the crosshairs of the Burris Droptine 3-9x40 just behind the shoulder and down he went to the Tikka T3X .308 using Sellier and Bellot SPCE 150gr. After 45min in the dark using the head torch I had the pack loaded up with legs and backstraps and back to the car for the very happy drive home.

Location is in the Strathbogie Ranges near Merton, VIC.

[discostu]

Another pic of sighting in with the new Tikka

[Oldbloke]

1 in a 1000. Lucky lad.

[southwest shooter]

Had our first fox drive of the year on sunday , got six. Got to shoot two so I was stoked !

[albat]

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Went out all this week to freezing cold texas qld set up the aldi trail cam on a couple of well used pig routes to the local grain silos found the pigs were coming through at about 2am of a morning so set up in the tree line and placed plenty of crunchy stuff on the trail way back so could hear em rollin in not that you needed it with the squealin and grunting they made coming through ,got in place at midnight, was three below zero 5 layers on was shivering like f---k waited 2 hours then got onto a mob of 10 or so pigs shot this one with the 243 at 30 metres after lighting em up.with the lamp going throgh a fence line mate shot a big one with the side by side 12 guage with a solid slug

[Oldbloke]

Good onya albat.
Went out for a whistle for a fox last night. Property owner has lost a few kids lately. Bugger didn't show, even with the new Scott predator call.

The interesting thing is only saw 2 rabbits. The latest virus release has had a big effect where I am. Must be at least 80% fatalities.

[albat]

Ye oldbloke same deal where i was last week saw one rabbit all week even under the spottie saw more deer than rabbits

[d3driver]

Another pic of sighting in with the new Tikka

Hey Stu, have I seen your username on AULRO?

[Osty]

After months and months of putting feelers out and contacting landowners, I've finally bagged my first Tasmanian fallow deer. Got the shot off at first light on a frosty Sunday morning after a ~30 minute moonlit walk to a small clearing in alpine scrub. Pretty stoked to have done it with hand loads I've been working on too. Cheers lads!

[juststarting]

Exciting!

[MalleeFarmer]

Cat I shot the other night. Shot with a .204 in the chest at about 70yrds using a led lenser H7.2 Headlamp as a spotty. Didn't weigh him but he was a healthy looking bugger.

[juststarting]

Baby puma?

[MalleeFarmer]

I think so JS very young and had big paws.

[discostu]

Another pic of sighting in with the new Tikka

Hey Stu, have I seen your username on AULRO?

Nah not me mate, driving a Trition

[discostu]

Heading out to the Kevington, Flourbag Creek area for the next three days in the hope of filling up the freezer for winter. There will be two of us there in a white Triton if anyone is around UHF Ch 28.Will post a report and photos when I get back on Friday night.

[Oldbloke]

I haven't been out much lately due to family reasons and had no results for the last 5 or 6 trips out. Not like me as I usually whistle in and shoot a fox every 2 or 3 trips.
But headed out late thisavo to a mates property just out of town. I set up my blind and gave the button whistle a go for about 15 minutes and no result. So out with the new scotch predator call. After about 5 minutes I could smell fox and the breeze had done a 180. Bugger! So figuring there is one behind me I didn't move hoping it would circle. But it was a no show. 10 minutes later it's getting close to dark and I'm thinking of heading in for a beer with my mate.

Lambs start running in every direction and sure enough about 1 minute later a fox appears over the crest. He was headed in my general direction. Using my rest I waited until he was about 70 meters out. As he paused to have a look around, bang flop with the 223. A nice dog.
I broke the drought at last. Just gotta get his Mrs now. They have accounted for a fair few lambs and kids over the last few months.

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[darwindingo]

Good job OB...

That's just the kind of pic that the guys and gals that are looking for access to new hunting grounds, need to show the farmers when asking for access on their properties... That's exactly how I used to get access to a lot of new properties back in the day.. It should not be underestimated just how much of an impact, on the decision that either a bunch of dead foxes on the back of the Ute from the night before and or a bunch of photos of dead foxes that may have otherwise been eating their profits ! can make !!!!!!

[Oldbloke]

It was a fairly big dog.

[Die Judicii]

Two old sayings were suddenly yanked out of my memory this morning,,,,,,,

1) The one that got away,

and

2) What you see when you haven't got a gun,

I was driving into town early this morning and watching out for roos that were heading home for the day, (or whatever they do)
Suddenly I saw movement off to the right coming out of the tall roadside grass.
It was a humungus boar, and he galloped across in front of me at great speed, and disappeared into the grass on my left.

I have no hesitation in saying it was the biggest boar I've ever seen in real life,
And odd colours, mottled grey, black,pink, and ginger.

I wished I'd had a dash cam,,, Damm it,,,, or a rifle.

[darwindingo]

Always the way mate..... They always seem to know when the rifle is packed away or at home.... That's when they decide to taunt you.....

Next time mate.....

[Oldbloke]

I know the feeling. Saw a huge puma near Eildon years ago but rifle was in the boot.

[Member-Deleted]

Pigs on the road
Travelling west to work late one afternoon with a bloke who used to hitch a ride with me we came upon a situation where it looked like
someone had dropped a gallon of red paint on the road but what it was a semi trailer had cleaned up a mob of pigs crossing the road

Blood and guts everywhere and pig bits strewn for 30 to 40 mtrs along the road
We pulled up to have a look and off to the side of the road i could see movement in the dim light so old mate beside me said its just a
pig that wasn't killed in the accident so he bailed out grabbed my jack handle out of the back of the cruiser and headed of towards the movement
to put it out of its misery

Now this bloke was supposed to be a s**t hot pig hunter what pigs him and his mates hadn't caught were not worth catching
He spent all his spare time telling the crew how good they were at catching pigs
Anyway he got to within 2 mtrs of the movement and all hell broke out he screamed like a little girl then headed back towards the cruiser zigzaging and
swinging the iron he had in his hand then jumped up onto the bonnet of the cruiser
Then and only then i could see what all the commotion was about there was a huge ginger boar standing behind him i nearly pissed myself laughing
but old mate wasn't amused he said it could have eaten him but i asked why would he eat you when he has more than he can eat now, all i got was get f----d

After my laughing had stopped he told me that the boar was eating the dead pigs
This is why it chased him boars are very protective of their food especially in the dry season

Now what chance would you have of ever seeing this happen again (Crickey)
I know one bloke who hopes he never does and it isn't me.

Cheers

[darwindingo]

bahhhahaha, that's classic.... I bet bonnet boy didn't live that one down in a hurry