Things you find when hunting

[Wapiti]

This young red deer (first head) hung himself up in a cattle fly back-rub. Unfortuately it was during the rut this year and he was gored and skewered by an angry 16 pointer whilst he was trapped.

[fussy]

Gored when helpless by a jealous male of the same species?
But, deer are supposed to be cute and cuddly and harmless. Disney told me so.

[Flyonline]

I thought I'd found a shallow grave once. Freaked me out!

Poking through some dark wattle/blackberry/stringybark in a minor saddle I came across a sheet of black plastic with some reasonably fresh earthworks dug up in about the same size as a grave (6' x 2') which was also fenced off with netting. Weirdly there was a bag of some concrete mix and a few other bits and pieces so I edged around it and ended up finding 3 sites like this, all within about 100m of each other in a straight line. Was some distance (500m?) from the road, so a decent carry in for a full bag of cement.

Went back some months later and they were still there albeit in poor condition so whatever it was hadn't been looked after.

[Wapiti]

Ever find out what it was?
Pretty sure if someone had taken the trouble to do that, you'd clean up and not have any netting, or anything else looking out of place to pull someone up for a closer look.

[Wapiti]

Gored when helpless by a jealous male of the same species?
But, deer are supposed to be cute and cuddly and harmless. Disney told me so.

Paddock deer can be very dangerous, bottle-fed ones can be the worst.
I'm told that it's not unusual in Australia for one person at least a year to die as a result of being gored by males, most usually in the rut, all are from "tame" stags, usually Reds.
Red stags are very aggressive and up to 240kg, but Wapiti are the most dangerous to man as they weigh as much as 400kg and in the rut hate humans.
I've been shown who's the boss a few times over the years, and one incident even had to have surgery to screw my bicep tendon back on and a few stitches into my rotator cuff as well, after an attack.
I cut an angry drugged Fallow buck from an old sheep fence he'd got stuck in, and when he was free he got stuck into me. Lifted me off the ground, and I thought I was strong. No appreciation. Reds pinning me to the side of the truck, showing me who's boss. Your only defence is a handgun when breeding and mixing with them. When it comes to mating time once a year, they will not share their ladies with you.

Wild deer are completely different. They are terrified of man and you all know how switched on they are, and are no danger to hunters in that sense.

[fussy]

(Sorry, there's no sarcasm button, except to refer to Bambi).
Yes, I've dealt with NPWS people who have been injured by drugged wild deer, etc.
Tame dogs and cats.
Disney has a lot to answer for.

[bigrich]

i've read this topic with interest, as i've come across some interesting things out bush . this site won't accept pics from my iphone unfortunately . i've come across a really old D3 cat dozer high up on a ridge out back off tenterfield , as well as a old logging camp with 1970's dodges and international trucks rusting away . the most interesting thing here was a allis-chamlers dozer that i researched as US marine issue from 1943 . no hydraulics, the lowering/raising of the blade was with steel cables . i posted this years ago , dunno where it is now.
among the more recent finds was on a texas property at the original pre federation farmhouse . a glass cordial bottle that was made for a short period in the late 1920's in inverell . also have a old clothes iron that was heated on a fire. i love finding history , also come across 1920's trucks (what's left of them) and a steel wagon wheel rim from time to time. i'm off out bush today , will be keeping my eyes open for more finds

[Wapiti]

You'll have to start one of those reality shows for Foxtel where you find the dozer abandoned in the scrub and...

You have to get it going, you only have half a day cos you have to get back to work... and you have to make a battery from rocks and tree branches...

[bigrich]

You'll have to start one of those reality shows for Foxtel where you find the dozer abandoned in the scrub and...

You have to get it going, you only have half a day cos you have to get back to work... and you have to make a battery from rocks and tree branches...

They’d been there a looong time mate. Some of the old dodge trucks maybe might go. Fella I knew bought a FJ40 of the guy that’d been sitting for 10 years. Got the old 3F petrol motor to run. Aside from faded paint it was in pretty good nick considering. I hate to think what that original old cruiser is worth now.. I’m up the road from your place this weekend, plenty pigs and deer in the property apparently. I’ll find out in the next couple of hours

[Flyonline]

Ever find out what it was?
Pretty sure if someone had taken the trouble to do that, you'd clean up and not have any netting, or anything else looking out of place to pull someone up for a closer look.

No idea what it was/is. My other thought was a patch of 'tomatoes' but it wasn't somewhere that was really likely and the second time it looked like it hadn't been touched again.

As you say, burying something like that you'd take care not to make it obvious - and there's dozens of mineshafts that something could disappear in forever much more easily

[Wapiti]

You'll have to start one of those reality shows for Foxtel where you find the dozer abandoned in the scrub and...

You have to get it going, you only have half a day cos you have to get back to work... and you have to make a battery from rocks and tree branches...

They’d been there a looong time mate. Some of the old dodge trucks maybe might go. Fella I knew bought a FJ40 of the guy that’d been sitting for 10 years. Got the old 3F petrol motor to run. Aside from faded paint it was in pretty good nick considering. I hate to think what that original old cruiser is worth now.. I’m up the road from your place this weekend, plenty pigs and deer in the property apparently. I’ll find out in the next couple of hours

Good luck with the hunting mate. Pigs are about alright. The ground is all wet so they'll be into it. Mrs and I went for a walk from the farmhouse this arvo to look for a few cast red antlers and there's digging below some dams not 200m from the houseyard fence.
Here's me, lazy bastard, probably working on something unelated whilst that happens or... sleeping. Again, good luck.

[bigrich]

You'll have to start one of those reality shows for Foxtel where you find the dozer abandoned in the scrub and...

You have to get it going, you only have half a day cos you have to get back to work... and you have to make a battery from rocks and tree branches...

They’d been there a looong time mate. Some of the old dodge trucks maybe might go. Fella I knew bought a FJ40 of the guy that’d been sitting for 10 years. Got the old 3F petrol motor to run. Aside from faded paint it was in pretty good nick considering. I hate to think what that original old cruiser is worth now.. I’m up the road from your place this weekend, plenty pigs and deer in the property apparently. I’ll find out in the next couple of hours

Good luck with the hunting mate. Pigs are about alright. The ground is all wet so they'll be into it. Mrs and I went for a walk from the farmhouse this arvo to look for a few cast red antlers and there's digging below some dams not 200m from the houseyard fence.
Here's me, lazy bastard, probably working on something unelated whilst that happens or... sleeping. Again, good luck.

Thanks mate. Plenty of fresh digging, but didn’t see any around dusk yesterday. I’ve usually had better luck just on dawn out here. Cheers

[Wapiti]

We were out checking stock yesterday and stopped for a bit of a look and in a grown-over vehicle track I found this Gerber knife.

Wasn't mine, and certainly hasn't been here for the 20 years I've had the place. Was trying to work out who dropped it.
I think it must've fallen off the back of a vehicle, it's in the sheath without a belt attached after all.
Was razor-sharp still, however the press-stud was crushed from being ground into the rocks by a vehicle. That's easily replaced.

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[rossfrb]

We were out checking stock yesterday and stopped for a bit of a look and in a grown-over vehicle track I found this Gerber knife.

Wasn't mine, and certainly hasn't been here for the 20 years I've had the place. Was trying to work out who dropped it.
I think it must've fallen off the back of a vehicle, it's in the sheath without a belt attached after all.
Was razor-sharp still, however the press-stud was crushed from being ground into the rocks by a vehicle. That's easily replaced.

Found.jpg

Any idea if it's a German or Chinese made Gerber?
If it's the former that'd be some find.
cheers
rb

[Wapiti]

Mate the only mark on it or the sheath anywhere is that Gerber emblem.
It's probably Chinese, just my sus mind - if it was German they'd want everyone to know I'd imagine.