What did you do today?

[Wapiti]

Mustering and vaccinating, putting cows with the new bull and separating weaner Droughtmaster cattle. Bugger. No lunch today, as is usual lately.

[bigpete]

Picked up a pair of Hikmicro Habrok HQ50L multi spectrum binoculars from the LGS

[Bugman]

Not much. Went to docs, all good there then came home and did sfa.

[Oldbloke]

Made a basic cammo poncho with some cammo netting I bought cheap.
Packed the ute. Heading off tomorrow morning for a few days hunting..

[bigpete]

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Went hunting goats

[bigrich]

Made a basic cammo poncho with some cammo netting I bought cheap.
Packed the ute. Heading off tomorrow morning for a few days hunting..

good luck mate , hope you get some venison

[bigrich]

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Went hunting goats

good stuff pete , goat curry on the menu ? that goat looks preggers , should have a bit more fat on it . i nailed a goat a few weeks ago that was really healthy with a bit of fat on it . i gave some to a mate and he reckons it's really good . i'll have to cook some of mine up this weekend . cheers

[bigpete]

I don't think it was pregnant,she hadn't bagged up at all.
I love eating goat,so does my boy

[Oldbloke]

Made a basic cammo poncho with some cammo netting I bought cheap.
Packed the ute. Heading off tomorrow morning for a few days hunting..

good luck mate , hope you get some venison

Na, no good. Rained, blew, rained and blew some more.
Was going to go out thisavo but not feeling well.
With luck tomorrow evening (got urgent job to do first) for a couple of hours with the whistle.

[Bugman]

Got up and went to work. Great weather here at present but ufortunately, no time for shooting.

[bigrich]

Got up and went to work. Great weather here at present but ufortunately, no time for shooting.

it pays the bills mate . someone's gotta do it

[bigrich]

I don't think it was pregnant,she hadn't bagged up at all.
I love eating goat,so does my boy

i've been eating it for years . used to be able to shoot as many as i wanted down tenterfeild . depending on property owners wishes it's a bit harder for me to get goat meat these days . i'm selective about the species of goat to get the best meat . yeah i know they're fairly interbred , but some have strong throwbacks in physical traits . best tasting i ever had was a long haired nanny that looked like a dutch variety . hardly any gamie-ness at all in the meat . recent one was a short haired "brindle" coated nanny . both of these were larger than the smaller white variety that don't seem to taste as good. i use chicken stock in my goat curry , and only lightly brown the meat in a covered saucepan with a decent amount of olive oil before adding stock and vege's . yep. that's on the menu tonight

[CJRBOLTGUN1]

set up some steel out at 500m ,shooting off the back verandah,and thats gonna be it cause of the rain

[bigrich]

set up some steel out at 500m ,shooting off the back verandah,and thats gonna be it cause of the rain

raining cats and dogs where i am . hoping their getting some 4 hours west where i hunt

[bigpete]

Spent the day exploring and doing bird photography. Saw 3 goats but had no real interest in killing anything so let them go

[bigrich]

Spent the day exploring and doing bird photography. Saw 3 goats but had no real interest in killing anything so let them go

i only shoot goats/deer for meat , unless the property owner wants them gone . they might compete with livestock for graze, but their a resource in my book

besides seeing eagles up close on culled carcases, the most amazing bird i've seen is the major mitchell cockatoo. with their crest up and wings extended their beautiful . do a google search on images if you haven't seen one . pics on my iphone don't do them justice . you using a good camera pete ?

[Oldbloke]

Haven't seen a major mitchell cockatoo for a while. But quite a few king parrots tho.

[bigpete]

Spent the day exploring and doing bird photography. Saw 3 goats but had no real interest in killing anything so let them go

i only shoot goats/deer for meat , unless the property owner wants them gone . they might compete with livestock for graze, but their a resource in my book

besides seeing eagles up close on culled carcases, the most amazing bird i've seen is the major mitchell cockatoo. with their crest up and wings extended their beautiful . do a google search on images if you haven't seen one . pics on my iphone don't do them justice . you using a good camera pete ?

I seen them when I went to Booroorban in April. Couldn't quite get a good photo though.
I'm using a nikon D7000 dskr with a 70-300mm nikkpr lense. It does an ok job but I'm planning on getting a nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 lense soon for the longer shots/little birds. This trip I've manage to photograph mallee ringnecks,Bourke parrots,yellow naped honeyearers,striped honeyeaters,Jacky winters,female red cap robins,2 species of butcher birds,and a species of swift I've yet to identify