My first boar with my Schafer Silvertip...

[Benny Nganabbarru]

G'day lads,

I was blessed with the taking of this chap this morning, having stalked to ten metres of where he slept amongst the eucalypt suckers on the edge of a swamp. As he heard the cornflakes crunch, he slowly got up to have a look around, and when he turned side-on, I fed the arrow to him. The arrow was a pass-through, and he made about twenty yards before crashing.

 

He happens to be my second-best boar ever, and I am stoked with him. The bow was my 80lb @ 28" Schafer Silvertip that I got a few months ago. The arrow was 775 grains of Douglas fir and STOS broadhead.

Once again, my sincere thanks go to Dave Windauer for making this wonderful bow; to TradGanger Joe for making the best arrows in the world; to Doug from Surewood Shafts for finding straight, stiff and heavy shafts for Joe to turn into arrows for me; and to Todd, for making a broadhead that even I can sharpen, and that is indeed slicker than owl manure!

Good hunting and shooting all, especially now that deer season and elk season are either underway or getting closer,

Ben

[Bowspirit]

Congrats...that boar is one tough-looking old warrior...

[tradtusker]

congrats Ben good shooting!
been keen to see how you'd get on with it.
thats a fantastic Boar well deserved      

[just_a_hunter]

Good job, Ben! Nicely done.

Todd

[Dogboy900]

Nice!
Great boar and a good looking set up.

[j yenney]

Congrats looks like fun  

[ozy clint]

like your work mate. how's the swamps fairing in the NT? i've only got one left, the rest are dry. creeks are the go now. is that a swamp in the background? a flood plain perhaps? what did he score?

[Lin Rhea]

Nice boar! Congratulations!    Lin

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Thanks, fellows. Clint, the swamps are shrinking, and some will dry, but others will survive. Creeks are the go in some places here, too. Katherine boars rarely score well. At a guess, this one would've made 22 or so. Maybe the terrain is more rocky than Arnhemland or the Cape. I wonder if genetics affects teeth size?

[Matabele]

Nice one Ben, great stuff and congrats! That Silvertip looks to have the mojo  

[Chris Surtees]

Congrats  

[Ben Maher]

ben......well done, but.....leave some for me brother!!! Glad your afield and successful. Now if only we could get you pulling a decent bow weight you can  come down here and whack some rabbits.....all the best mate. Ben

[Joseph]

Congrats!!, that is a cool looking pig!

[hunt it]

Awesome pig mate! Nothing like the mojo of a new bow  

[Curveman]

Way to go!

[Biggie Hoffman]

Before I saw your bow discription, I was thinking to myself, I bet he didn't shoot that one with a 40# bow  :-)
Your pigs are different than ours. They all look like linebackers!

[Harmless]

Ben, congradulations ! He's a dandy.

[BigRonHuntAlot]

  Congrats

[vermonster13]

Well done

[Red Boar]

Great looking boar, Ben.  Congrats. And really nice job with the pic!