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Offline Benny Nganabbarru

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Outback Australia
« on: February 19, 2008, 05:36:00 AM »
January's Gascoyne Region (Western Australia) feral goat hunt:

Tony Jensen, using a 55lb Hoyt Gamemaster
 

 

 

Matt Wright, using a 70lb Black Widow PLX "Zebrawood"
 

 
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2008, 05:37:00 AM »
Me, using a 70lb Howard Hill Redman
 

 

 

Me, with a 68lb Black Widow SAIII
 

 

 

 
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2008, 05:48:00 AM »
What a great hunt. You fellers almost have too much fun over there.

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2008, 06:54:00 AM »
Very cool pics and thanks for sharing.  How do you guys cook a goat?  We been known to barbecue one like a pig over here.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #4 on: February 19, 2008, 06:23:00 PM »
Excellant kills Ben! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to get over there and hunt some of those critters!  ;)  Well done mate!  :thumbsup:   :clapper:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2008, 05:09:00 PM »
Great pics, hopefully I'll make it there someday.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #6 on: February 27, 2008, 08:59:00 PM »
What a neat animal.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2008, 07:15:00 AM »
awesome Ben congrats! those Goats are just awesome to hunt with the bow, Nige and i are gonna be out there September next year we should try meet up   :campfire:  

that Silvertip of your's cant be far of arriving in the land down under
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2008, 10:27:00 AM »
Hey Ben those are some great pictures, looks like you had an awesome hunt! Congrats!
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #9 on: March 15, 2008, 10:48:00 PM »
Ben.  There is a snowstorm going on as I speak here in Nova Scotia.  Man I envy you.  Awesome pics and awesome goats for you and your friend.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #10 on: March 16, 2008, 03:42:00 AM »
Thanks, lads!

Andy - the Silvertip should be getting closer! I'm stoked, because I've tracked down some wooden arrows to use! We should definitely meet-up when you and Nige are over (we'll see what the pigs are doing, eh?).

Cheers,

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2008, 11:58:00 PM »
Goat fest 2008    :goldtooth:

That my friends it to cool
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #12 on: March 19, 2008, 09:15:00 AM »
nice pics thanks
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #13 on: March 28, 2008, 04:24:00 PM »
Hi Ben, great pictures and thanks for sharing. That looks like heaps of fun.  Were all those taken on the same hunt?  

Do you ever have confrontations with any of the deadly snakes and spiders that abound on your big island?
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #14 on: March 28, 2008, 05:27:00 PM »
Sounds like a plan Ben ill give you a shout closser to the time and we'l sort something out, i really be up for that. You got any free time off in september   :)
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #15 on: March 28, 2008, 06:17:00 PM »
you got sights on that bow?  :scared:  thats different lookin. lots of kills... neat
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #16 on: March 28, 2008, 06:38:00 PM »
G'day Lads!

These goats were taken during the same hunt, Ryan. We do encounter snakes and spiders, but the most bothersome creatures on this hunt were the ants.

Yeah, Andy, we'll sort something out for sure, but my school break is a week in October. But there're still weekends.

Tony had a sight on his Hoyt recurve to start with. It was his first hunt with a recurve. So he shot those first two goats of his with sights. But, after hanging out with bad company during the evening target practice sessions, he decided to take his sights off and have a go, which he did with excellence, nailing that last big goat of his.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #17 on: March 29, 2008, 04:11:00 PM »
glad ta hear he took the sights off and shot trad.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #18 on: May 10, 2008, 11:02:00 PM »
A couple of weeks ago, Matt Wright snuck in and shot this 75kg boar at 5m range. The 820-grain Goldtip/Ribtek arrow zipped right through, and the pig made 10m only before going down. His bow's a 66", 70lb @ 29" Black Widow PLX "Zebrawood".

 
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #19 on: May 10, 2008, 11:08:00 PM »
Today we headed out real early to a swamp that still has a fair bit of water in it. It had no ferals on it, so we began walking cross-country to another swamp. Along the way, we found a mob of eight pigs rooting around in the damp, soft sand. Off with the boots, a perfect stalk, two warning shots over her back, and finally a double-lung shot (all at 10m) put this sow down after a 60m dash. I was using 704-grain CX350 Heritage arrows and Tusker Delta broadheads. The bow is my 64", 78lb @ 29" Black Widow PLX "Bocote".

 

Later on, Matt did an amazing bit of stump-shooting with his judo-tipped arrow, hitting this termite mound perfectly with a 45m shot.

 
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