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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #20 on: May 11, 2008, 12:05:00 AM »
Congratulations guys! Terrific pics, thanks for sharing.  :clapper:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #21 on: May 11, 2008, 10:54:00 AM »
Ben,
Ive had goat before, and other than 'cabrito' which is very young goat, I've found it tough and chewy no matter how its prepared.

Then the other night I saw "Battle: Goat" on Iron Chef America and got the hankering to try some of those recipes..that stuff looked good!

I don't think you eat your pigs...do you consume the goats? What recipes do you like.

I have a hunting spot that is close to a goat farm, and the guy's animals are constantly getting out of the fence and I am thinking of taking one if I get a chance, as long as it doesnt have a pink ribbon around its neck.  :biglaugh:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #22 on: May 11, 2008, 01:28:00 PM »
Ray, it would be my semi-educated guess that a farm-raised goat would be better eating than something "free range"...so you should be in good shape.
As a youth in western Kansas, barbequed goat figured prominently in our after-harvest blow-out.
We would wrap the quartered goats in damp cheesecloth, and bury them in a pit, between layers of corrugated metal, for 24 hrs.  Kansas doesn't have mesquite, so we used old "hedge" posts (osage).  Coals on the bottom and top, covered with dirt, and some old pipe stuck through the dirt to allow some O2 to keep things smoldering.....  :bigsmyl:  

It would be good if CK could possibly chime in on this, as he seems to have experience with the free-range goats in Tejas....  :campfire:  
By the way, cabrito is a real treat....

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #23 on: May 11, 2008, 04:20:00 PM »
G'day Ray! You're right, I don't eat pigs for reasons of my upbringing (but neither do most Aussie hunters eat the pigs they shoot). As for the billy goats, we're too hot and bothered, and they're just too tough, for us to dress 'em and eat 'em. Younger ones are much better, and we have shot one for the frying pan. As for recipes, I recall that it was just marinated in tomato sauce, with lots of salt and pepper, and then fried up with rice. It was very nice, and everyone enjoyed it, even though mine had a bit of sand in it, sadly! The station manager gets some beautiful goat and sheep sausages (the sort you eat with crackers) made up - they're delicious! Sometimes there might even be a bit of Skippy thrown into the mixture.

Kevin, I think that the kinds of arid shrubbery that our feral goats eat (and decimate) adds a nice flavour to the meat.

And Ray, if the escapee has 40" horns, and is wearing a ribbon, remember that you can always snip the ribbon off for the photo!   :goldtooth:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #24 on: May 12, 2008, 12:48:00 AM »
The eating of pigs and goats varies greatly on their geographic living as in Aussie outback the food sources vary greatly.Pigs taken in forested areas are fine tablefare. from the snow bound forets of the Victorian High country to the Hills of Texas QLD i have, and will continue to eat pork and wild goat. As much as I hate to leave any game wasted, i enjoy trying new cooking techniques with all wild game.
however, the feral pigs of the western states of Oz can be worm/disease riddled and as such, extra care must always be taken with the cooking. they can be eaten....just extra care should be taken with preparation.
the only time i ever eat pork is when taken from the wild.
slow roasted or stewed goat/pig round the fire is one of the wilds great pleasures.

nice hog there Ben!!!!

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #25 on: May 13, 2008, 10:15:00 AM »
good on ya, Matt and Ben.
looking forward to see how that Silvertip goes on the pigs when it finally gets there.   :thumbsup:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #26 on: May 13, 2008, 04:48:00 PM »
Andy, Friday's the big day, hopefully! I'll be putting pictures up for sure! It's already a long week!
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #27 on: May 28, 2008, 10:36:00 AM »
great pics.

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #28 on: May 29, 2008, 11:40:00 AM »
Looks like ya'll had a boat load of fun!   :thumbsup:
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #29 on: May 29, 2008, 01:20:00 PM »
Wow, looks like you guys would get worn out with target opportunities like that...it's a tough job, but someone has to do it!

Hope we can find that many critters when Whip and I visit cobber Al next summer, sure am looking forward to seeing your country.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #30 on: June 16, 2008, 10:01:00 PM »
Ben,
Great hunting.. Thank for sharing the pics and the story. Love the country in the pics.

Also thank you for PM'ing me the pics of your donkey hunts.. Way too cool. I have one saved on my screen saver.

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #31 on: August 07, 2008, 06:21:00 AM »
The weekend adventure that still has me on a natural high! A sow taken near the Daly River, by wading into a safe swamp. An 80lb Silvertip, with a STOS broadhead on Douglas Fir did the the trick.

 
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #32 on: August 07, 2008, 10:09:00 AM »
Great effort Ben as always.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #33 on: August 07, 2008, 04:33:00 PM »
Those goats look like a lot of fun to hunt!!  They are nice looking also especially those horns. I have a couple of goats here on my place but they don't look like that. What kind of goats are they?  Mine are here to keep the grass short!  Great photos Ben.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #34 on: August 07, 2008, 04:58:00 PM »
Hi Mark, the goats are a ragtag mixture of breeds. They were initially brought to the Outback by merchants following goldrushes. The land and climate suited them well, and they went feral and bred-up into quite a devestating environmental problem.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #35 on: August 07, 2008, 11:37:00 PM »
good going guys!!!looks like ya had fun
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #36 on: August 09, 2008, 11:47:00 AM »
Here's a photo of a young brumby I stalked and took the day before I got the pig. The trophy photo isn't that great, so I'll just share the live version, and a picture of me near where the brumby crashed.

 

 
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #37 on: August 09, 2008, 01:27:00 PM »
Dont know if I would wanna be wadin aound in Australia or not! Yall got some big mean lizards down there.

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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #38 on: August 09, 2008, 08:44:00 PM »
We evaluated this swamp (and the other one) pretty carefully. Based on all the wildlife out in it, the shallow depth, the distance from the river, the lack of deep, dark parts, the lack of reeds, and the lack of tracks or slides, we decided there was very little chance of a lizard being there.
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Re: Outback Australia
« Reply #39 on: August 09, 2008, 09:06:00 PM »
LOL! This southern boy still be so nervous if a bream jumped in the water behind me i'd have a coronary! LOL!

Great pics

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