she did'nt go far after that!
now let me tell you that the wind in Australia is the most unpredictable i have ever hunted in, it is just all over the place, i would guess that the wind probably bust about 80% of all our stalks.
I was hunting with my dad, and after a long walk down a dry river bed we hit a couple water holes a quick lift of the bino's revealed pigs all over, a quick decision on which side to approach from, before the wind changed put us in the right spot, i was in front there where pigs in the water, pigs feeding by and some big fella's across the water laying beside a big log.
i stopped where i thought i would get a 20yard shot at some pigs feeding past us but as luck would have it i had a pig come strait towards me at about 10 yards he lifted his head trying to make out what i was, i decided i had to draw now so i came slowly back but decide that a front on shot was not going to work under the current circumstances so i held at full draw and held and held for about 10 seconds which felt like forever the pig was not sure what i was and started to turn, when he hit broadside the arrow was gone, right behind the shoulder clean though.
The pig let out a quick squeal and took off away from the others i did not even look where he went i turned to my dad and said "he's dead lets get another" we quickly worked our way to big tree overlooking the water it would not be long before the others that had fed by would wind us so my dad decided to shoot the closest one in the water.
it was a fair ol poke out there at about 30yards i watched as the red fletch disappeared. Great shot!
In the commotion that followed i tried a shot at one of the big boars on the far bank but deflected off a small branch right in front of me.
i took off around the water and ended up shooting another small pig around a tree at about 2 meters
when i got back my Dad was on the bloodtrail of my first big and it was not long before we found him.
now across on to my dads blood trail, it was a bit thinner than we like it but with my dads tracking skills we were on him, i circled ahead trying to jump the spoor a technique we often use and i found the pig but he was not dead i did not want to shoot as it was not my bird, but it was kind of tricky getting someones attention when they'r in full tracking mode. when i did my he moved in and finished the job
i nice warm up for the Big guys i thought
Topic: Bushfires and Boars the Cape York grunter hunters return (Read 3608 times)
