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phil mcwilliam · March 17, 2010, 05:12 AM

Gbro, Australia is metric but once youre in rural areas people still talk in acres & yards. My mate has owned this cattle property for 18 years & I probably have averaged a weekend hunting there every 6 weeks over this time. Needless to say, I know this property & surrounding properties extremely well. The canyon that these guys were looking up is accessible by a 4x4 track that loops around the back & my usual method of hunting goats is to ride my old Honda XR250 dirtbike up to the top of this canyon & then stalk the goats.
I consider a "long range" shot for myself anything over 300 yards, and have taken plenty at that distance with both my Sako 22-250 & 308, but I guess most of the feral goats I have shot have been at distances of 25 to 150 yards. Because of their numbers feral goats in this area are easy to shoot, but also have to be culled. It is common to be culling a herd of a dozen goats in this canyon area, only to have several more small herds of upto a dozen cross through this area within the hour.
I only posted this story because it is very much different to the type of hunting/ shooting that Ive ever been involved with. I know a guy that has won medals shooting Queens Birthday shoots ,where they shoot at 600 yards & 1,000yard targets with Omark 303 rifles fitted with aperture sights. Ive also known professional fox shooters that can shoot the eye out of a fox at 200 yards with a 17rem to save a pelt from damage. As a matter of fact Wayne, the manager of this property is also a part time professional-kangaroo shooter & has paid off a second hand Toyota Landcruiser with kangaroos at $20 a roo.
But we were all amazed at what this auto electrician & his mate were capable of with their very specialised equipment.

March 17, 2010, 05:12 AM	#33
phil mcwilliam Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2007 Posts: 573	Gbro, Australia is metric but once youre in rural areas people still talk in acres & yards. My mate has owned this cattle property for 18 years & I probably have averaged a weekend hunting there every 6 weeks over this time. Needless to say, I know this property & surrounding properties extremely well. The canyon that these guys were looking up is accessible by a 4x4 track that loops around the back & my usual method of hunting goats is to ride my old Honda XR250 dirtbike up to the top of this canyon & then stalk the goats. I consider a "long range" shot for myself anything over 300 yards, and have taken plenty at that distance with both my Sako 22-250 & 308, but I guess most of the feral goats I have shot have been at distances of 25 to 150 yards. Because of their numbers feral goats in this area are easy to shoot, but also have to be culled. It is common to be culling a herd of a dozen goats in this canyon area, only to have several more small herds of upto a dozen cross through this area within the hour. I only posted this story because it is very much different to the type of hunting/ shooting that Ive ever been involved with. I know a guy that has won medals shooting Queens Birthday shoots ,where they shoot at 600 yards & 1,000yard targets with Omark 303 rifles fitted with aperture sights. Ive also known professional fox shooters that can shoot the eye out of a fox at 200 yards with a 17rem to save a pelt from damage. As a matter of fact Wayne, the manager of this property is also a part time professional-kangaroo shooter & has paid off a second hand Toyota Landcruiser with kangaroos at $20 a roo. But we were all amazed at what this auto electrician & his mate were capable of with their very specialised equipment. Last edited by phil mcwilliam; March 17, 2010 at 06:21 AM.