Outback Australia

butta9999 · August 26, 2008, 11:54 PM

Just got back from a hunting trip, plenty of game around here are some pics..

First photo is of me and a Billy shot at 150yd with my .243 on the wheat fields.
Second photo is of me with 4 billys shot by me and a mate using a my .243 and my mates .300wm range around 200yd
Third photo is of my uncle with nice boar taken at the wheat silos on the first night spotlighting with a .270 range 40yd

I have more photos but i can only upload 3 in one thread

We ended up with 3 pigs to about 85kg, 20 goats, 16 rabbits, 6 hares, 1 cat, 1 crow. Plenty of rabbits and hares there, also heaps of goats. Only shot enough rabbits for the pot. Saw around 14 pigs all up but a lot on the run.

davlandrum · August 27, 2008, 09:50 AM

Nice - looks like you had a ton of fun!

The goats are non-native, right?

Scorch · August 27, 2008, 12:39 PM

butta-
Looks like you had a great hunt. I'm jealous. But why are you guys all bundled up? Don't you know it's summertime?

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The goats are non-native, right?

Any mammal is not native to Australia.

roy reali · August 27, 2008, 11:10 PM

Kangaroos and Koalas are reptiles?

butta9999 · August 28, 2008, 12:53 AM

we are in winter here, just coming into spring. Goats are all feral we have millions of them here. Bloody freezing at night day time was perfect. I would load more photos but does not allow. No trophy billies but some good coats and not bad horns.

First photo is a feral cat shot by my dad with the old remington .788 in .222. Cat was spotted on the wheat about 110 yards.
Second photo is of me and best mate just after shooting pigs with .300 win mag spotlighting, one got away.
Third photo is of me and the three pigs for the weekend no tusks oh well. Im holding my .243 with pecar scope which took a few good billies

10-96 · August 28, 2008, 01:41 AM

Wow, why can't we have goats running all amock over here? That looks like a whole friggin lot of fun! How much and what kinds of crop damage do your ag co-ops claim each year to goats?

kristop64089 · August 28, 2008, 06:40 AM

Do you have open season all year, on feral animals?

What about bag limits?

davlandrum · August 28, 2008, 09:22 AM

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Kangaroos and Koalas are reptiles?

They are marsupials. I will defer to any biology types as to whether or not marsupials fall under the general heading of mammals.

hogdogs · August 28, 2008, 09:41 AM

I do know that the ferral cats are fair game... They have no predators so they are killing off many Oz critters like a plague!
KILL A KITTY FOR MATILDA!!!
Brent

fbrown333@suddenlink · August 28, 2008, 10:33 AM

Even though it is legal there to shoot them, some tree hugger will have a fit about it and show the picture out of context :barf: One must control them how ever and as cheaply as possible

Nice looking pigs. looks like a good time for all.

hogdogs · August 28, 2008, 10:39 AM

I do not agree with the "hide it" mentality... Ted Nugent has taught me better than that.
Brent

fbrown333@suddenlink · August 28, 2008, 12:42 PM

I was not saying hide it I was just stating that some tree hugger will use it for propaganda

. Anyone who knows me knows I hunt and am proud of it. I have several friends that say if the SHTF they will be coming to my house to hang out

. My wife tells her friends she becomes divorced when hunting season comes in

. I was raised in the sticks and love the outdoors, and as soon as we sell our house in town we are moving back to the sticks where people act normal and use common sense

(no offence to the city folks on this board) and watch out for each other. Besides in my book the only good cat is a dead cat

roy reali · August 28, 2008, 07:49 PM

I am not biologist, but I think these guys qualify.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/...marsupial.html

butta9999 · August 29, 2008, 05:07 AM

Feral cats are the biggest killer of our native birds and small lizards. Yes open season all year every year on feral game. There are open close seasons for following

sambar deer
Red deer
Chital deer
Hog deer
Fallow deer have restrictions
Ducks
Quail

No bag limits on feral game. My friend just got back from a hunt for pigs using dogs, he ended up with 23 for the weekend. Goats and pigs are in the millions and always will be as we have so much land for the to thrive on. As for destruction on crops it costs farmers 100's of millions of dollars a year. There are some limits on deer.

Scorch · August 29, 2008, 08:07 AM

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Any Mammal?

Sheesh, what a bunch of nitpickers.
OK, how about "Any placental mammal is non-native to Australia". Happy?
I guess I need to be more precise.

phil mcwilliam · August 29, 2008, 08:23 AM

Hey, Scorch - Dingo

Scorch · August 29, 2008, 08:44 AM

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Hey, Scorch - Dingo

I knew someone would mention that. Dingo are not native to Australia, they were introduced. They originated with the dogs kept by Polynesians.

butta9999 · August 29, 2008, 05:47 PM

Not bad buddy yes your right with the dingos, thats why we can blast them to hell. We do have a lot of natve bats here though, hope that settles things. There a lot of introduced animals here:

Rabbit
Hare
Fox
Dingo
Dog
Cat
Goat
Pig
Quail
Deer
Buffalo
Donkey
Camel
Brumby

They are some of the game we have here... You do have amazing game in the states as well.

Death from Afar · September 8, 2008, 02:44 AM

Hey Butta- I had a whale of time shooting outside Dawrwin a few years back- pigs and buffalo. Fantastic time had by three kiwis and seven mad 3RAR dudes- we shot hundreds (literally) of pigs- never seen anything like it.

butta9999 · September 9, 2008, 12:06 AM

Yeah mate pigs up north are plentiful, as well as buff and other game. Goats dont get up that far but the pig quality is good as you would probably know. I am from Victoria which is down south and pigs have even come dowm as far as our state parks now.

Im off fox shooting in a few weeks hopefully might have a couple more photos and stories.

Death from Afar · September 11, 2008, 10:45 PM

What are your goat numbers like? Where I shoot, north of Kaikoura in the SOuth Island, we get about 100 in a weekend. The conservation idiots are going to get professional hunters into my favorite area which doesnt make me happy.

Sgt.Fathead · September 11, 2008, 11:45 PM

Um, maybe we should all save our change and see if we can't get a group rate on a cargo plane down to hang with butta! That looks like a hell of a lot of fun to be had!

butta9999 · September 12, 2008, 04:30 AM

Boys goats are in the millions here. They love the dry climate that NSW offers. Ill post a photo of a mob running in front of my truck when we were driving through the day. Alot of the farmers dont let you shoot them anymore because they harvest them when times are tough with the drought. Most of the farmers who grow wheat crop let you knock them off.

Best part of the properties here is that they are massive. The most recent property i went on which i have attached the photos too is 400km2. We were there for four days and saw a quarter of the property. Because our land is so vast ferals of all kinds thrive here, remembering our population is only 22 million. About the population of Manhatten.

Cant wait for my next hunt ill get some more photos on here.

August 27, 2008, 09:50 AM	#2
davlandrum Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Lane County Oregon Posts: 2,547	Nice - looks like you had a ton of fun! The goats are non-native, right? __________________ U.S Army, Retired Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do. -Potter Stewart

August 27, 2008, 11:10 PM	#4
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	Any Mammal? Kangaroos and Koalas are reptiles?

August 28, 2008, 01:41 AM	#6
10-96 Senior Member Join Date: October 19, 2005 Location: Tx Panhandle Territory Posts: 4,159	Wow, why can't we have goats running all amock over here? That looks like a whole friggin lot of fun! How much and what kinds of crop damage do your ag co-ops claim each year to goats? __________________ Rednecks... Keeping the woods critter-free since March 2, 1836. (TX Independence Day) I suspect a thing or two... because I've seen a thing or two.

August 28, 2008, 10:33 AM	#10
fbrown333@suddenlink Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 240	Killakitty Even though it is legal there to shoot them, some tree hugger will have a fit about it and show the picture out of context :barf: One must control them how ever and as cheaply as possible Nice looking pigs. looks like a good time for all. __________________ Accuracy over volume

August 28, 2008, 12:42 PM	#12
fbrown333@suddenlink Senior Member Join Date: January 26, 2007 Location: West Virginia Posts: 240	hogdogs I was not saying hide it I was just stating that some tree hugger will use it for propaganda . Anyone who knows me knows I hunt and am proud of it. I have several friends that say if the SHTF they will be coming to my house to hang out. My wife tells her friends she becomes divorced when hunting season comes in. I was raised in the sticks and love the outdoors, and as soon as we sell our house in town we are moving back to the sticks where people act normal and use common sense (no offence to the city folks on this board) and watch out for each other. Besides in my book the only good cat is a dead cat __________________ Accuracy over volume

August 28, 2008, 09:41 AM	#9
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	I do know that the ferral cats are fair game... They have no predators so they are killing off many Oz critters like a plague! KILL A KITTY FOR MATILDA!!! Brent

August 28, 2008, 10:39 AM	#11
hogdogs Staff In Memoriam Join Date: October 31, 2007 Location: Western Florida panhandle Posts: 11,069	I do not agree with the "hide it" mentality... Ted Nugent has taught me better than that. Brent

August 28, 2008, 07:49 PM	#13
roy reali Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2005 Posts: 3,248	They Are I am not biologist, but I think these guys qualify. http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mammal/...marsupial.html

August 29, 2008, 05:07 AM	#14
butta9999 Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 692	Feral cats are the biggest killer of our native birds and small lizards. Yes open season all year every year on feral game. There are open close seasons for following sambar deer Red deer Chital deer Hog deer Fallow deer have restrictions Ducks Quail No bag limits on feral game. My friend just got back from a hunt for pigs using dogs, he ended up with 23 for the weekend. Goats and pigs are in the millions and always will be as we have so much land for the to thrive on. As for destruction on crops it costs farmers 100's of millions of dollars a year. There are some limits on deer.

August 29, 2008, 08:23 AM	#16
phil mcwilliam Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2007 Posts: 573	Hey, Scorch - Dingo

August 29, 2008, 05:47 PM	#18
butta9999 Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 692	Scorch Not bad buddy yes your right with the dingos, thats why we can blast them to hell. We do have a lot of natve bats here though, hope that settles things. There a lot of introduced animals here: Rabbit Hare Fox Dingo Dog Cat Goat Pig Quail Deer Buffalo Donkey Camel Brumby They are some of the game we have here... You do have amazing game in the states as well.

September 8, 2008, 02:44 AM	#19
Death from Afar Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2004 Location: Living the dream in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Posts: 1,635	Hey Butta- I had a whale of time shooting outside Dawrwin a few years back- pigs and buffalo. Fantastic time had by three kiwis and seven mad 3RAR dudes- we shot hundreds (literally) of pigs- never seen anything like it. __________________ "Beware of the Man with one gun...he probably isnt into guns enough to be safe with it".

September 9, 2008, 12:06 AM	#20
butta9999 Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 692	Yeah mate pigs up north are plentiful, as well as buff and other game. Goats dont get up that far but the pig quality is good as you would probably know. I am from Victoria which is down south and pigs have even come dowm as far as our state parks now. Im off fox shooting in a few weeks hopefully might have a couple more photos and stories.

September 11, 2008, 10:45 PM	#21
Death from Afar Senior Member Join Date: November 7, 2004 Location: Living the dream in Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND Posts: 1,635	What are your goat numbers like? Where I shoot, north of Kaikoura in the SOuth Island, we get about 100 in a weekend. The conservation idiots are going to get professional hunters into my favorite area which doesnt make me happy. __________________ "Beware of the Man with one gun...he probably isnt into guns enough to be safe with it".

September 11, 2008, 11:45 PM	#22
Sgt.Fathead Junior member Join Date: March 3, 2007 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,637	Um, maybe we should all save our change and see if we can't get a group rate on a cargo plane down to hang with butta! That looks like a hell of a lot of fun to be had!

September 12, 2008, 04:30 AM	#23
butta9999 Senior Member Join Date: June 29, 2008 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Posts: 692	Boys goats are in the millions here. They love the dry climate that NSW offers. Ill post a photo of a mob running in front of my truck when we were driving through the day. Alot of the farmers dont let you shoot them anymore because they harvest them when times are tough with the drought. Most of the farmers who grow wheat crop let you knock them off. Best part of the properties here is that they are massive. The most recent property i went on which i have attached the photos too is 400km2. We were there for four days and saw a quarter of the property. Because our land is so vast ferals of all kinds thrive here, remembering our population is only 22 million. About the population of Manhatten. Cant wait for my next hunt ill get some more photos on here.