Flying monkeys? Never did see any of those downunder, did see a huge colony of flying foxes though. Let me see, where was it again, of yeah it was along Flying Fox creek!    
RicMic

Sounds as if you had a top hunt Dean. Say... that Glenn fella would he be the one that makes Bows? I've got one of his long bows if that's him ... nice bloke too.    Got to get down to those Reds one day, bloody work  :mad:  

All the best, regards Alan M. Kidner( Silverfox)

or Al in Oz.

Al, don't know if this is the same Glenn fella or not. This one makes longbows and recurves all right, but he's not a very nice bloke.

I wish I'd gone to OZ when he first invited me there ten years ago. We'd been corresponding for a good while, well before we had computers, but I was never moved to travel there until Glenn spent a summer with me several years ago and brought his archery hunting album with him. When I looked through it, I made a commitment and went to OZ the very next April.

I'd forgotten about the feral cats. Killed one while stalking pigs near Longreach. Missed about 4 others at night over a can of sardines in front of our shepherd's cottage, but that's a long and humiliating story. No room for it here. Nope.

Some of these critters have achieved almost small bobcat size and are absolutely decimating the ground birds in the Outback. I found feather tufts marking kills under most every short, scrubby gidgy tree near Longreach. If I lived there, I'd concentrate on some way to hunt them. Furs are pretty and cat meat is good. On the other hand, they'd be a challenge, but can't imagine broiling flying monkey.

Rick is correct. OZ does get in your blood. The buffs in the Northern Territory have him transfixed. The rain forest red deer have struck a chord in me, and I flat love the roar. It's something like I imagine elk hunting must have been before we learned to call them.

Who was eatin' the sardines?        ...Van

How are you going Dean, I'm glad you're home to. I have been barramundi fishing every second day at the Shorncliffe Pier since you left with the same results you got... Glenn

Dean, Sounds like a great trip.  Welcome back and thanks for sharing with us.  Carl Mathias.

I'm with you, Van. "who was eating the sardines?"

And more importantly, why were there any leftovers? Hate to see folks throw perfectly good food out.

Shoulda used some Ol'Roy for bait.

'Course that ain't bad either. A little crunchy, but a beer will wash it down.

Ol Roy ain't half bad in a bowl with a little milk, either.      

Set out to catch an armadillo in a havahart trap this weekend.  Used a rotten banana peel, as conventional wisdom says.  Thought I'd spice it up a tad, so smeared some canned catfood on the nanner peel.  Caught a huge old boar coon.  Had a fun time getting him out.  He wasn't real friendly.    :eek:

Al, them ol' coons are right good eatin' if ya fix'em like my mama used to.  Pressure cooker with taters, carrots, spices,etc.  I like to put'em on the grill after pressure cookin', lots of BBQ sauce..........by the way, what did ya do with him?.............Dennis/MS

Dennis, I let him go.  An armadillo wouldn't have been so lucky.    :p  

I'm strictly trying to trap the 'dillas out of the yard.  They're tearing it up.  Right now they're coming out after midnight, past my bedtime, so thought I'd try trapping.

I've had coon, and it is good when fixed right.  Still haven't tried possum, though.    :D

Jerry Clower coined cooked Armadillo as, "Possum on the Half-Shell!"   I laughed my rearend off over that one.

QuoteOriginally posted by Glenn Newell:
...I'm glad you're home too.  

Thanks for the sentiment, Glenn. From the heart, I am sure, and pretty much the way I felt when you left here.

You're no longer a goat-footed balloon boy. Harry suggested you use the Seat of the Pants harness when you scamper around on the Shorncliffe trusses looking for the pilings where the fish hide. Thataway, a twelve foot flop into two foot water wouldn't scare the pier barramundi and ruin Harry's and mine fishing.

You'd still be our chum, though.

"goat-footed balloon boy"

Dean, were you a lit teacher in a former life?  There's probably not five people in the country who could work an ee cummings quote into a Hunting in Oz thread.    

I thought it was "balloon headed fat boy".

No..no.. that woulda been by Hydro Cephalic.

Joey, that ain't no possum track!

Oops.....wrong thread.    

Fox squirrel, then?

How about a possum footed ballon boy?   :p

Hey Dean, good to see you here and to hear about your trip.  Sounds like a good time.  Too bad them frogs aint bigger, might be a good way to keep some fresh for the table eh?  But then again, I wonder what the heck they eat?  Couldn't be the.... naw, couldn't be.  Could it?

By the way, thanks for ruining my self confidence.      

I just typed up a story to submit to the article and story page here and thought I'd really come up with something but then I read your post where you are just casually telling about your hunt and realized mine was crap.  :(  

Just kidding.  Can't expect a guy who hated english class more than any other to be able to write well eh?  Amazing though, I love to read.

Dave

Hi Dean,

Awesome story...sounds like a wonderful time! Dina

Dean's been hunting upside down again?  That and jet lag must be one heck of a combo to get over.  Thanks for the 45 version of the hunt but when's the LP come out, Dean?

Country Girl,

Love the avatar.