G'day lads,

I was blessed with the taking of this chap this morning, having stalked to ten metres of where he slept amongst the eucalypt suckers on the edge of a swamp. As he heard the cornflakes crunch, he slowly got up to have a look around, and when he turned side-on, I fed the arrow to him. The arrow was a pass-through, and he made about twenty yards before crashing.



He happens to be my second-best boar ever, and I am stoked with him. The bow was my 80lb @ 28" Schafer Silvertip that I got a few months ago. The arrow was 775 grains of Douglas fir and STOS broadhead.

Once again, my sincere thanks go to Dave Windauer for making this wonderful bow; to TradGanger Joe for making the best arrows in the world; to Doug from Surewood Shafts for finding straight, stiff and heavy shafts for Joe to turn into arrows for me; and to Todd, for making a broadhead that even I can sharpen, and that is indeed slicker than owl manure!

Good hunting and shooting all, especially now that deer season and elk season are either underway or getting closer,

Ben

Congrats...that boar is one tough-looking old warrior...

congrats Ben good shooting!
been keen to see how you'd get on with it.
thats a fantastic Boar well deserved      

Good job, Ben! Nicely done.

Todd

Nice!
Great boar and a good looking set up.

Congrats looks like fun  

like your work mate. how's the swamps fairing in the NT? i've only got one left, the rest are dry. creeks are the go now. is that a swamp in the background? a flood plain perhaps? what did he score?

Nice boar! Congratulations!    Lin

Thanks, fellows. Clint, the swamps are shrinking, and some will dry, but others will survive. Creeks are the go in some places here, too. Katherine boars rarely score well. At a guess, this one would've made 22 or so. Maybe the terrain is more rocky than Arnhemland or the Cape. I wonder if genetics affects teeth size?

Nice one Ben, great stuff and congrats! That Silvertip looks to have the mojo  

Congrats  

ben......well done, but.....leave some for me brother!!! Glad your afield and successful. Now if only we could get you pulling a decent bow weight you can  come down here and whack some rabbits.....all the best mate. Ben

Congrats!!, that is a cool looking pig!

Awesome pig mate! Nothing like the mojo of a new bow  

Way to go!

Before I saw your bow discription, I was thinking to myself, I bet he didn't shoot that one with a 40# bow  :-)
Your pigs are different than ours. They all look like linebackers!

Ben, congradulations ! He's a dandy.

  Congrats

Well done

Great looking boar, Ben.  Congrats. And really nice job with the pic!