January's Gascoyne Region (Western Australia) feral goat hunt:

Tony Jensen, using a 55lb Hoyt Gamemaster






Matt Wright, using a 70lb Black Widow PLX "Zebrawood"

Me, using a 70lb Howard Hill Redman






Me, with a 68lb Black Widow SAIII

What a great hunt. You fellers almost have too much fun over there.

Todd

Very cool pics and thanks for sharing.  How do you guys cook a goat?  We been known to barbecue one like a pig over here.

Excellant kills Ben! Thanks for sharing! I can't wait to get over there and hunt some of those critters!    Well done mate!    

Great pics, hopefully I'll make it there someday.  

What a neat animal.

awesome Ben congrats! those Goats are just awesome to hunt with the bow, Nige and i are gonna be out there September next year we should try meet up    

that Silvertip of your's cant be far of arriving in the land down under

Hey Ben those are some great pictures, looks like you had an awesome hunt! Congrats!

Ben.  There is a snowstorm going on as I speak here in Nova Scotia.  Man I envy you.  Awesome pics and awesome goats for you and your friend.

Thanks, lads!

Andy - the Silvertip should be getting closer! I'm stoked, because I've tracked down some wooden arrows to use! We should definitely meet-up when you and Nige are over (we'll see what the pigs are doing, eh?).

Cheers,

Ben

Goat fest 2008    

That my friends it to cool

nice pics thanks

Hi Ben, great pictures and thanks for sharing. That looks like heaps of fun.  Were all those taken on the same hunt?  

Do you ever have confrontations with any of the deadly snakes and spiders that abound on your big island?

Sounds like a plan Ben ill give you a shout closser to the time and we'l sort something out, i really be up for that. You got any free time off in september  

you got sights on that bow?    thats different lookin. lots of kills... neat

G'day Lads!

These goats were taken during the same hunt, Ryan. We do encounter snakes and spiders, but the most bothersome creatures on this hunt were the ants.

Yeah, Andy, we'll sort something out for sure, but my school break is a week in October. But there're still weekends.

Tony had a sight on his Hoyt recurve to start with. It was his first hunt with a recurve. So he shot those first two goats of his with sights. But, after hanging out with bad company during the evening target practice sessions, he decided to take his sights off and have a go, which he did with excellence, nailing that last big goat of his.

glad ta hear he took the sights off and shot trad.

A couple of weeks ago, Matt Wright snuck in and shot this 75kg boar at 5m range. The 820-grain Goldtip/Ribtek arrow zipped right through, and the pig made 10m only before going down. His bow's a 66", 70lb @ 29" Black Widow PLX "Zebrawood".

 

Today we headed out real early to a swamp that still has a fair bit of water in it. It had no ferals on it, so we began walking cross-country to another swamp. Along the way, we found a mob of eight pigs rooting around in the damp, soft sand. Off with the boots, a perfect stalk, two warning shots over her back, and finally a double-lung shot (all at 10m) put this sow down after a 60m dash. I was using 704-grain CX350 Heritage arrows and Tusker Delta broadheads. The bow is my 64", 78lb @ 29" Black Widow PLX "Bocote".

 

Later on, Matt did an amazing bit of stump-shooting with his judo-tipped arrow, hitting this termite mound perfectly with a 45m shot.