Third Part of Young Mick's hunt story ...
reproduced here with permission

'mickgibbo' report continued ...

We continued along the creek with some great boars and some nice hooks being taken along the way, we were taking the jaws from most the pigs as not only was it a chance to get some extra water in but it was a good break from the 45 Degrees days that we were stalking in. Along the way we saw, donkey, clean skin cattle and wild horses.

We got to one spot that had a very even browse line that was giving a few 100m of shape, this spot was just loaded with pigs, there would have been at least 20 solid pigs under there with a majority being big boars. We not long after found a similar set of trees where I shot a very solid pig that was also hanging with another group of boars.

Where the big mob of pigs were living

It was very hard country to hunt in the 40 degree days, the river water was average but was saving us big time

Unfortunately the spot didn't hold Buffalo but it certainly did hold some great boars, we shot 13 solid pigs for about 1500kg of pork for the day and we let just as many go that were just under the 100kg mark and had a ball doing it.

We were instructed by the boss to shoot any donkeys or horses that we see along our travels and that day we had walked past quite a few, so we both took a wild horse each and and a few donkeys when we hit the dry country again. The stalk was easy on these animals as the grass was very long and easy to hide in. The grass in most spots was just below eye line so stalking through was not a problem, the only problem was there was a good chance of getting run over by something. I shoulder shot a stallion which went straight down to a 300gr Woodleigh.

That afternoon we sat on a edge of scrub that we had seen some young clean skin bulls hanging around the day before, we glassed over the area but couldn't see anything worth taking, after a short rest and glass I spotted a big clean skin bull come out but it didn't have any head gear, then moments later a nice jet black bull stepped out with a nice looking set of horns. I picked my wind and way to get closer, I got into shooting range but the bull seemed to know he was targeted as he kept weaving in and out of the cows which at first seemed like cover but we was just checking them all out. The herd then spooked and I got a running shot into his shoulder, the 300gr projectile had pulled him up and a follow up shot put the bull down. The bull was in great condition considering the cattle in the area were fairly poor. He was a nice looking bull for my first and his horns were taken for a horn mount in my bar.