264
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Loc: NT Australia
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Covid sort of. stuffed up plans , so a lot more effort at home heres some pics cheers Mick Couple of good boars Rigby HS 93x62 286 norma
 Rigby HS 275. 140PPSN
 Chris with a good boar, quick running shot 404 J and a charge ending with a head shot at his feet
 HS 9.3 286 norma
 Mitch young boar 375 H&H win 70
 Kevin , bust up for 10 both 93's
 9.3 286 norma head shot front on 35m
 recovered jacket from boar above
 Mob pigs
 early morning boar tikka battue 9.3x62
 More mob pigs
 Boar breaking out of creek, 9.3
 Kevin looking at some buff too small
 Kevin first buff 232 Hydro
 Hard yards, Table dancing........
 Trophies
 boar breaking from creek nice shot
 275R 140 PPSN running straight at me dropped at my feet
 Found a unexploded shell. Took the authorities in to its location to remove / destroy the shell. Deemed safe so shell recovered . 25lb practice round, smoke!
 Very foggy morning, busted up a mob of buff previous to the boar pics, boar on a couple of horse carcasses. Then back for buff pics. Mitch cutting jaw out.

 9.3 232 Hydro
 375 H&H
 232gr PPSN
 solid boar of a carcasse 375H&H
 win 70 featherweight 358 185gr ACP 8m
 Mitch with a good boar from a spring 5m
 Neck shot 9.3 232gr PPSN
 after fires and heavy rain tracked this boar to his bed 275 140gr PPSN
 Boar above near a den of dingo pups
 about to smell me
 375H&H
 Skop with a good boar , buff carcasse in back ground.
 Skop 308 1165gr PPSN
 150m further on 404 400gr PPSN
 Life straw! doing it tough for water, big KM's
 everyone should carry a life straw
 resting up 14:00 rains so very hot and humid
 200m running 325 WSM 160TTSX,
 boning out
 Merkel 140 450-400 400gr PPSN 35m running
 Double rise 3m
 recovered 400gr length ways
 Barrett 308 150 hydro
 first with 300WM Kimber
 Carry out
 Mitch nice scrubber
 Fast shooting 325WSM 300WM
 Huge bull! 325WSM 32m on the trot
 500m too go Mitch making it look easy
 Arse end
 boar 300WM
 275R 2/5
 Mitch good boar
 275 HS 140 Hydros, Id run out of 140PPSN's and on my way out , got into 60m two hydros thru the chest and bull walking in circles one more as he walked towards me front on drop at shot. Stoked!
 young boar before the bull
 wet season boar 264 M70 featherweight 140gr PPSN
Edited by 264 (04/04/21 11:34 AM)
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Louis
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Really impressive harvest and nice Rigby, Mick, than you for sharing; you should supply all friends and neighbourhood with venison! Louis
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DarylS
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WOW - quite a year, Mic & a lot of different rifles and loads.
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Waidmannsheil
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Fantastic pics Mick, really well done. The Rigby's look great that's for sure. You certainly have some great looking scenery up there to hunt in, and with a significant number of animals. Looks like even with the Covid crap you had a bloody good time. Well done, thanks for posting.
Matt.
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93x64mm
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Had some fun there mate! Some big pigs & scrubbers to boot as well!
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Rod4861
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Loc: Queensland, Australia
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Bloody hell....if that’s a stuffed up year.....then your good years must be pretty memorable.
Well done.....but a few more photos wouldn’t have gone astray! (Just kidding)
Cheers Rod
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