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"It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes
      #3845 - 20/07/03 02:31 AM

"It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes




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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: Ezine]
      #3855 - 21/07/03 06:05 AM

Great article and hunt. Thank you.

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: Ezine]
      #3866 - 22/07/03 09:46 AM

Bakes, that was a very good story but perhaps a few suggestions for you in the future.

Outdoor writers have certain techniques that they follow, for instance:

Never admit to missing, writers are always the best shots in the story.

Never credit the other hunters, they should all be stupid and clumsy, only the writer is a good hunter. Always talk about the difficulty of the hunt and how your knowledge saved it from certain disaster. You should have explained that you were smarter than your mates in staying put, not that they were in better shape.

Always comment about the savage recoil of your weapon. Make it plain that only you or another writer can handle the recoil.

Always include a picture of you with the largest animal. Even if you aren't the one to shoot it.

Remind everyone how dangerous the animal is and how many people are killed or injured thinking about the particular animal.

Always pimp everything that you use or wear. You never know when some sponsor will pay you to write something. Include phone numbers and address's when appropriate.

Never affer a negative opinion about a product. If a knife blade breaks refer to the toughness of the animal, not the weakness of the design. Remember the sponsors.

I am sure there are other things to do. A very good read and obviously true.


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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: mickey]
      #3874 - 22/07/03 03:18 PM

I agree. Poor show. Bakes didn't mention Weatherby even once (oops now I have done it )

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PS Bakes - excellent read and nice photos.

I guess the property gets burned off occasioanlly. I know what it is like to try to walk through that sort of stuff. Lost a pair of black ducks on the Murray last season. Shot at one and both fell out of the sky as they crossed over at that point. They landed well into a very thick sward of reeds so I waded to as near as I could get but then had to enter the reeds. Searched for an hour but no luck. And was it strenuous! At times I had to lie down on the reeds to flatten them just to extract from legs from the tangle. Never recovered the ducks.

Luckily I didn't bring the dog to the duck game reserve as it is now known as a "biosphere" and dogs are banned

Got to love those Jack Russells.

The lake where you hunted sounds like a great place fro ducks and geese. Do you go after them in season?

Thanks again for the story and photographs.


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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: NitroX]
      #3886 - 23/07/03 01:29 AM

Great story, Bakes! I can imagine the grass you were trying to walk in.

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: Ezine]
      #3907 - 25/07/03 01:13 PM

Ahh thanks Mickey I'll keep that in mind for the next one

Nitro, I'm not into bird shooting, but there are 1000's of whistling ducks at the lake and a few geese.

Bakes

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: Bakes]
      #68154 - 28/12/06 12:10 AM

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: NitroX]
      #68204 - 28/12/06 10:49 AM

I was wondering how this one got draged up again

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: Ezine]
      #80252 - 09/06/07 08:31 PM

Hi Bakes,

very nice story, thank you.

Here in Midwest Germany we hunt the wild pig as a main prey, but we usually do it from a Hochsitz (high stand) or in organized hunts with beaters (Treibjagd).

Two questions, out of pure curiosity (no offense intended):
1) What happend to the prey? Were the shot pigs retrieved and butchered?
2) What bullet did you use in the Mauser?

All the best,

Joachim

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: shatter]
      #80317 - 11/06/07 08:21 AM

Shatter

No the pigs are left in the paddock. The heat being what it is, even in the dry season day temps are in the low 30s, and a lack of refridgeration means they get left behind. I have taken some wild pork home but that was when we were hunting a property close to home.

The ammo used was standard medium game Winchester factory rounds.

Bakes

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Re: "It wasn't like this last year ... " by Bakes [Re: Bakes]
      #80367 - 12/06/07 03:07 AM

Shatter

Feral pigs are regarded as pests in the Australian bush. No bag limits, no seasons etc.

Most that are shot by sporting hunters are left lying, though some guys shoot for 'chillers' and the carcases are inspected, put into a chiller, cut up and packaged and exported to Germany (one destination).

Next time you sit down to "wild boar" in a German retaurant it may well be Aussie feral pig.

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