After talking to the farmer the plan was set to head out the back and stay in the hut for a couple nights.
We arrived at the hut on Friday afternoon, unpacked and snuck out for an arvo walk.
After a while a wee mob of goats were spotted and the plan was set to sneak in and hopefully shoot one.
After a slow but successful stalk the first goat of the trip was down. We decided to get a bit of height to see what was moving around, as the light started to fade we made our way back to the hut for a feed and to make another gameplay for the morning.
The alarm was set for ‘early’ and off we went. We walked around all morning with a little success.
A goat here and there and late afternoon Libby put in a great stalk into a young spiker. It looked like everything was going to plan, until old mate decided to bed down and in doing so looked right under the matagouri she was using for cover.
After a brief stare down the spiker decided Libby was too dangerous and took off,
Bugger! After a huge day walking around with only a few goats down we were back to the hut for dinner and into our sleeping bags nice and early to prepare for one last hunt the next morning. We were up bright and early once again and hit the tops to see what we could find! Bingo a nice looking boar was out feeding on the grass, right out in the open. After a long stalk and setting my myself up hoping he would walk right into me it all came together and he walked off the flat and up into the wee gully I was sitting in. As he feed towards me I snuck in a bit closer, at no more than 20 metres I drew my bow back, settled the pin, and let the arrow fly. Smoked him! He spun around a few times and took off, and only to made it 40 yards.
After a quick few photos we loaded the meat up and set off back to the hut, another successful trip done and dusted!
