Wilderlife
WKR
Hi everyone,
I'm new here and thought I should contribute a story and some pictures.
I found this website through the recommendation of a few people I talk to here in Australia, as I'm looking at getting into backpack hunting/camping. The pictures in this story are from a property that my family has hunted/fished for many years. I've never backpacked into the river itself, but I regularly hike in and out in the same day. Camping on the river would make it easier to fish and find game in peak times, so I'm looking forward to it. The river itself is not privately owned but all of the land surrounding it is and this is what we use to access the river. While it's a working farm, the country is very rugged and definitely a 'backcountry' experience, in my opinion.
The following is a collection of pictures from some trips I've made to this spots over the last few months.
I rolled out of my swag one morning and went for a quick walk to the top of the mountain before breakfast. I normally find plenty of feral goats up here, but I like to try and find pigs because they're more of a menace to the property owner. As I walked up to the top of the mountain, I saw some pigs moving around in the clearing I like to sit at and watch. I used my phone to quickly snap a picture.
I held out for the biggest boar to present a shot and let him have it. He wasn't a massive pig by any means but he was the biggest I've taken off this property. He was nice and healthy and impressive to see moving around in the mountain country.
I carried my 9.3x62 a few times over the last few months. I took it out on the property I live after pigs and missed a very easy shot at a sow, so I wanted to get more confident with it. It's a beautiful rifle, but it's also definitely not a mountain rifle.
I dropped into the gorge to go fishing and found some goats. I watched them for a while before deciding to take one.
Feral goats are everywhere on this property. They are good eating and provide a lot of fun hunting opportunities.
This billy was shot at the same spot I got the boar that I posted earlier. Again, not the biggest billy, but a good, fun stalk and more trigger time for my 9.3x62.
This billy was enormous in the body, but his horns weren't that big. My brother shot him with my .308. This was a nice way to end a long day walking the river with rifles and fishing rods.
I'm new here and thought I should contribute a story and some pictures.
I found this website through the recommendation of a few people I talk to here in Australia, as I'm looking at getting into backpack hunting/camping. The pictures in this story are from a property that my family has hunted/fished for many years. I've never backpacked into the river itself, but I regularly hike in and out in the same day. Camping on the river would make it easier to fish and find game in peak times, so I'm looking forward to it. The river itself is not privately owned but all of the land surrounding it is and this is what we use to access the river. While it's a working farm, the country is very rugged and definitely a 'backcountry' experience, in my opinion.
The following is a collection of pictures from some trips I've made to this spots over the last few months.
I rolled out of my swag one morning and went for a quick walk to the top of the mountain before breakfast. I normally find plenty of feral goats up here, but I like to try and find pigs because they're more of a menace to the property owner. As I walked up to the top of the mountain, I saw some pigs moving around in the clearing I like to sit at and watch. I used my phone to quickly snap a picture.
I held out for the biggest boar to present a shot and let him have it. He wasn't a massive pig by any means but he was the biggest I've taken off this property. He was nice and healthy and impressive to see moving around in the mountain country.
I carried my 9.3x62 a few times over the last few months. I took it out on the property I live after pigs and missed a very easy shot at a sow, so I wanted to get more confident with it. It's a beautiful rifle, but it's also definitely not a mountain rifle.
I dropped into the gorge to go fishing and found some goats. I watched them for a while before deciding to take one.
Feral goats are everywhere on this property. They are good eating and provide a lot of fun hunting opportunities.
This billy was shot at the same spot I got the boar that I posted earlier. Again, not the biggest billy, but a good, fun stalk and more trigger time for my 9.3x62.
This billy was enormous in the body, but his horns weren't that big. My brother shot him with my .308. This was a nice way to end a long day walking the river with rifles and fishing rods.