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Big Game Hunting => Other Big Game => Topic started by: Shooting Stix on July 15, 2016, 09:58:43 AM
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Yesterday I decided to buy my plane ticket to hunt Australia so I will be hunting Water buffalo and possibly other animals while I'm there. I will fly into 29th of July to hunt until August 7th. This is a dream of mine since the days of watching crocodile Dundee if anyone is interested in coming you are more than welcome or wait to see my pictures that's fine too.
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I just landed in Perth Australia and soon I will be on my way to Darwin to the Outback I am ready to pull the trigger on a nice big Water Buffalo
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That's pretty cool. Can't wait for pictures.
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that's awesome,I hope you have a great time..Please keep us up to date...If I was to leave the country for a vacation Australia is where I would head to..Good luck
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always wanted to motorcycle tour Australia's outback camping along the way.
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I shot 2 bulls the first day one was about a 90 inch bull which is minimal you will shoot I just got excited and wanted to shoot. The 2nd buffalo is closer to 94 inches but what is cool is one bull is a Lunar bull and the bigger one is a sweeper. Yesterday I shot a really nice 225 with really nice teeth. The Danish client shot a really nice 90 inch bull that was broomed off but was really impressive was the body size and after he shot it the bull was on a dead run in the direction of the hunter and he shot it on the run. The other Danish hunter shot a really nice sweeper that was 94 inch bull we are seeing 100+ buffalo a day easily this hunt is a blast
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always wanted to motorcycle tour Australia's outback camping along the way.
My outfitter brought up he can line that motorcycle tour for you if that is something you want to do just what type of bike you want to ride it could added to the hunt
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Definitely get some pictures up when you can. Looking forward to seeing them.
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Here is my Scrub Bull that was a massive animal once they hit the dirt which mine is really not as big as the other ones I have seen after I shot but it's about the size of an Eland and the sow pig was shot while looking for scrub bull in the creek bed at 10 yards
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sweet that will make a nice euro :tup: :tup:
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Nice job. :tup:
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The first bull is a bull of a lifetime which scores a 100 and the second bull is mid 90s and the last bull is 90 and that is minimal you will shoot over here I wasn't looking for size I was looking for the shape of the horns. The wild boar I shot was about 100kg or 225 pounds with nice cutters on the bottom which he will score good
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What is done with all the meat?
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I just shot a banteng tonight and I'm at the Airport flying out in a couple hours my big water buffalo bull measured at 105.25 inches which is huge especially for a free range. Unfortunately the meat gets wasted because they are considered pests in Australia
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:tup: Nice.
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So they don't eat any of it :dunno: is it bad ?
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We cut the blackstrap out and cooked it but what it is these animals are not native of Australia and it's ruining the land so they are pests but the outfitter is finding a cold storage so he can keep the meat but you don't realize how big these animals are and you would spend more time packing out buffalo then hunting which you will be successful trust me there is a ton of buffalo and we didn't scratch the surface of the land available to hunt and still seeing 100-200 buffalo a day.
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Last night the last 2 hours of my hunting trip I shot a nice Banteng which Australia is the only place you can hunt them and they are really cool it's like a scrub bull with bosses and they don't give you much time to shoot so you have to be fast with that 375 H&H I had to put 4 into him these animals are tough so if you plan to bowhunt which would be so much fun make sure you are set up with heavy arrows and a good broadhead a 2 blade is preferable. Water buffalo are bigger than Cape Buffalo keep that in mind they are huge
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This is a Banteng that I shot on coburg peninsula he scores around 70-72 inches which is good but they get in the 80s I shot the first one that was nice I didn't waste any time
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Nice pictures
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Sounds like a healthy dose of adrenaline!!
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This is a great hunt there is a lot of animals I didn't get pictures of which were the donkeys I shot I wanted a donkey skin real bad but unfortunately it would have taken too much time and it was black colored the perfect color I wanted and I shot 4 grey donkeys and a brumby
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Looks like an amazing hunt! Congrats! I hear there are areas you can hunt camels too. That would be an interesting hunt too!
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Yes Australia has the largest number of Camels in the world and they are around the middle of the country and we have 6 species of deer such as Sambar, Rusa, fallow, Axis, Stagg, and Hog deer
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I have hear there are GREAT deals for cull hunts on donkey and Camel in Oz. That is one I want to do someday.
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Get ahold of me and I can line that up for you but Atleast shoot a Water buffalo it would look great next to a Cape buffalo bull that would be awesome
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Will do, I am still recovering financially from my last trip to Zim so it may be a while, but I will reach out!
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Yea I feel you I am in England for hunt and in September I will be in South Africa on a hunt also
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Here is my outfitters bull he shot 2-3 weeks before I showed up which scored 101 inches SCI, there is a camel, camp we stayed in but I was told that my clients will be in a Hotel, a really nice Scrub Bull I want to do it again with a Bow next time
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I still want to get a Banteng and Camel, how much does your guy get for those hunts?
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Banteng are 14k and camels are 3500 USD starting next year
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I still want to get a Banteng and Camel, how much does your guy get for those hunts?
I talked to my outfitter in Australia and if you want to swap a mule deer hunt for a camel
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These were 3 water buffalo bulls around 95 inch bulls a week before I showed up and one guy is in a wheelchair
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This is two water buffalo bulls shot recently and all clients will be staying at a hotel instead of a camp
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Looks like you've had a great trip mate, congrats on the trophies.
Buff and banteng hunting for most Aussies is very frustrating as there are no seasons, tags or ways to hunt them without paying a guide big money.
It was only 20 years ago property owners were paying people to shoot buff for them, how's that for a 180!
Did you hunt with goodhand?
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Looks like you've had a great trip mate, congrats on the trophies.
Buff and banteng hunting for most Aussies is very frustrating as there are no seasons, tags or ways to hunt them without paying a guide big money.
It was only 20 years ago property owners were paying people to shoot buff for them, how's that for a 180!
Did you hunt with goodhand?
No I have my Associate in Australia that I book hunts with
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Here are some better pictures of my bulls there is a big size difference between them all
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Here is another Australia water buffalo bull taken with bow
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Hope this is a better picture then the previous pictures
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Here is a couple banteng taken in Australia
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Here is a picture of my Banteng shot last year I finally recieved a decent picture
