first Boar with the long bow

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Arra Slinger · #1 Post by **Arra Slinger** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:30 am

GÃ¢â‚¬â„¢day,
Took the arvo off work today and went for a hunt with a mate
I decided to take the long bow out for a walk instead of the curve
so when ol mate came around and I got the bow out his comments
were something along the line of what the hell ya gunna shoot with that thing.....

Ol mate shot two Boars while we were out, both good pigs with the compound
and I shot my first longbow Boar, it would be my best to date
We were taking some video footage and pics of ol mate and his first pig when
it started to rain so like two little girls we were huddled in
behind this tree tryin to get out of the rain when a old sow walked out
of the scrub straight towards us, she crossed our sent and done the bolt.
not 2 minuets later there was a pig behind us about 30 metres out
I said to my mate is that the sow "no she went the other way" I grabbed
the long bow and with the long weeds covering his face most the time
and very soft ground I made it into 4-5 metres of him and gave
him a POC shaft (one of my lucky lucky arras) in behind the
shoulder as he quarter away. He went about 20m and all over red rover.
And the best part, the POC lived to see another day.

As ya can see she's a bit on the wet side

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over the moon I was, every thing just fell into place.
Except when I was removing the jaw I ended up with a task
Hole in between two of my fingers.. As I was tryin to snap the last
Bit of jaw off, I slipped and yer them teethies are pretty sharp
Put a fair old cut in me. So maybe a couple of stitches tomorrow

She be right

hope you enjoy the little yarn
catha later fellas

Benny Nganabbarru · #2 Post by **Benny Nganabbarru** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 6:55 am

That's an impressive boar, Ben! Congratulations on a job well-done! What kind of longbow is that? And what are the specifications? Many happy returns of the day! Cheers, Ben

jindydiver · #3 Post by **jindydiver** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:42 am

Great stuff mate

All the better for the work you need to do to just find them in SW WA

trash one · #4 Post by **trash one** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:42 am

Hay Benny boy
Good stuff, but what the hell are you wearing, you must have a good boss to just let you take the afternoon off to go huntin.

Strowie will be up here in about a fortnight and we are heading out to the 007 spot, to bad your so far away,
I'll give you a call and give you a real serve about your hair and clothes you big girl.

CATCH YA
BUTCH.

pedro · #5 Post by **pedro** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 9:46 am

good one mate, ya on a roll now with them der pigs.

Steven J · #6 Post by **Steven J** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:30 am

Well done Arra Slinger,

Hope you got some antiseptic on that cut. You know what that thing has been feeding on!

Steve

Mick Smith · #7 Post by **Mick Smith** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 11:48 am

Nice one mate!!

Hood · #8 Post by **Hood** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:38 pm

Congrats on the LB pig Ben

CM Sackett · #9 Post by **CM Sackett** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 1:56 pm

Superb!!!

adam · #10 Post by **adam** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 2:53 pm

Dude.... Awesome you must be happy with that place and your hunting.

Adam

#11 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 7:43 pm

Congrats on a good pig Ben!!!

Jeff

Arra Slinger · #12 Post by **Arra Slinger** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:09 pm

Thanks fellas,
Ben, the bow was made by a old bloke at my club, he got a kit
from John Clark so its a "John Drinkwater Woomera" and its a touch
shy of 50# at 28.(bit light but just need to put more spit on the end of the arra to get it to stick good and proper)

Butcho, I thought you might like that little dress up kit

And yer my boss is all right, cant really complain about him, he might hear me

thanks again

Catchas later

piggy · #13 Post by **piggy** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 8:20 pm

Well done Mate

Paul · #14 Post by **Paul** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 10:29 pm

Sounds like there's a good number of pigs to be found on that place mate.
He's a great looking boar, well done!

bear74 · #15 Post by **bear74** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:32 am

well done mate!

BEAR

TRASH · #16 Post by **TRASH** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 2:25 pm

Eh !!!! bout bloody time ya shot a man pig BOY !!!!!! AHHHA
i can see in the photo how you've changed, all growd up now ya pills have dropped!!!! You might even start to walk with a swagger now.
Good one benno but man you didnt pay attention when we showed you to cut out the hooks did ya !!!!
Oh well Butcho can beat it into you again when you go up that way

strowy

BowDonkey · #17 Post by **BowDonkey** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:04 am

Nice rooter mate! Any of you Mt Isa blokes run into Butcho, tell'em I'll be in touch. Lots of water gone under the bridge since our computer went south. Cold over here in MN and dry. Almost as dry as northern QLD. Didn't mean to steal your thread. It's damn good to be back.

#18 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:30 am

Good to see ya back Bow Donkey. I asked Butcho only a few weeks ago how you were doin. I hope you are gettin the new house in order and glad you have a computer goin again.

I hope that Akubra is still servin you well.

Jeff

spiderbait24 · #19 Post by **spiderbait24** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:32 pm

onya arra

Arra Slinger · #20 Post by **Arra Slinger** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:47 pm

Hey Strowy,

I didnÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t pay attention no,,, I must have been practicing my Bugera 1-2 step. Should see me on the dance floor, a real groover eh, put it down to the early dance lessons I got at Boulia

And if memory serves me correctly you and Butchy boy gave me my first Bourbon,
let me tell ya I have that Bourbon drinking down pat now my pills have dropped

Catcha later

wayoutwest · #21 Post by **wayoutwest** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:47 pm

did old ray make the bow arra?

Arra Slinger · #22 Post by **Arra Slinger** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 9:24 pm

Hey Big Luke, I mean Big Duke,

Na it was John Drinkwater that made this one
If Rai made it i'd have to have someone walking behind me pushin me
guts back in, he can pull back some mean poundage for a skinny old codger,
if you told him you have a long bow thatÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s under 70# he'd say
so its a toy bow then ey

ya gota love that old coot there great people Rai and Sherl

Catcha later

BowDonkey · #23 Post by **BowDonkey** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:18 am

Sticbow, the Akubra is the flashiest hat in MN, well at least up here in the bog. The new house is OK, a hell of a mortage now. The main thing is the boy and wife are better. I see it as a big curveball life throws at us from time to time. The price of living, and I thank God it wasn't any worse. Thanks for your concern.

#24 Post by **Stickbow Hunter** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:15 pm

BowDonkey, I'm glad the family are better and things seem to be getting back on track mate. All the best and glad to have you being able to drop in here again.

Jeff

wayoutwest · #25 Post by **wayoutwest** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 5:43 pm

Yeah i reckon hes a legand he laughed at me when i told him me longbow was 55# they put on a good show up there is it always like that?