Hi guys,
I headed to the goat block again today to have another crack
I decided to stick to the dam, as things have dried out significantly in the last month, and I figured it would be a good place to sit and wait.
Now this dam is fenced so I made a little hide in the funnel and settled in. Wind was good, and it was a beautiful day, but no goats.
I spotted a few off in the distance so I put on a stalk but it was pretty open, and in the end I was busted by the swirling wind about 50m out.
It was a pretty frustrating few hours, and I figured the goats had to be watering elsewhere. I jumped in the ute, and headed for home, but as this is a new spot I decided to take the scenic route and have a good look around.
As it turns out there is a gravel pit/dam about 1km east of where I had spent the morning, and you guessed it, there was 10-12 goats just off the bank. Cheeky buggers
I saved the waypoint and headed off down the bulldozed fire break in the ute. As I got over a rise I spotted a mob about 800m further on.
It's game time!
I stalked to about 50m and settled behind a bush, and let the mob feed to me. They got to about 25m but took off as the wind shifted but pulled up quickly and continued feeding. I snuck to the next bush, but they were still too far out, the wind was good, so I though bugger it and I slowly walked out towards them. Bizarrely, I got to 25m and I slipped an arrow into the closest nanny. I hit her a little high, but I knew it was in the lungs and she pulled up about 20m from where she was hit. Stoked!
Samick Sage @ 45# with 150gn Tusker Javelins
I headed to the goat block again today to have another crack
I decided to stick to the dam, as things have dried out significantly in the last month, and I figured it would be a good place to sit and wait.
Now this dam is fenced so I made a little hide in the funnel and settled in. Wind was good, and it was a beautiful day, but no goats.
I spotted a few off in the distance so I put on a stalk but it was pretty open, and in the end I was busted by the swirling wind about 50m out.
It was a pretty frustrating few hours, and I figured the goats had to be watering elsewhere. I jumped in the ute, and headed for home, but as this is a new spot I decided to take the scenic route and have a good look around.
As it turns out there is a gravel pit/dam about 1km east of where I had spent the morning, and you guessed it, there was 10-12 goats just off the bank. Cheeky buggers
I saved the waypoint and headed off down the bulldozed fire break in the ute. As I got over a rise I spotted a mob about 800m further on.
It's game time!
I stalked to about 50m and settled behind a bush, and let the mob feed to me. They got to about 25m but took off as the wind shifted but pulled up quickly and continued feeding. I snuck to the next bush, but they were still too far out, the wind was good, so I though bugger it and I slowly walked out towards them. Bizarrely, I got to 25m and I slipped an arrow into the closest nanny. I hit her a little high, but I knew it was in the lungs and she pulled up about 20m from where she was hit. Stoked!

Samick Sage @ 45# with 150gn Tusker Javelins