Spotlighting - Page 3

Farmer · 05-07-2008, 06:26 AM

Everything seems to be picking up, might be the dry spell.

Have gotten 4 small pigs this week, and was only going out the back to start the water pump.

Last week i went spotlighting and we saw 12 foxes but only got 3 and a heap of bunnies.

Irish, you would have to agree that it doesnt matter how many bunnies you shoot and how much you get into big ferals, blowing up thumpers never gets boring.

irish murphy · 05-07-2008, 07:19 AM

Love shooting ferals of any kind.Although deer have started to tickle my fancy lately.Not really a spotlighting feral.Im keen to get back down to my mates and have a crack at the fallow stag i saw last time.I got a fallow buck last weekend at my mates place.Only a young fella.Three year old.

JohnBlaze · 05-07-2008, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by musicmaniac

I hear that rubbing vegemite behind your ears will stop them from attacking you though right nathan and Irish? haha! You guys definitely had me going! Here is the wikipedia article on dropbears.
Mythical creature

Oh, and Irish and Nathan,
If you guys ever come here to America, make sure to look out for the hoop snakes. They'll get ya!

Yeah, I'll take you out for Jackalope and Chupacabra

irish murphy · 05-07-2008, 07:44 AM

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Yeah, I'll take you out for Jackalope and Chupacabra

Some of the hares ive shot you could call jackalope hahahahhahah,big as dogs.

samuel · 05-07-2008, 07:57 AM

You "Blokes" are great contributors to the forum and deserve an award for your post,s on the great "land down under".I never tire of your posts.Thanks,wish I could do as much.Keep up the great work. sam.

irish murphy · 05-07-2008, 08:00 AM

No worries sam,i just wish a couple of you would come see it for yourselves.As i would also like to be rich enough to visit your great country.I have met some awesome people on this site and will continue to show you lot our side of the equator.There are a good number of posting aussies on G&G which is good to see.

petemi · 05-07-2008, 01:47 PM

What's a Drop Bear? You guys have a picture of one. Could I get one for my wife's mother for Christmas?

Oxford · 05-07-2008, 02:33 PM

Irish...I visited your great country five years ago but only traveled in the state of Victoria. I suppose all the drop bears were sleeping when we were in their environment.(ha) But...the Koala's were seen several times, mostly eating euculiptus leaves or sleeping. Hope to get back there again and see the sights in other states.

irish murphy · 05-07-2008, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by petemi

What's a Drop Bear? You guys have a picture of one. Could I get one for my wife's mother for Christmas?

A few pics have been posted in this thread mate.Im not game enough to take a pic of one.Bloody things can smell cameras half a mile away,and they dont like them.As for getting one for you MI for xmas.That is a cracking idea.All you have to do is send her over here on holiday.Pick her destination for her,book her accomadation.Make sure its in a bush setting.Tell her to venture out in the wild of our bush looking for our beautiful bird life and take heaps of pics.Pretty sure she will encounter a DB within the first 8 hours and hey presto you MI problems are over.

OX,you got to see some of australias finest then .But victoria is only a small part.Hope you come back mate,look me up.

Farmer · 05-08-2008, 04:56 AM

Im Not going anywhere near a drop bear man,

I like all my parts how they are now.

The worst part is they are so hard to spot, so you never know if they are in the tree you just decided to stop under.

Nathan123 · 05-08-2008, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by irish murphy

I got a fallow buck last weekend at my mates place.Only a young fella.Three year old.

Pictures man!!!! Where are the pictures?

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Originally Posted by irish murphy

OX,you got to see some of australias finest then

The best part of Melbourne is looking at it in the review mirror on the way out. Back to front shit of a place. I lived there for 4 months and vowed never to return,LOL. The rest of the state is nice though.

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Originally Posted by irish murphy

Im not game enough to take a pic of one.Bloody things can smell cameras half a mile away,and they dont like them.

I have found that the flash from the camera sends em mad. They are mean little buggers at the best of times, let alone when you piss one off, they scare the snot out of me.

My cousin threw a rock at one when we were kids. He only ever made that mistake once. I thought he was a goner for sure.

As for the Wikipedia sight, you blokes do realize that anyone can edit that page. I could start a page saying i was the 2nd president of the USA. Dont make it true.

irish murphy · 05-08-2008, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Nathan123

Pictures man!!!! Where are the pictures?

The best part of Melbourne is looking at it in the review mirror on the way out. Back to front shit of a place. I lived there for 4 months and vowed never to return,LOL. The rest of the state is nice though.

I have found that the flash from the camera sends em mad. They are mean little buggers at the best of times, let alone when you piss one off, they scare the snot out of me.

My cousin threw a rock at one when we were kids. He only ever made that mistake once. I thought he was a goner for sure.

As for the Wikipedia sight, you blokes do realize that anyone can edit that page. I could start a page saying i was the 2nd president of the USA. Dont make it true.

Melbourne ISNT vistoria nathan.Its my least favourite capitol city.I hate going there.But victoria is a beautiful part of our country.If you have never seen the high country there you cant knock it bro.

Nathan123 · 05-08-2008, 07:05 AM

I have seen the rest (most of it) of Victoria it is a beautiful place, i just hate Melbourne.

Good job on the Fallow mate, and i hope you get his mate that you spotted last trip.

irish murphy · 05-08-2008, 07:08 AM

I hope so too,his head shits all over this one.And his hide is nearly blond.I shot this at my mates olds place near braidwood.The other is down the coast at brogo.Cant wait to get back down there.I can here it calling my name.

forestgleaner · 05-16-2008, 09:56 PM

Ok, so how hard is it to bring our own guns there? I don't know about shooting a camel, I hear they can spit pretty far, and don't smell all that good. Do you eat them? Maybe for my 45th bday, I will give myself a present, and fly on over there.
Saw a show some twenty plus years ago, of people living in homes they dug out as mines for gem stones, and always wanted to give that a try.

05-07-2008, 06:26 AM	#41
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 296	Everything seems to be picking up, might be the dry spell. Have gotten 4 small pigs this week, and was only going out the back to start the water pump. Last week i went spotlighting and we saw 12 foxes but only got 3 and a heap of bunnies. Irish, you would have to agree that it doesnt matter how many bunnies you shoot and how much you get into big ferals, blowing up thumpers never gets boring. __________________ Cheers, Rob

05-07-2008, 02:33 PM	#48
Oxford Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gladstone, Missouri Posts: 13,021 Blog Entries: 4	Irish...I visited your great country five years ago but only traveled in the state of Victoria. I suppose all the drop bears were sleeping when we were in their environment.(ha) But...the Koala's were seen several times, mostly eating euculiptus leaves or sleeping. Hope to get back there again and see the sights in other states. __________________ "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing right".

05-08-2008, 04:56 AM	#50
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 296	Im Not going anywhere near a drop bear man, I like all my parts how they are now. The worst part is they are so hard to spot, so you never know if they are in the tree you just decided to stop under. __________________ Cheers, Rob

05-07-2008, 07:19 AM	#42
irish murphy Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canberra,Australia Posts: 1,028 Blog Entries: 5	Love shooting ferals of any kind.Although deer have started to tickle my fancy lately.Not really a spotlighting feral.Im keen to get back down to my mates and have a crack at the fallow stag i saw last time.I got a fallow buck last weekend at my mates place.Only a young fella.Three year old.

05-07-2008, 07:57 AM	#45
samuel Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,087	You "Blokes" are great contributors to the forum and deserve an award for your post,s on the great "land down under".I never tire of your posts.Thanks,wish I could do as much.Keep up the great work. sam.

05-07-2008, 08:00 AM	#46
irish murphy Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canberra,Australia Posts: 1,028 Blog Entries: 5	No worries sam,i just wish a couple of you would come see it for yourselves.As i would also like to be rich enough to visit your great country.I have met some awesome people on this site and will continue to show you lot our side of the equator.There are a good number of posting aussies on G&G which is good to see.

05-07-2008, 01:47 PM	#47
petemi Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Engadine, Upper Peninsula, MI Posts: 90	What's a Drop Bear? You guys have a picture of one. Could I get one for my wife's mother for Christmas?

05-08-2008, 07:05 AM	#53
Nathan123 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Newcastle, N.S.W, Australia Posts: 354	I have seen the rest (most of it) of Victoria it is a beautiful place, i just hate Melbourne. Good job on the Fallow mate, and i hope you get his mate that you spotted last trip.

05-08-2008, 07:08 AM	#54
irish murphy Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canberra,Australia Posts: 1,028 Blog Entries: 5	I hope so too,his head shits all over this one.And his hide is nearly blond.I shot this at my mates olds place near braidwood.The other is down the coast at brogo.Cant wait to get back down there.I can here it calling my name.

05-16-2008, 09:56 PM	#55
forestgleaner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 167	Ok, so how hard is it to bring our own guns there? I don't know about shooting a camel, I hear they can spit pretty far, and don't smell all that good. Do you eat them? Maybe for my 45th bday, I will give myself a present, and fly on over there. Saw a show some twenty plus years ago, of people living in homes they dug out as mines for gem stones, and always wanted to give that a try.