Going Hunting This Weekend

gelandangan · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:50 pm Post subject: Going Hunting This Weekend

I am going hunting this weekend for 3 days. Very Happy

Wish me luck Smile

Gelan

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5947

Goodluck!

Dimitri

codybrown · Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:26 pm Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Good Luck....what are you going for?

gelandangan · Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:32 am Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Thanks..

3 more hours till quitting time Very Happy

There will be Hogs, foxes and goats. Of course the rabbits are in the cross hair too Very Happy

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

Pick me up on the way through

gelandangan · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Well, I am back.. its only a 2 days hunting plus 1 day on the road trip.

I am a bit air headed in this trip.

I ate something funny (don't know what) that triggered an allergic reaction on my body and I got itchy rashes all over my body Sad

and the antihistamine my doctor gave me made me sleepy and drowsy most of the time.

Didn't find any pig there, the land has too many rain on the past month and wet patches are all over the places with intervals of hard baked clay.
Usually the pigs are congregating near a water tank but because there are too may pockets of water all over the place, you just couldn't find pig. The hard clay doesn't leave much of a trail to follow either.

I got myself a couple of small goats for meat, 20 rabbits and about 50 large yabbies from the tanks Smile

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All in all it is a lower than average trip. But it is a good break from the daily hussle and toil.

No photos this time, I forgot to bring my camera Sad

Dimitri · Super Member Joined: Nov 25, 2005 Posts: 5947

Sounds like you did good! Very Happy

I could go for goat slow cooked on a spit for dinner tonight actually. Laughing

Dimitri

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2008 9:23 pm Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

OK, I followed the pig, goat and rabbit... What's are "yabbies"?

(Two great countries, separated by a common language! ) Wink

tikkat3 · Super Member Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 800

Crayfish

gelandangan · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:09 am Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Pumpkinslinger wrote:

OK, I followed the pig, goat and rabbit... What's are "yabbies"?

(Two great countries, separated by a common language! ) Wink

Err.. okayyy...
check this out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_yabby
upload.wikimedia.org/w...bby%29.jpg

nasty looking small fresh water lobster ?? They have such a nasty temperament that they bites each other in halves when placed in a single bucket before cooking.

Very Happy

whatever they are, they are yummy... Very Happy

gelandangan · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 1:10 am Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Dimitri wrote:

Sounds like you did good! Very Happy

I could go for goat slow cooked on a spit for dinner tonight actually. Laughing

Dimitri

eh, Dimitri..
you are welcome to share Very Happy

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:23 am Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Hey!! Large crawdads...Alright!! Boiled and eaten with a little dash of Tabasco, salt and chased with beer...They are best when done over a beach fire with mixed company (boys and girls) at the camp...Partey!! When I was young anyway...Wife is a party pooper. Says I have too much fun at one of these shindigs. Very Happy

Pumpkinslinger · Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:43 am Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Thanks for the explanation fellers!

Vince · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:21 pm Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

gelandangan wrote:

I ate something funny (don't know what) that triggered an allergic reaction on my body and I got itchy rashes all over my body Sad

and the antihistamine my doctor gave me made me sleepy and drowsy most of the time.

Didn't find any pig there, the land has too many rain on the past month and wet patches are all over the places with intervals of hard baked clay.
Usually the pigs are congregating near a water tank but because there are too may pockets of water all over the place, you just couldn't find pig. The hard clay doesn't leave much of a trail to follow either.

I got myself a couple of small goats for meat, 20 rabbits and about 50 large yabbies from the tanks Smile

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Well done Gelan. Sorry to hear of your allegy...it can really stuff up a trip. Might be worthwhile putting a antihistamine cream...preferrably one that is prescribed by a Dr.... in your med kit in case it happens again. Best thing about the cream is it doesn't make you drowsy so you can still operate ok.

50 yabbies mate....awesome. A damn fine feed there. As Bushy says...best way is to cook them over a campfire and chow down on them while having a few beers.....can't beat it. I think its time I put a few yabbies in my outdoor fish pond.....fatten them up a little. YUM

Cheers, Vince

Vince · Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: Going Hunting This Weekend

Bushmaster wrote:

Hey!! Large crawdads...Alright!! Boiled and eaten with a little dash of Tabasco, salt and chased with beer...They are best when done over a beach fire with mixed company (boys and girls) at the camp...Partey!! When I was young anyway...Wife is a party pooper. Says I have too much fun at one of these shindigs. Very Happy

You got that in one mate. Nothing better.

We have a few diffent types of fresh water crays over here...but the best, and biggest, by far is the Western Australian Marron. Check this out:

Marron

Harvey and Waroona Dams, have been set aside as "trophy waters". There the daily bag limit is five and the carapace length is 90mm. For other waters, a marron is of legal size at 76mm and catches can be accumulated.

They are a nice sized crayfish....and very tasty too.

Cheers, Vince