Photos Went bush for a week.....

[Andy the Aussie]

Just a pic off my phone that pretty much summed up 7 of the 9hrs drive home !!

 

[Garth Reckner]

Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. Looks like beautiful country.

Garth

 

[sonofwilfred]

It's quite wet out here now mate. Your hunting area looks very familiar to me

 

[Currawong]

It's quite wet out here now mate. Your hunting area looks very familiar to me View attachment 1984014

Hope you're sticking to sealed roads out there. Dirt roads will be mush.

 

[sonofwilfred]

Hope you're sticking to sealed roads out there. Dirt roads will be mush.

Not wrong mate. It's brought the wild life closer to home too.

 

[old Lefty]

Great story, thank you for sharing!

 

[SpyderPhreak]

No Andy the Aussie sized adventure (I always forget to take pictures... ), but I went Elk hunting last weekend. Didn't see a thing on Friday evening unfortunately. However, saw plenty of Elk early Saturday morning, and killed a small one. Weather was interesting. Never seen an ice storm after snow at over 9,000' before. Was very difficult to walk quietly when the was a ~1/8" layer of ice over 4-6" of snow.

Got 'er done anyhow, despite the weather, and was back sleeping in my own bed Saturday night after a hairy drive home. Used a CPK EDC2 for all the skinning duty, and some of the disassembly work. That D3V holds an edge forever! Butchered all day Sunday, and used my WS-1021 trailing point for quite a bit of it. This might be one of my favorite new knives recently! Thin stock, thin BTE, RES-C, and I love the nice, pointy tip for trimming/cutting meat from the bone!

ETA - Andy will want to know: Used Dad's old pre-64 Winchester Model 70 in 30-06 (tack driver), paired with its vintage Colorado-made Redfield 3-9x40 scope. Love this gun! Beautiful Walnut stock that was run-of-the-mill for the time, but would garner a large markup these days if you found wood with this kind of figure.

 

[Andy the Aussie]

It's quite wet out here now mate. Your hunting area looks very familiar to me View attachment 1984014

.....wet is an understatement mate !!! It has been an interesting couple of years that is for sure !!

 

[Andy the Aussie]

No Andy the Aussie sized adventure (I always forget to take pictures... ), but I went Elk hunting last weekend. Didn't see a thing on Friday evening unfortunately. However, saw plenty of Elk early Saturday morning, and killed a small one. Weather was interesting. Never seen an ice storm after snow at over 9,000' before. Was very difficult to walk quietly when the was a ~1/8" layer of ice over 4-6" of snow.

Got 'er done anyhow, despite the weather, and was back sleeping in my own bed Saturday night after a hairy drive home. Used a CPK EDC2 for all the skinning duty, and some of the disassembly work. That D3V holds an edge forever! Butchered all day Sunday, and used my WS-1021 trailing point for quite a bit of it. This might be one of my favorite new knives recently! Thin stock, thin BTE, RES-C, and I love the nice, pointy tip for trimming/cutting meat from the bone!

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ETA - Andy will want to know: Used Dad's old pre-64 Winchester Model 70 in 30-06 (tack driver), paired with its vintage Colorado-made Redfield 3-9x40 scope. Love this gun! Beautiful Walnut stock that was run-of-the-mill for the time, but would garner a large markup these days if you found wood with this kind of figure.

......excellent stuff mate !!!!!! Just excellent. You also need to post up a pic of the Model 70. My .375 is an early 70s made version that lacks that classic style (still gets the job done though). Congratulations on a fridge full of meat mate !

 

[SpyderPhreak]

......excellent stuff mate !!!!!! Just excellent. You also need to post up a pic of the Model 70. My .375 is an early 70s made version that lacks that classic style (still gets the job done though). Congratulations on a fridge full of meat mate !

Yeah, finally some meat in the freezer. Been handicapping myself with archery Elk for too long now. Makes a person a better hunter for sure, but it is sure a LOT more difficult to make it happen! Will do on the pic at some point. I have a late season plains Deer tag in December, will try to get a nice pic of her then.

 

[Andy the Aussie]

I have a late season plains Deer tag in December, will try to get a nice pic of her then.

...... your terms are acceptable....

 

[Ian Allomes]

Great pics Andy,
When we were kids we used to lay on our backs and pedal our legs in the air, the Emus being curious buggers would end up coming up to us.
Ian.

 

[Private Klink]

Good to hear from you again Ian . I hope all is well with you and yours.

 

[Ian Allomes]

Hi Dwayne, I hope you and your family well too mate.
I'm alright, but getting older than dirt.

 

[Ian Allomes]

Whoops, I meant Tom.

 

[Private Klink]

That's OK Ian, none of us are getting any younger.

 

[Andy the Aussie]

Great pics Andy,
When we were kids we used to lay on our backs and pedal our legs in the air, the Emus being curious buggers would end up coming up to us.
Ian.

…..thanks mate. When the family still had the place out near Cunnamulla there were hundreds of them and they did some of the strangest things !!!

Hope you are well mate !!!! Choppy is well cared for !