Thread: August Hunting

Originally Posted by Flyblown

I’ve been up behind Avoca Homestead a few times in the winter and never been disappointed. All depends on the river level for the crossing at the homestead... see below. Two roar hunts, two stags, two winter hunts, two hinds.

Last two times I’ve been there its just been me and the millions of mice in the house, two nights.

The deer have been low down, browsing in the gullies. I got this one there a couple of weeks after the roar 2 years ago.

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Haven’t got a pic on this iPad of the last hind I got there but it was flippin’ big old girl, just about broke myself carting all that meat down the mountain.






(That is a serious business that crossing, in a vehicle, last time I was there I arrived at dawn to find a bloke on the other side with a completely rooted, drowned Hilux. He went in at the end of the track without thinking, where its bloody deep. As soon as his fuel tank became submerged it lifted up the rear axle and started to float the back of the truck. He was damned lucky not to go all the way downstream, what saved him was he hit a large root ball and tree sitting in the flow, and that knocked the vehicle onto a bar and he just got enough traction to drag himself up the bank. He has his window open, water pouring in! Brown trousers! When I arrived he was gobsmacked, how did I get across? I drove upstream to where its shallow and I walked it first in daylight.)

Haha I did that first time I went too, but luckily didn't drown my truck, certainly was a brown trouser moment. Never seen an animal up there but I'm still pretty new to this.
Might have to head back up there weekend after next if your keen ? @Stocky

Originally Posted by dannyb

Haha I did that first time I went too, but luckily didn't drown my truck, certainly was a brown trouser moment. Never seen an animal up there but I'm still pretty new to this.
Might have to head back up there weekend after next if your keen ? @Stocky

I'm always keen mate if I'm not working I'm up for it.