West Kimberley Hogs (dead animal pics)
Got a call out of the blue from a mate about 10 weeks ago asking if I'd be interested in spending two weeks shooting pigs in the West Kimberley. The only hiccup being it was during the school term but an understanding boss approved my two weeks long service leave so I was in.
Time went by pretty quickly sourcing some new tyres and various spare parts from the US for the grizzly, arranging ammo etc.
Three other blokes made the trip, enabling us to hunt in two man teams across three different stations. Ended up doing 1450+ kilometres on the quad, starting each day at 4.30am and getting back to camp at 5pm each day. Biggest day was just over 200 kilometres, with a mix of station track and cross country riding.
Pig numbers were a bit down due to the area being unusually dry but we still managed 289 pigs, as a bonus we also cleaned up 37 horses.
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Terry
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excellent
well done Big John, you lucky bugger .......
out wide
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Now that is what I call a holiday
We done BJ. Is that a 3 x 9 Leupold on your outfit.
Good size grunter in the last pic.
Lamby
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Niiiiiiiice! Love the hunting
Niiiiiiiice! Love the hunting pics BJ
Ben Derecki
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+1
I'm with Lamby, love it when you put these pics up BJ.
What sort of damage do these ferals do to the properties up there?
MattMiller
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Nice work
some nice kills there John.
Doing a great job of cleaning out the ferals
aalfred
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Very Very Nice!! I can't wait
Very Very Nice!! I can't wait until I get to go hunting!
jayce
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When ever you need some one
When ever you need some one to hunt with Big John let me know and I will be strait up haha. Be good to run the dogs on some good Fitzroy pigs.
pricey10
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Shit hot guys! Here's a photo
Shit hot guys! Here's a photo of my first pig I got in NZ a couple of weeks ago. Dogs and a knife! No guns. This pig had 3cm of belly fat it was awesome eating!
Karratha. WA
scottland
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Ewww
How dare you post that gross shit here.... Just kidding how nice is the pork belly and bacon haaha
i support two teams eagles and whoever is playing the dockers
Tank
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Pricey...big John
Where in NZ did ya go....hunting on quad what fun....what sort of distance are you shooting from big John...are they that thick in numbers that they are pretty easy to track down...did ya set up bush camps or ....reckon a lot of fun had....
piston broke
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Hey BJ, In the third photo,
Hey BJ, In the third photo, are they pigs in the background? If they were, could you drop them from there? cheers Pete.
big john
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Cattle
Cattle mate, if they were pigs the bikes wouldn't be facing the direction they are.
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anypuddle
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awesome.
Stuff dreams are made off, Now thats living!
Anywhere anytime
Patto 1
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Nice John ,had a week in the
Nice John ,had a week in the Kimberley's a few years back chasing pigs also, and was a lot of fun
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carnarvonite
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Well done
Well done BJ, getting rid of the ferals is the way to go.
TAPOUT
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Well done mate. Have to get
Well done mate. Have to get out for a hunt one day.
dkonig82
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nice! some rough looking pigs
nice! some rough looking pigs there
When asked by a non-fisherman 'how many fishing rods do you really need?' the correct answer is either:
n+1 (where n is the number of fishing rods you currently own); or
n-1 (where n is the number of fishing rods which would cause your significant other to dump you.
pale ale
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Cool pics! Got any pics of
Cool pics! Got any pics of the feral horses?
big john
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Mr Ed
Got a few of Mr Ed but I'll keep those ones to myself pale ale.
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Rob H
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probably wise BJ though Id
probably wise BJ though Id love to see also!
Remeber all the guppies protesting outside that butchers in Freo that was processing the wild horse cull a couple of years back
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
pale ale
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But I want to see!!
But I want to see!!
Ryan C
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nice work
nice work BJ, next time you are looking at quads have a look at the can am outlander max's,(2 seater model) the longer wheelbase makes cross country riding soooo much nicer , and the extra power doesnt go astray either! im on my second outlander max after recently upgrading the 650 to the 800cc. cheers
barlow2
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cann am
so good like riding a loungechair that does 0 to 100 in 5 seconds and howls all the way there
Daniel Strijk
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Bloody hell John! and you
Bloody hell John! and you want to move back down here! makes my latest pig look dismal
Well done mate
The Shooters and Fishers Party Wa
Vinesh87
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Damnn there some serious pig
Damnn there some serious pig numbers !!!
Nice one !
May be a stupid question but do you ever get any little ones that you eat or they all have worms or just no ?
Love those Grizzleys, we do a lot of the barra fishing of them !
Cheers
big john
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Piglets
Came across plenty of piglets which would have been perfect to fatten up for a few months, worm and then eat.
We didn't bother.
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feucsy
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Do you need a hand next time
Do you need a hand next time I have apolaris a 223 and a 30/30 and no job soon keen to help
sea-kem
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Great report BJ
Great report BJ
Love the West!
bullwing
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Rifle
Can you tell us what sort of rifle ammo and scope you were using. Thanks
ab
big john
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Nothing flash
Nothing flash bullwing, Federal Powershok 150grain factories and a Leupold VX II 3-9x40.
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Willy
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Goats
Well done mate
I went goat hunting about three weeks ago on a prperty where the owner said there was heaps, didn't see one, but we paid to camp there, Hmmmmmmm