driving along patsy sees an injure warthog piglet , looks like another snare on its back leg, we try to catch it , but it makes its way to the hole , patsy wants me to roar like a lion and see if we can get it out of the den
really......
so she leaves it tuperware container full of water and a tuna roll for lunch ,and we keep going
with in a couple of hundred metres we see a muma a dada and a piglet the same size , so we assume that is its next of kin .we will be back here to see if patsy can save this one aswell .
ay this time a few more reedbuck ladies stand and depart , with a very respectable male with them .
off we get and load the 06 , moving along through this area reasonably quietly , we get to short opportunities on the male , to no avail
he keeps ruuning at the right time .
we slowly close in on him again ,and try a different tactic, we slide up an ant hill about 15 feet high ,theres always trees and vines growing ontop of them , the reed buck is about 140 metres or so , walking this way and that
im three quarters up the far side on the ant hill when he stops and starts walking around in small circle , we figure he is going to lay dow , lackso set up the sticks for me about two feet to high , , I start to climb up on top when our reedbuck mustve seen my movement
so I just put my hand on the closest leg of the stix at the right height , and shoulder the gun looking through branches and twigs its not looking real good for the shot
the reed buck is ass on to me looking back at us , l zoomed right up and that fixes the branches ,and leaves .
ass or neck ?
I took the neck , and he dropped right there . lackson gets as excited as l do ,everytime we pull an animal and is shaking my hand saying good shot good shot ,
patsy being patsy leans over and says that about makes up for the puku , bluey ....... shit she slapped me again !!!!
it would of been kinda pushing me off the ant hill ...
we wander over and I tell her this time we are going to do the aussie photo shoot , she smiles and says, aha right.....
l walk over to where he dropped pick up his head on my lap and smile ,for the camera.
after a few more at the scene snapps
with mike and patsy taking a few photos .
she says right now we are going to the dam wall so we can do it properly . we all frown ,and just do it .....
i'll have to find one of her lesser good ones to post now ,
after another lengthy session on the camera , we took him to the butchery , and waited for the rib cage ,to replenish the croc bait that was taken last night
after we set the fresh bait , we hurried home for some delicious sable spaghetti bog. man im feeling heavy , this trip .
so much for walking it off ,on a hunting trip .
after lunch we had a siesta , this is becoming a cool habit . while we are chilling out ,ZAWA paid a visit with mike and patsy ,
at 1500 we headed out for a blind date ,we sat there until it was way after dark just listening to see if our croc came in .
listening to the locals canoeing up river to their village , talking a way to each other , about a big croc they are seeing right here, lackson translated that the croc was somewhere near ,right now .
we sat a little longer ,hoping to at least hear it on the bait , but not to be .......
a nice and relaxing afternoon , after we had our fill of relaxation , we slowly crawled our way out to the ute ,for a relaxing ride home , mike nearly got us run over by another bloody blue duiker.
funnily enough were having blue duiker casserole for tea this evening.
before tea I was introduced to a new friend , for sundowners . gin and tonic , never drank one before , pats told me how refresheing they are , and after that I had one every night ,
