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[Morkai]

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Great shot

 

[Fosbery Holster]

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A bit like you John…..doesn’t like getting its feet wet……great photo

 

[John Gryphon]

A bit like you John…..doesn’t like getting its feet wet……great photo

No I certainly don`t Fos but its all part of our sambar hunting,crossing creeks and rivers and getting wet feet. There isnt a boot made high enough unless its on waders!
I remember one hunt in NZ where my feet were wet from the hunt start to arriving back in Melbourne 10 days later with the same boots on....lost four toenails that trip.

 

[Fosbery Holster]

No I certainly don`t Fos but its all part of our sambar hunting,crossing creeks and rivers and getting wet feet. There isnt a boot made high enough unless its on waders!
I remember one hunt in NZ where my feet were wet from the hunt start to arriving back in Melbourne 10 days later with the same boots on....lost four toenails that trip.

You’ve never lost your sense of humour though……..good on yer.

 

[John Gryphon]

You’ve never lost your sense of humour though

Especially when I have seen mates get a dunking fully clothed in mid winter in a raging torrent,geezuz i have laughed at the expressions on their faces when the cold water gets to their skin.....I watched two mates one after the other fall off a log crossing in the Top Howqua R haaa and yes I have done the same!
A mate lost his .270 rifle crossing a river one time...rifle gone never to be seen again!
Another mate nearly drowned swimming across with his rifle slung on his back that in his words "acted like an oar" and he couldnt steer himself and was almost washed under the flooded overhanging berry canes to a certain death,he just got out of it but it put the wind up him enough for him to advise "never cross the river with your rifle slung" Throw it if you get into trouble,even if its an EFFN Blaser!
I have been in a Landcruiser overturned by raging water,vehicle drownings are common and more than a few sambar hunters have drowned in pursuit of the deer.......its certainly safer getting a wet arse on a high seat with a brolly ha ha.

 

[willie_gunn]

 

[Fosbery Holster]

Especially when I have seen mates get a dunking fully clothed in mid winter in a raging torrent,geezuz i have laughed at the expressions on their faces when the cold water gets to their skin.....I watched two mates one after the other fall off a log crossing in the Top Howqua R haaa and yes I have done the same!
A mate lost his .270 rifle crossing a river one time...rifle gone never to be seen again!
Another mate nearly drowned swimming across with his rifle slung on his back that in his words "acted like an oar" and he couldnt steer himself and was almost washed under the flooded overhanging berry canes to a certain death,he just got out of it but it put the wind up him enough for him to advise "never cross the river with your rifle slung" Throw it if you get into trouble,even if its an EFFN Blaser!
I have been in a Landcruiser overturned by raging water,vehicle drownings are common and more than a few sambar hunters have drowned in pursuit of the deer.......its certainly safer getting a wet arse on a high seat with a brolly ha ha.

Dangerous game’s you Aussies play…..yes l agree……its certainly safer getting a wet arse on a high seat with a brolly.

Thanks for your insight into the dangers of hunting Sambar, why don’t you write in more detail about some of these adventures you’ve recounted above, l bet they would make a remarkable read, and some great laughs.

Think about it for a future thread.

 

[John Gryphon]

Great macros WG

why don’t you write in more detail about some of these adventures you’ve recounted above

There is a decided lack of interest Fos except for a handful that bother to join in,anyway back to the pics.

 

[Fosbery Holster]

Great macros WG


There is a decided lack of interest Fos except for a handful that bother to join in.

You know better than most about that.

 

[John Gryphon]

There is a decided lack of interest Fos

I should have added "interest in Sambar deer hunting" Fos.

 

[johndeere]

Not everybody's friend but still interesting to see.

 

[John Gryphon]

Titled 'nearly there' 20 k`s to go.

 

[John Gryphon]

 

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[sikamalc]

All of the above taken about 6 years ago whilst I and my other half were travelling around SA. Mostly private game reserve and Kruger.

 

[John Gryphon]

Second dog from left has been eaten by other wild dogs up to his hams,hide,guts,ribs and all.
Nature in its best survival mode demonstrated.

I do laugh when I read members asking "will my dog eat this or that"

 

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In our garden today.