i havent posted a story for a while so thaught i had better pull my finger out.
we had organised a 2 week trip out to the kimberlys to help a land owner with his pig problem, a fair bit of organising was needed but once done and the shopping done we were off.
first stop when crossing the border (nt/wa) was into the local cop shop to get the obligatory raking over the coles. all paper work was pre organised but it was still all too hard and i knew it would be the only thing that would upset the trip. sgt plodd finaly submited and we got our paper work (after 4 hrs) and we could head into the station.
first nights camp.



view in the morning.


on the drive in we were worried there would be no pigs. how could there be with a landscape like this?



had a good chat to the cocky and we set up camp, by that stage we had a quick look arround before dark and settled in for the night.
next morning we checked along the billabong near the homestead and found this fellow.
first pig of the trip.



made our way down the river and got stuck into some big mobs
including this big bugger my brother hit with the iac lever action 12g using winchester ultra high velocity sg's



from there it turns in to a blur of pink mist and piggies.
whacked this fella tring to bolt accross the creek bank.



hit this one in the back quatering shot away from 200 mtrs with the 30.30 not bad hey?



any wonder they wanted us out there, this is the front of the house yard in the homestead.



another notch for the iac



the population was very dence, the pigs are consentrated along the river and small pockets of water and consequently the boars are big and have many scars also the tucks were often broken.
the next 2 are good examples of the boars encountered





the river



looking out from the tree line




a stinkey muddy boar that laurie wouldnt touch. ahahahahahahaha



some more for your amusment.





hit this boar in a classic side on shot thru both shoulders had the bullet sitting just under the skin on the off side. love those winchester power points.







got this young boar with the 30.30 using a speer 170g flat point.




entered behind the ribs and ended up infront of the shoulder needless to say he didnt go far.
very difficult to collect speer projectiles to many pass thrus!!!



boar having a plesent dream?



last pig of the trip



well it was fun we had a good crew and ended with a tally of 566 not bad for 5 blokes with class a and b guns.
all the best
greg

Hey Greg - You are still there

Great Story - But 566 pigs, are there any left for anyone else, or was that you fired 566 shots for 56 pigs, enquiring minds are trying to run the figures and they don't stack up at the moment !!

Also the silly hats, cripes you Aussies, first those cork dangly things, now these, you guys are getting worse and its not good to have neighbouring coussies who are embarrassing to the rest of the world.

Cheers - Foster

Wow Greg,great trip!

Good to see a Marlin getting workout too.

What sort of drama did you have with plod?

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Originally posted by Tentman:
Hey Greg - You are still there

Great Story - But 566 pigs, are there any left for anyone else, or was that you fired 566 shots for 56 pigs, enquiring minds are trying to run the figures and they don't stack up at the moment !!

Also the silly hats, cripes you Aussies, first those cork dangly things, now these, you guys are getting worse and its not good to have neighbouring coussies who are embarrassing to the rest of the world.

Cheers - Foster

g'day foster good to hear from you.
couple of things.
it was 566 pigs but unfortunatly we used 567 bullets. i muffed one shot and it needed a follow up
there must be plenty left as we saw one run right infront of us on the drive out, but the guns were well secured so couldnt whack that one. seriously it was a eradication trip so we were up pre dawn and home on dark just about every night, if it oinked it got a hole in it.
as for the hat, i got it in nz. ahahaahahahahaahahaa. must admit it may look silly but it is the best hat i have owned. cool and dont need sun cream on my neck at all. (i put it on anyway)
anyway you should know we only make those stupid cork hats to sell to kiwis tring to pass for aussies.
so when you finaly get yourself organised and get over here please dont bring that .243 because if you miss one of these boars they wont run away they like the taste of kiwi
all the best
greg

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Originally posted by Easy_Rollins:
Wow Greg,great trip!

Good to see a Marlin getting workout too.

What sort of drama did you have with plod?

yea love that marlin.

the plod story was just the local trying to show he was god and all must bow before him, tried to pull some paperwork crap as an excuse not to let us have our temp permits. but we had done it weeks before we got there knowing they can be dificult to deal with so after some tedius negotations he realised we were in the right and put it thru. i think the term is "planet Waa"
greg

Greg realy nice pic's and a great hunting story mate... the 30-30 is a great cal and I am a big fan ... thoses pigs are a good size looks like you guys have a great time of it,that part of WA holds it own just another great part of the world to hunt yeah !

556 pigs I don't know what to say,great trip.

Thanks for sharing photos with us.

Looks like you guys put the hammer down on a whole mess of pigs. That's something I would like to do sometime.

Nice to see the leverguns getting some action. How do you like the IAC?