The Culprit takes a hit!

So the big fella that has been servicing all the ladies around my goat spot finally met the hands of Dougie 😊

250yards with the savage, prone with lump of dirt front rest. If you zoom in you might see the small clearing I spotted him and his mate in. Went for a neck shot as this chap looked big and hairy, perfect for a rug.

Funnily enough after I saw him drop, the two goats I was originally stalking up my ridge came back for a look at what all the noise was about!! I standing snap shot another for the freezer.

I was supposed to be cutting tracks yesterday 😜

I gutted the nanny on the hill and dragged her back to my skinning tree, let the dog out and headed back up to find the billy.

Jet did an awesome job, leading me straight to the big boy. I discovered...I shot him straight through the ear!!!!

Excuse the language but I'm fucking chuffed with this effort, I'm finally slowing down, doing my calculations (not particularly scientific however) and shooting really well. This big boy has provided a shot load of dog food, he was incredibly heavy.

I dragged him down the hill and got some help from the farmer to lift him to the tree where I skinned him to my absolute best ability (took ages but it looks MINT!!) and then gutted him.

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On yer Dougie!

Bloody good shooting !

And the nanny will be good eating

Nice going
How do you find Jet been a GS when it comes to tracking/finding/scenting animals? We use to have a Shepard X Lab which I never took bush but always wondered how they would go

Nice one dougie

Excellent!!:cool:

Well done Dougie. That gave it ear ache that it won't get over.

Shit hot @Dougie

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billy for the dog nanny for the oven :)

will you really make a rug?
what calibre is that rifle?

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will you really make a rug?

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Why not? I made one from a goat skin for the floor and another for the wall

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what calibre is that rifle?

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Think she is using a Savage 223

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Why not? I made one from a goat skin for the floor and another for the wall

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I didn't say why. its just one of the last things I expected.

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I didn't say why. its just one of the last things I expected.

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I was wondering as well. How do you get the stink out of their skin?
It seems to spread to anything that slightly touches it

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Why not? I made one from a goat skin for the floor and another for the wall

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Pillow case next on the list?:ORLY:

I'll send it to you big foot. Un tanned :)

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I'll send it to you big foot. Un tanned :)

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wouldnt be un tanned for long with me slobering and snoring all over it, may even improve my musky manly aroma:sick:

Nice Dougie, Bella and Monty will be proud of Jet.

Speill do you mean the dogs? How do you know them??!

Jet has come a very long way with his tracking, it's been a lot of hard work but he's really great. In the last six months he's improved ten fold in all behaviours.


Previously he's worried stock but he's solid as now, even had a steer charge him today and he just stood looking at it. He also no longer chases birds like chickens and maggies.


I've not had him on a goat hunt with me (he was in the car when I shot the billy) but he's tracked a couple carcasses now.

Yes I will make a rug out of this!!! I have seen heaps of goat rugs that don't smell. I'm not doing it myself though.

The rifle is my trusty Savage 223, I was using 55grain Federal ammo.


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whats involved in getting it tanned, cost and time?
do you freeze it in the mean time?

Nice one Dougie.

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I once got a billy skin tanned and it stunk and ended up being thrown out, if i did it again it would be a nanny skin for sure, but good luck anyway

The billy skin that possum trapper tanned himself is on his floor and doesn't stink. Dougie said hers was going to a taxidermist so will be awesome.:cool:

Yep it's freezing, I'll post it to that guy in Napier.


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Apparently up to three months wait and I think it's about $70. I've got a smaller black one too and the farmer has another. He's had three small billies done by that guy and they are gorgeous and don't smell!

My guy is about three times the size though. You guys had me tempted to measure the spread today actually. Maybe next time I'll wander up yo the scrub where I left it to rot off a bit before hanging off the shed.


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Don't let them rot, boil them out. Apparently it's better for head preservation.


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What a monster!! Looks bigger than the whitetail spiker I managed last year ha ha ha.