Thread: A right balls up

Not only was hillside so steep I slung rifle on back and had hanfulls of tussock to hold on,but the vegetation got a tad feral.matagouri,bush lawyer and Spaniards galore.i had gaiters on so not too bad...until it was worse.took me an hour to get to rocky ridge.looked down to where the two cartwheeled into...chest high vegetation and steeper still. Bugger that.i shall just have to be happy with easy one above..yeah right.i looked and looked,couldn't see it below shelf even holding on for dear life and leaning out. Couldn't see it on tussocky finger.i climbed up and around it but could not spot it and honestly I tried... I was more than a little fatigued by now,legs torn and bleeding between gaiters and cargo shorts.... Fook this,no goat is worth dieing for. Select upwards escape route and climb some more. Got to ridge top,sat and finished my drink.had muesli Bar and called it quits. I did have half hearted look through binos but my heart not in it. I absolutely hate wasting meat,I can count on one hand the amount of big game animals I haven't retrieved off hill so today sucked for me big time. I tucked tail between legs and slunk off homeward.beautiful fine day but my failure to retrieve animals soured it.