Thread: 2 for 3

Last time out with @chris-b he got one and I didn't. So I was super keen to do it this time.

As we drove in a goat got up and trotted over a knob it was perched. Parking 50m from where we last saw it I walked slowly up after it. I crawled over the knob (not quite as rude as it sounds) expecting the Billy to be gone but it was only about 10m away with it's head hidden behind a bit of scrub. Perfect. I drew, took time to aim and thwack! I hit it and it started running off blood running down it's leg. After a hundred metres and it not going dropping I decided to give it a follow up arrow. Using the scrub for cover I was able to close the distance to about 15m with a really tight quartering away shot. A slightly off shot saw my arrow right up it's arse which pretty much dropped it on the spot. Not a great way to go.



I'd like to give you a bit of backstory. Both my father and grandfather were both freezing workers with dad working for MAF as a meat inspector. A couple of months ago dad gave me granddad's old working knife and this was the 1st time I've had a chance to use it. Now I've broken down animals before but the've been hanging in a shed with a nice clean bench to put the meat on, so this should be the same right? No.

I really did 'butcher' that meat (not in a good way) Granddad was probably turning in his grave. As I stupidly tried to butcher it on the side of the hill I'd get half way through a cut and the animal would start sliding downhill or trying to roll away. I did eventually get the back-straps and hind legs for mince. I know billys aren't great for eating but I wanted to at least take some of the meat.

When I made it to the top I found Chris at the top with his little white Billy. While he gutted his goat I went to retrieve one of my arrows. My new PINK and blue fletched arrows stand SO MUCH BETTER than the orange ones I had previously which made it a short job in finding them.

The later stalk was really fun with me getting within 10-20m of a couple of different groups of goats.
I didn't end up taking one as I wanted one of the better meat animals in the group and could get past the old billys.

Highlights of the trip:
1st goat with a bow.
Getting close to so many goats (not the smell though).
Chris trying to throw the remains of his goat over the side of the hill.
Chris finding an arrow he had lost on the other side of the valley while glassing.