Safari Irish style

[jigsaw 11,902]

Went out last week at the request of a farmer friend,the goats had broken into his barley field and ate a vast ammount of his crop so I got a phonecall asking to have a wander and cull any I came across.So on a Saturday at 2 o clock Kevin,my 15 year old son and myself accompanied by my 3 dogs,Taz the kelpie X,Samara the Saluki and Sonic the Saluki 1st X.First off we decided to introduce Sonic to the sheep for the very first time.He behaved very well and I see no future problems in that area.

just to be safe we first kept him on the lead,but after a short whileit was evident that wasnt necessary.

Had all 3 dogs free roaming with the sheep and John the farmer gave the thumbs up when he saw how well behaved they were.

When we were done with this we headed off into the forestry to see if we could find the smellies and get some good eating for the freezer.

after walking an hour we spoted the herd half way up the mountain way across the woodland.If you look at the centre of the next pic you can spot the white dots,thats them babys.

We headed over towards them but it was a bloody hard slog.When we came to terms with the herd and close enough to a shootable distance,Kevin held back with the dogs and I crept slowly to within 40 yards of them.I lined up the 1st billy,and surprisingly there were no she goats in the herd.It was an all out male syndicate :clapper:

Well I laid out in the high grass and put the sights on a nice big male,I squeezed the triger and down he went,I furiously relaoded and took down 3 more before they dissapeared over the ridge.Heres the first two,young and tasty and managable in size.

Kevin got stuck in draging them down to be cleaned and ready for removal from the hill

Notice Kevins cammo clothing we had designed specially for the hill?Makes him almost invisible :laugh:

[wetdogsmell 99]

good stuff mate, did they taste nice?

[jigsaw 11,902]

2 more at the end of the hill,note the terrain.steep and rough.

I had the glorious task of sorting out the messy stuff

check out the bulging gut,full of grass.

Sonic not sure what to make of it all,lol

Samara was not impressed with the gunfire or the dead animals so will not be going again.

Well the end of it all is I have some nice lumps of meat for the next while,the farmer is happy and the goats are hopefully away from the crops for another bit.The 4 I shot have brought the total up to 50goats in the last few months so not bad.

Heres one more photo to end the story,Kevin took out the goat by the tree line under my supervision,some going for a 15 year old.

[reynardhunter 3]

Went out last week at the request of a farmer friend,the goats had broken into his barley field and ate a vast ammount of his crop so I got a phonecall asking to have a wander and cull any I came across.So on a Saturday at 2 o clock Kevin,my 15 year old son and myself accompanied by my 3 dogs,Taz the kelpie X,Samara the Saluki and Sonic the Saluki 1st X.First off we decided to introduce Sonic to the sheep for the very first time.He behaved very well and I see no future problems in that area.

just to be safe we first kept him on the lead,but after a short whileit was evident that wasnt necessary.

Had all 3 dogs free roaming with the sheep and John the farmer gave the thumbs up when he saw how well behaved they were.

When we were done with this we headed off into the forestry to see if we could find the smellies and get some good eating for the freezer.

after walking an hour we spoted the herd half way up the mountain way across the woodland.If you look at the centre of the next pic you can spot the white dots,thats them babys.

We headed over towards them but it was a bloody hard slog.When we came to terms with the herd and close enough to a shootable distance,Kevin held back with the dogs and I crept slowly to within 40 yards of them.I lined up the 1st billy,and surprisingly there were no she goats in the herd.It was an all out male syndicate :clapper:

Well I laid out in the high grass and put the sights on a nice big male,I squeezed the triger and down he went,I furiously relaoded and took down 3 more before they dissapeared over the ridge.Heres the first two,young and tasty and managable in size.

Kevin got stuck in draging them down to be cleaned and ready for removal from the hill

Notice Kevins cammo clothing we had designed specially for the hill?Makes him almost invisible :laugh:

Nice one jigsaw jeez you have it made man lovely dogs

[jigsaw 11,902]

We havent eaten them yet WDS,theyre still in the chiller,but soon....real soon.As a bye,anyone got a second hand pair of binoculars at a reasonable price.I need a good quality pair as I was really stuck on the day.

[Guest bullterrier]

nice write up mate and pictures you;ll be exporting goat meat to the Arabs the way your going mate did your lad get his camo gear from the same shop as yourself mate. ..john

[sounder 9]

great post jigsaw well done to kevin to,there is work in pulling them c**t about,

atb sounder

[Fat-Ferret 857]

Good post

[scent 509]

nice one jiggy that lad will have arms like pop eye before long

[brickie 76]

great post with some cracking pictures, keep up the good work looking forward to reading about the next safari

[Bosun11 537]

Good post, good pics Jigsaw, thanks for sharing, very interesting stuff

[Terryorr 27]

Great read mate, well done.

[stainlee 27]

Enjoyed that ,thanks a lot for sharing.

[skycat 6,174]

That's a bit different: like your safari LOL Terrain looks great: what other game is there around that area? There was a herd of wild goats in Cornwall when I was there as a kid: couldn't get near them, totally feral: wonder if they're still there.

[CarraghsGem 92]

i know a fella that will buy those horns off you for stickmaking he pays me 8-10euro per pair