G'day All! I've just arrived back from a wonderful trip through some of Western Australia's desert country. A feral bull camel fell to one arrow from my 78lb Black Widow PLX "Bocote", and my mate grassed one with his Browning compound as well. Heavy rain followed the intense heat, and forced us to abandon plans to continue on in search of feral goats. We had to take a large detour around a good chunk of the country, as roads were cut, to get back home to Katherine, but this was good, as I was able to make a surprise visit to my parents and brothers in Esperance. Cheers, Ben

 

That looks like one heck of a pack job...nice photo and story.

Wow!!! what in the heck do you do with a monster like that?? Do you eat it?????

Too cool!!! I have always wanted to shoot a camel!

G'day mate... Bloody well done to you and your hunting buddy! Your making it hard for me not to call FlightCentre and book some flights...lol.

Again mate, well done. That pic is saved as my wallpaper too!

   

alan.

P.S... pm sent also..

Wow!! Great effort mate  

Kick A$$!!!!  

That is sooo awesome.

When I first saw this thread I thought I was goina see someone with a 45# javelina, LOL......

backstraps anyone? what does camel taste like? do you give the meat to the "natives"?

Thanks lads! Camel tastes fine, but I would say that the meat at the restaurants or butcher's shops comes from cows or calves. I've never eaten camel while I've been in the bush hunting them, only at this really flash revolving restaurant in down-town Sydney once. In Australia, our hunting is mostly done to help control feral species, and as such we don't have the same laws regarding meat recovery that you have in the USA. Ferals are culled and hunted in various ways and in large numbers, and are mostly left for the native wildlife, like goannas and wedge-tailed eagles. Also, the heat and distances and sheer size of the animals make meat recovery difficult or impossible. As for the native people, they are in a situation quite different to those in, say, rural Africa. Rightly or wrongly, depending on your view, every person in Australia has a financial income, and every community has a well-stocked shop, so there isn't the great clamour to get to a carcass like you read about in Africa. Well, that's a little piece of my Australia! Cheers, Ben

Well stated Ben.

But I think this is a poor thread with only one Pic!!!....  

Right-o, Al, I'll see what I can rustle-up...

One heck of a "hump."
Prarrie Dog

Ben
Great job on the camel.
BTW,very stealthy looking
camo you are wearing,LOL.

A bruiser there.

Yep, this is a new one one me!  
Goose

Good job on the Camel....
I heard they are very difficult animal to hunt.
They are very wary animal and have good eye sight....
   What yardgae did ya shoot from....

Mike, they are hard to hunt, especially if they've been shot at with rifles, and these ones haven't been. However, I must point out that this particular camel was quite a gift, standing with the rest of a bachelor mob by the side of the track, and not moving away in time. I was able to quickly hop out of the ute and make a twenty-five yard shot as he started to move away. So, no points for a good stalk or ambush, but I'm glad for the experience and am looking forward to having a go at getting one with more difficulty.

Here's a picture of the others:

 

Good job, thanks for sharing.

Boy you really ought to cut the back straps out for a try, or at least a good dinner joke on friends!  The skull would make a great euro mount also.  Great going!