Im back

Unread post by **Wally** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:05 am

Greetings good people
I am now ensconced in my new residence in mid North Sa.
Comp is set up so i am back in contact.
I have a new found freedom, contracts finished, wife overseas, so it is open road open sky.
I have the next annual inspection on my mechanical knee soon and this should show any undue wear and tear, it got a fair work out during shifting.
An urgent project is a visit to Vic to attempt to deal with some of these killer cats, and fulfill a long promise of a pickled big cat. Also requested is an intact brain.
The brain is requested by a uni in USA.
If I can pull that off I would have friends for life and DNA analysis on request.
Also in Vic I know of a set of thylacoleo foot casts to copy.
Last but not least and depending on the knee is the long proposed hike over the Clearwater Range into Clearwater Pound, ( Gammon Ranges, N Flinders ) to visit the Little Hairy Fellows.
2 visiting native women broke the local taboo and hiked in there. They were held down and scorched wiith fire sticks. Nothing personal you know, just delivering the message, the local aboriginal taboo is not for nothing.
I hope I get a friendlier reception.
Besides track rations for a week I will be carrying recording gear, including a light battery pack and a small solar charger.
A cat visited my nephews farm in Cent Vic. killed and disembowled 4 sheep. A big lamb was killed by a fox. That is a bad sign, they are unusually big foxes and if they start killing sheep they may be worse than the cats.
Cheers Wally

Unread post by **bowhunter** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 7:13 am

welcome back wally. So a pickled cat you say? Does this mean you are getting the chance to hunt one of these creatures? If so all i have to say to you is...you lucky bugger...I would love a chance at that. Dont forget if you want the brain intact and are a good shot i would suggest shooting for the spine. I know that the heart and lungs are a much easier but the spine is a lot quicker...and you know how pissed off these things can get. Wow you are very lucky person wally...be careful and be sure to keep you're rifle sighted in at all times...you certainly dont want to aim high or anything....could be the chance of a life time...well done wally

Unread post by **dawn** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:34 am

Glad your back, Wally. I've missed you

Unread post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:13 am

Welcome back mate.

Wally, could you give me as much info about these hairy little men as possible? I'm pretty sure I have a few around my area.

Unread post by **Stainmaster** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 12:36 pm

Hello wally i am Matty sort of new here, Good luck witht your projects at hand

Hope it all works out for you. I have heard of big cat sightings up the highlands near shepperton in vic.
Been up there a lot shooting dangerous bunnys etc but never seen a big cat. (still dont know if i could pull the trigger on one yet or just watch it)

Unread post by **Wally** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:07 pm

Shooting will be done from a swivel seat mounted on back of truck, using red spotlight, and a large calibre rifle. I need the heart and lungs intact for comparison to puma and leopard
These cats are suckers for a decoy, if they think that another cat is on its patch it goes bonkers and loses all caution.
Mucking around tunnels or caves where there may be a mother with kits could be far more dicey, they really get uptight.
Otherwise these cats seem amiable enough. I know of one case of a couple who had a thing about analising sound and harmonics, They had hopes of cracking the Tibetan secret of levitation of heavy rocks using sound. Anyway they were in a cave hooting and tooting not knowing that there was a cat in the cave with them until it joined in. This was in Ediowie Gorge in the Flinders. They vacated in a hurry but the cat followed them and joined in with further vocalising and recording.

Little hairy Men. These seem vastly advanced on the general yowie, use fire and open refridgerators and cupboards when panhandling for food around the native settlements at night.
I have heard of several attempts to get into a sleeping bag with the occupant.
They come and play with children and I have been told that they can go invisible at will.
Elderly natives have related stories about when they were young and they used to go camping up in the ranges travelling per donkey bum carts.
The LHMs would communicate with them by whistling.
If I achieve my ambition to hike into the Clearwater I will take a tin whistle or flute to entertain them, and perhaps make contact.
Cheers Wally

Unread post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 6:49 pm

Just a question..

I'm no big expert on big cats or anything.. but, what's the difference between shooting a yowie & shooting a big cat? Like, do the same ethics apply? Or what? I'm not taking a stab at you or anything, just really curious is all.

Unread post by **dawn** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 8:03 pm

I know Alex, I hate to think of these creatures being shot. I guess farmers loose a lot more stock to cats then Yowies. I have great respect for Wally, but i hate to think of him shooting them

Unread post by **Wally** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 4:00 am

I have had cats walking around in the red spotlight within easy range yet I never considered shooting them.
Stock losses have reached very serious proportions.
Cats have been shot at and only wounded. I would only consider known killers.
I can ensure a clean kill.I spent 10 years as a professional hunter.
Examination of large specimens is the only way to obtain proof positive as to what the animals really are.
The specimens that I have obtained to date were juveniles. Although I know what the genetics of these
cats are, the sight of what looks like a big feral is not very convincing to the lay mind.
There is no question of molesting yowies.
Wally

Unread post by **bowhunter** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 7:17 am

im sorry wally but i just have to say it again...you lucky [email protected] you could see my now im green all over with envy...

Unread post by **Stainmaster** » Wed Feb 23, 2005 1:12 pm

*2 GREEN WITH ENVY, JUST TO BE ABLE TO GET AWAY INTO THE BUSH IS A BONUS :-)