? For Those Of You Who've Killed Crocs With A Gun

Where did you shoot your croc to anchor it?

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He is talking about Australia, Crocs were shot right up to 1971 in the NT & 1974 in Queensland, there were plenty still even then but very smart & nocturnal mostly, even around Darwin & just out of town, now days full time Rangers & Trappers working to take out most big Croc in the Darwin Harbour & problem Crocs in Cattle country.

Actually the .303Brit was an illegal caliber in the NT with out a special permit, not that a lot of people kept to the law !
I understood he was talking about Australia. I can’t recall the name of the river leaving Darwin, but my guide told me there were photos of troops swimming in it during WW2 no worry of crocs but said a person wouldn’t make it across today. I was really impressed how wild the Northern Territory is today. We saw tons of crocs hunting buffalo, many in the 12-14 foot range waiting on edge of floodplain. I hunted during wet season in January on a large ranch.
 
I think those Soldiers were not too smart & maybe lucky !

Was it the Mary River & you went out to Carmor Plains with Matt ?

Holy Cow hunting in January, you must of been keen bud, terrible place at that time of year, were you in the Air Boat ?

I used to shoot Buffalo for a Meat works on those plains way back in the Dream Time, even a few years after commercial hunting finished, 14-16Footers were seen all over, so were there the whole time, had more manners & respect back then, now you see them in full daylight & sticking half way out of the water cruising around, in the old days only see the eyes, horns & small Vee shape !

You should of seen our guiding camp at Gan Gan two days drive or fly in, that was super wild like the Congo !
 
I think those Soldiers were not too smart & maybe lucky !

Was it the Mary River & you went out to Carmor Plains with Matt ?

Holy Cow hunting in January, you must of been keen bud, terrible place at that time of year, were you in the Air Boat ?

I used to shoot Buffalo for a Meat works on those plains way back in the Dream Time, even a few years after commercial hunting finished, 14-16Footers were seen all over, so were there the whole time, had more manners & respect back then, now you see them in full daylight & sticking half way out of the water cruising around, in the old days only see the eyes, horns & small Vee shape !

You should have seen our guiding camp at Gan Gan two days drive or fly in, that was super wild like the Congo !
Yes, I went January 2017 at Carmor plains. Unfortunately matt was not well at time, so I never met him, but my guide was great. I really enjoyed hunting January. Everything was vibrant green and a nice change from winter in USA. The buffalo were primarily in the forest not on the floodplains, so I thought it was a great hunt. I took two. He had some lighter vehicles that let us get pretty much anywhere. It was very difficult getting a pig though with tall grass. Went out on airboat and caught barrimundi on final day. I know there were some huge crocs around from past trapping photos.
 
I can only imagine the remote areas your Dad saw and the stories he had. By the late 1940’s the crocs had already been pushed far from civilization.
@375Fox
To him it was just another job. It paid better than sugar cane cutting but was just as hard work. Shortly after that he joined the army and spent 3 years fighting in the Korean war. Ended up 30 years in the military and retired in 1976.
He had a lot of interesting stories to tell of his younger days
Bob
 

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