Moved to Brisbane

G’Day Fellas,

As the title suggests, I have moved from the Motueka Valley to Brisbane to work with the RAAF for a few years. Many thanks to those in NZ who have guided, encouraged, informed and generally helped me get to grips with tahr, chamois, pigs, goats and deer. I have had the pleasure of getting to know and hunt with a number of good buggers - Brent, Mark and Ben especially, but there are many more. I will be back, and hope there are some tahr, chamois and deer remaining whenever that is.

Looking forward to hearing from, and perhaps meeting some hunters over here in Aus. I’m a reloader and would be happy to help anyone locally wanting to get into it. Don’t have a licence yet, but will sort that when I can and hope to get into some pigs, goats, foxes, deer, or whatever soon. In the meantime, I’m getting very into flathead fishing. Not quite as exciting as my beloved kingfish, but great fun nonetheless.

Cheers

Flatheads cant be any worse than Carp fishing uk style ;)
Have fun in the sun, and see you in NZ one day I hope

Onya Penny, but I have caught hundreds of carp and enjoyed every one. Any fishing is better than tapping away on a computer.

I will be back :thumbsup:

Great eating fish the old flatty.. Plenty of deer out west too... Hopefully ya like the heat!! All the best....

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Great eating fish the old flatty.. Plenty of deer out west too... Hopefully ya like the heat!! All the best....

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Especially the three metery flatties


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3 metereys in the bust ups

Enjoy your time there mate. Hope you get onto some good hunting near where you are based.

churr bro oi. sweet as ay.

queenslanders... haha

enjoy

i will add- you have gone from the best free range public land hunting to one of the sourest .... no hunting unless on private property in the big QLD...... git ya R license and get south of the Border for some, good huntin in mountainous terrains, vastley differing from nz

Thanks fellas. Yes, limited options here, but I’m planning a trip after sambar when border restrictions ease off. Don’t have my licence or a rifle here yet, but will sort that soon.

Brent - thanks for babysitting my rifles and shotguns. I’m sure they’re in good hands.

Cheers

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Thanks fellas. Yes, limited options here, but I’m planning a trip after sambar when border restrictions ease off. Don’t have my licence or a rifle here yet, but will sort that soon.

Brent - thanks for babysitting my rifles and shotguns. I’m sure they’re in good hands.

Cheers

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thats the go, sambar are about 18 hours south of ya. but steadily closing the gap

Got an email the other day from a mate in NQ. He reckons the borders won't open till 2121 so maybe don't get too advanced with your Sambar hunt planning.

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Got an email the other day from a mate in NQ. He reckons the borders won't open till 2121 so maybe don't get too advanced with your Sambar hunt planning.

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Especially the Victorian side of things... fwark its a scrambled egg down there at the moment in the city, those handful have the rest on a supposed lock down level 3 though, but thats not really happening only those feared by the current news trends are doing 'the right thing'..... business as normal for the rest really.. other states are fairly normal too from most reports.. just random shit blurred lines and weird agendas in Vic.

good for the Sambar if its not open until 2021, maybe your mate will get a decent one with extra year to grow another set of antlers.. although in sayin that the Victorians are doing a pretty hard out job of killen em all for Yas :(

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Especially the Victorian side of things... fwark its a scrambled egg down there at the moment in the city, those handful have the rest on a supposed lock down level 3 though, but thats not really happening only those feared by the current news trends are doing 'the right thing'..... business as normal for the rest really.. other states are fairly normal too from most reports.. just random shit blurred lines and weird agendas in Vic.

good for the Sambar if its not open until 2021, maybe your mate will get a decent one with extra year to grow another set of antlers.. although in sayin that the Victorians are doing a pretty hard out job of killen em all for Yas :(

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Lived in Vic for many years but never got out east to Sambar country except to do the tourist thing around Lakes Entrance and further north towards the border.

Cannot believe that Vic dropped the ball so badly with Covid.

Do they still dog the Sambar?

Zimmer, yes Scent trailing hounds, beagles only?
foxhounds can not be used now.

Good on ya for crossing the ditch. At least we you won’t need to suffer Jacinda’s head booming ugly mug on the Tele every bloody night.

Hey mate!

I’m doing the opposite, we fly home to NZ in 5 weeks after spending the last 22 years here. Join the Game Hunters Association of Australia club, they have access to 10’s of thousands of acres of club properties in QLD and NSW (you got to pay to play here) you’ll need to join a club regardless if you want to use a centrefire outside of a range (which you’ll also need to be a member of), that’s if you don’t own 100 plus acres or know of people that do anyway. Some good deer hunting up Jimna/kilcoy way (private but accessible through club) And further west. Be careful of snakes and ticks! Drop me a line if you want any more information. Cheers Benny

Dogging is good fun. I went out with the hounds a few times. If you get the chance go out just for the experience.

Down load the app "More to Explore" There is a hunting section and tells you where you can or cant hunt. Its pretty good. (Victoria only though if you get down that way) I don't hunt Gippsland any more really but that's where they are.

Thanks for advice fellas. I’m too busy with work to get much done but will get up and running in the new year. Hopefully will find somewhere for a bit of gong ringing, and perhaps some hunting.

Cheers

hardly worth coming to Vic to hunt Sambar for a few years.
Culls Baiting and all round Fuckery going on by Parks Victoria for the next 3 months.... under the covid cloud.

its been detrimental to the future of sambar hutning i believe.
its a shame.

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hardly worth coming to Vic to hunt Sambar for a few years.
Culls Baiting and all round Fuckery going on by Parks Victoria for the next 3 months.... under the covid cloud.

its been detrimental to the future of sambar hutning i believe.
its a shame.

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They would be better off killing all the fuckin wild cats and dogs mate .