Hi all
I'm looking to go on a day trip for my first hunting (in fact more like "walking with a gun on the back" type of trip) in Oxford Forest following the track.
Is there anything I need to know and bring?
Thank you in advance!
Hi all
I'm looking to go on a day trip for my first hunting (in fact more like "walking with a gun on the back" type of trip) in Oxford Forest following the track.
Is there anything I need to know and bring?
Thank you in advance!
No shooting from the track
Headlamp, extra batteries and a back up
Konus binoculars " The power to imagine"
Good stuff mate. The packing list from Better Hunting is a pretty good starting point.
It's a popular spot so I would make a plan as to some likely spots you might push off the track and take a look around if you feel confident.
I grew up around there but have never hunted it, but I'm sure someone with local knowledge will be along to give you pointers
Behind every traverse fate lay in ambush
Water bladder
Raincoat, even if it is not raining
Printed copy of map of area in plastic ziplock bag with compass
A known and trusted individual that you have told where you will be going and who, if you are not back by a certain time, will alert authorities
merino baselayer
Printed permits too - easy to forget
Behind every traverse fate lay in ambush
Enthusiasm and good eyes to identify any potential targets.
No worries, the whole Better Hunting course is worth a look in. It's easy to get dissuaded -- I say this as someone who is largely self-taught and still learning. Just think of your first hunt as the first in a series of hunts. @Happy Jack's points about enthusiasm and powers of observation are good ones. Sharpen your senses and learn the geography of where you would like to hunt. Figure out what the habits of the deer are, what they are feeding on etc. Over a few visits you will get a better picture of the landscape and eventually this will bear fruit.
Behind every traverse fate lay in ambush
Dunny paper.
a knife
I'm still very much learning being self taught too but been tramping for years.
Buy this book, the latest edition about $34.
Happy Jack.
A bucket to put everything you learn on the trip into. You might not shoot an animal but remember any clearings where the sun strikes in the early morning and evening. Where you see any fresh sign. Where you are best to SIT, wait, and look, rather than clumsily tramping through the bush hoping to score something.
That should fill the bucket up nicely.
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