Thread: First public land deer - fallow in the blue mountains

Originally Posted by Kimber 7mm-08

Hunted that block once before. Had only walked into it along a formed trail for 5 mins, stopped and looked around, only to find two fallow looking at me. Needless to say, they were gone in an instant. Real sneaky buggers that get hunted a lot!

Did a Hunts course in the Blue Mountains around 2000 I think, and the guys that showed us how it's done certainly took their time getting around the block. Slow, slow and slower still and wait for the deer to appear.


Thanks for the write up!

Back in late 70’s - early 80’s ( not sure of exact time) a study of hunting in the Blueys revealed there was nearly 40 man hours spent for each deer shot.