Thread: G'day

Originally Posted by Scouser

Welcome to the forum Bunji, what do you usually hunt in Oz?

Currently living/working in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory( have lived in the NT for nearly 30 years) so Buffalo,pigs,brumbies,magpie geese,ducks etc. Have hunted nearly everything the OZ has to offered (as well as running my own aerial feral animal control business here for approx 15 odd years) but only Sambar deer in the deer species and while we do have Sambar, Rusa and chital in very limited numbers and extremely remote locations up here in the NT,l realistically have to travel approx 4000 klms for Sambar in the southern states etc l have now got the deer bug and will hopefully be travelling to NZ regularly from next year on to hunt/fish all you have to offer from rabbits and ducks to deer and thar chamies etc as well as a bit of diving and fishing .l am not really concerned with getting the biggest trophy more with enjoying the hunt and the good times around a fire after a enjoyable day in the bush whether a animal is taken or not . l have worked with enough Kiwis over the years that have told me that if l came over there l would never go back so l figured it was about time l check it out

Originally Posted by bunji

Currently living/working in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory( have lived in the NT for nearly 30 years) so Buffalo,pigs,brumbies,magpie geese,ducks etc. Have hunted nearly everything the OZ has to offered (as well as running my own aerial feral animal control business here for approx 15 odd years) but only Sambar deer in the deer species and while we do have Sambar, Rusa and chital in very limited numbers and extremely remote locations up here in the NT,l realistically have to travel approx 4000 klms for Sambar in the southern states etc l have now got the deer bug and will hopefully be travelling to NZ regularly from next year on to hunt/fish all you have to offer from rabbits and ducks to deer and thar chamies etc as well as a bit of diving and fishing .l am not really concerned with getting the biggest trophy more with enjoying the hunt and the good times around a fire after a enjoyable day in the bush whether a animal is taken or not . l have worked with enough Kiwis over the years that have told me that if l came over there l would never go back so l figured it was about time l check it out

I'm envious of your buff and other big game but us southerners are lucky to get all the deer!

Got some pics of your buff and others?