Starting From Scratch
GROWING up on a property in River Country, most of my younger years were spent trapping and shooting rabbits, foxes and ducks. I always admired my neighbour’s sambar stag he had on the wall and read his magazines when I was there. It wasn’t until I had my licence that I could finally venture off to the high country in search of a deer of my own.
Back before the days of social media, Google Maps and any other digital interfaces like we have today to accumulate information we relied on word of mouth or a lot of boot work to find a hunting spot. A good friend and I had a bloke tell us of a spot to try up in the Alpine national park where he had seen a couple of deer. We then spent a lot of time in the area learning about the deer but most importantly learning from our mistakes.
