Edition 68

Australian Hunter

Australia’s favorite hunting magazine

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From the Editor
Australia’s favourite hunting magazine sets things rolling for 2019 with incredible hunting tales and tips, rifle, ammo and product reviews, delicious recipes and more. Peter d’Plesse continues his battle with boars as the extreme conditions wage the
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Days Under The Northern Territory Sun
Having lived in the Northern Territory in the late-80s and early-90s for some eight years, it continually draws me back for more Top End adventures. Under a hot Territorian sun, it boasts some of the world’s best barramundi fishing, along with great
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Hardy Pigs Cope As Drought Takes Hold
I’ve experienced three cycles of drought and flood in South West Queensland. This was the worst so far. Rob owns a property up the road from our usual hunting area and has spent his life in the region. He claims he’s never seen things as bad as the d
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Know Your Way In The Bush
As a veteran hunter who prefers to hunt alone and do the extra yards, I have never lost my way in the bush - although I’ve come close and consider myself fortunate. However, having said that, I have always taken proper precautions to ensure a safe re
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The Often Misunderstood 28-gauge
There are some advantages inherent in shooting a larger bore shotgun. The larger gauge shotshells frequently contain a heavier shot charge, which allows the shooter to use bigger size shot and still be able to achieve acceptable shot pattern densitie
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The Right Deer Rifle
I suppose a better description for our deer rifle would probably be the medium game hunting rifle. This is because just about all hunters that I know use their favourite deer rifle to take other game when the opportunity arises. The deer species that
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Mountain Desert Coues Whitetail Deer
It was January and I was hunting the diminutive Coues deer in the mountain desert of Sonora, Mexico. The Coues deer are about half the size of the northern whitetail, a mature buck weighing around 60kg (132lb). These were the favourite deer of esteem
Australian Hunter3 min readRegional & Ethnic
Venison Mexican tacos
Handy Hint 1: Use a potato masher to break up any lumps in your mince when browning the meat. Handy Hint 2: When opening the lids of the corn kernels and kidney beans, only open them a little way. Use the partially opened lids as a means of draining
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The resplendent Weihrauch HW100T PCP AIR RIFLE
German gunsmithing has been widely regarded as outstanding since the early days of firearms. A good modern example of this is the Weihrauch HW100T PCP air rifle with laminated thumbhole. Its unembellished, practical, sleek, dark looks are both ominou
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Memories Of A Rabbit Hunter
As I stepped from the 4x4 to open the gate to the property we were to hunt on, it was pretty obvious that the drought had a death grip on the land; it certainly looked devastated. As I peered around I smiled inwardly when I thought of the words old A
Australian Hunter3 min readCooking, Food & Wine
Stout Rabbit Stew With Dumplings
• 2 rabbits (divided in 8-10 pieces each)• 4 small-medium onions• 250g of mushrooms• 1 portion of speck• 2 sprigs of rosemary• 800ml chicken stock• 2 bottles of extra stout or porter• plain flour• knob of butter• olive oil• salt• pepper • 400g self-r
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A Litter Of Three Puma Knives
If you’re an avid collector or a hunter who appreciates what a good knife is all about, you’re undoubtedly always on the lookout for vintage blades in fine condition. I’m one of them and I consider it a good day’s outing if I bag something attractive
Australian Hunter5 min readAutomotive
Four-wheel Drives Expand Hunters’ Horizons
It’s both commonsense and a universal fact - your hunting time will be maximised by having a four-wheel drive. Let’s face it, the family Commodore or whatever is not going to transport you, your hunting mate and your gear further into the bush as smo
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Posting Isn’t Just For Mail
“The first thing I saw were his posts.” With those words, my Personal Hunter (PH), Arnold Claassen of Blaauwkrantz Safaris, introduced me both to an attribute of my first African trophy (a Vaal rhebok), and a method he used for judging whether or not
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Next Chapter Forms Formidable Father-son Duo
A 30-second phone call was all it took to find out that almost two decades of hunting on a property had come to a close. The estate had undergone a change of owners who decided to conduct all feral pest control in-house. The gates were now shut to a
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The Leupold RX-1600i TBR/W rangefinder
Leupold has brought out a new, improved version of its popular TBR rangefinder series. This latest offering is the RX-1600i TBR/W and it has a number of significant improvements over the earlier RX-1200i model. Leupold products are distributed in Aus
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Howling Up Those Destructive Wild Dogs
My buddy Peter phoned and asked me to pay a visit to one of his hunting spots. He had just received an urgent call from a farmer which he could not respond to. The farmer had asked for help after a night raid by wild dogs on his breeding cows and new
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The Aft End Of Knives And Their Possible Combinations
Edition 66 of Australian Hunter featured ‘The hunter’s equipment kit for knives’, which dealt with the major structural requirements of the three-knife kit and recommended the development of an expanded retail set. This article is a follow-up and is
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The .303 Sub-calibres - History In Your Hands
I’d like to take you back in time to the years after the World Wars when opportunity in this great land was abundant - but wages were not. Add to this a law introduced in NSW during the 1940s that banned the use of firearms chambered for the current
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Air Rifle Pellet Ballistics
Air rifles are capable of excellent accuracy and small game hunting effectiveness. To realise this potential, the aspiring air-gunner needs to be aware of a range of issues. The two stand-out items in that list are choice of pellet and scope. The top
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DIY Quad Shooting Sticks
When out in the field hunting, sometimes shooting free-hand is the only way you can engage your quarry. When a bipod doesn’t give you the right height or there isn’t a tree in sight, don’t despair - quad shooting sticks can be the answer. Quad sticks
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The Hellfyr 12000 Spotlight from Fyrlyt
Most of us are aware of the significant advancements made in the area of vehicular lights and spotlights in recent years. Among the latest developments Fyrlyt has released the Hellfyr 12000 Remote Mount Spotlight, which is pronounced Firelight Hellfi
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Fox Knives And BlackFox Compass
Quality bladeware, in an age of industrial mechanisation, is thankfully still produced by skilled artisans using time-honoured methods and hand-finishing processes. Such knives are not only appreciated for their aesthetics and ergonomics, but also th
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Cast Iron Campfire Oven Pizza
So your idea of campfire cast iron camp-oven cooking is hours and hours of low heat and slow preparation. Well, think again… Lynn Bain serves up this dinner quickly at a high heat in a maximum of 15 minutes. Anyone for wood fired pizza? The camp oven
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Cabela’s The Hunt – Championship Edition from Planet Entertainment
More like an immersive outdoors adventure than a game really, Cabela’s The Hunt – Championship Edition has hit the Nintendo Switch with a hunting experience that is, thankfully, actually made for hunters. The Hunt is ready to play straight out of the
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Varminting The Middle Ground
Two crows in the paddock were dancing in the afternoon heat. They were too far away for an offhand shot and too smart to let me come out into the open where I could take a clear shot from a prone position with my .17-222 varmint rifle. So I was waiti
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SSAA - What We Do
The SSAA has about 440 clubs and ranges throughout Australia. We cater for target shooters and hunters who may want to sight-in their firearms at one of our many ranges. Our clubs also offer many different types of rifle, shotgun and handgun shooting

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