Edition 66

Australian Hunter

Australia’s favorite hunting magazine

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From the Editor
Australia’s favourite hunting magazine is filled with variety; featuring expert rifle, ammo, edgeware and product reviews, hunting adventures from home and abroad, finger-licking recipes and terrific prizes. On Australian soil Dick Eussen masterfully
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The Challenge Of Banteng
After studying the banteng in his binoculars, the guide turned and whispered to me: “He’s a very good head.” It was my fourth day of hunting in Arnhem Land for bantengs and boars. The banteng was lying down in front of us with his head facing away. T
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The Farmyard Feral Clean-up
When given the opportunity to move out to the family farm in a caretaking role, after some serious thought, we agreed to the offer and made the journey to Dalby in Queensland’s Darling Downs. Having an extra room at my disposal, I set it up as a relo
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Goats And Pigs In The Pilliga
Leaving home at a very respectable time one late January Sunday morning, we headed south. After an uneventful seven hours of sedate highway travel we pulled in at the service station and filled up with diesel, water and food to see us through nearly
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The Art Of Tracking Game
While we don’t do it intentionally, sometimes it happens - an animal is wounded and rushes into cover. I have had it happen to me, though it’s rare. Recently, I had a big mud-encrusted boar take off after I hit him with a well-placed 90-grain Speer b
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The Diana Mauser K98 air rifle
Here is an air rifle that will have enormous appeal to aficionados of military firearms. That stalwart of air-gunning, Diana, has brought out a faithful Mauser K98 lookalike and the Australian Hunter was given the opportunity to review this product.
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Outwitting Wily Wild Dogs
I am lucky enough to have access to a property 45 minutes away from work. For the past four years I have been helping out the owner to keep some wild dogs in check. Recently, a mate and I have been targeting a part of the property that is not in use
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The Winchester Model 1892 rifle
Winchester Repeating Arms and John Moses Browning are two of the all-time legendary names in firearms lore. Browning is one of the most influential arms designers ever, pioneering numerous guns which have played a pivotal role in shaping events while
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What’s The Right Sleeping Bag For You?
If you’re camping out on a winter hunt in the southern states of Australia, there’s a good chance you’re using a sleeping bag. It’s important to have the right one for the right weather conditions and temperature to avoid a cold and uncomfortable nig
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The Hunter’s Equipment Kit For Knives
Among other highly skilled knife users such as chefs, meat workers, butchers and deckhands, hunters stand alone as having no definitive description of the tools of their trade. The food preparation industry trains future chefs and cooks principally t
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List To Savour On Eastern Cape Safari
This all started when my son Lance and I attended the Safari Club International Convention in Las Vegas in February 2017 as a part of my bucket list, and I was not disappointed. It took four days to view the incredible display of taxidermy, world out
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Finding The Ideal Hunting Boot
I don’t believe there is such a thing as the ‘ideal’ hunting boot. Well, not for everyone as a blanket statement anyway. Your preference in a boot is governed by a number of factors. You can go on any hunting website and ask the question and you rece
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The CZ527 American Sporter in .204 Ruger
The name CZ (or Ceska Zbrojovka) and its tumultuous history, having links with the famed Brno marque and emerging from post-Cold War Europe, is one still embraced by many Australian shooters and hunters alike. The highly-regarded Brno .22LR rimfire a
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Two Old-timers
When my older brother Darcy became quite ill and underwent an operation we spent time together during his recovery and planned a weekend hunting trip for red deer. I could no longer hunt deer on a splendid Brisbane Valley property I favourited as the
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The Yamaha Wolverine X4 side-by-side ATV
Years ago, heading bush for a few days of hunting was a relatively uncomplicated affair. We just loaded up the family sedan or ute, if you were lucky enough to own one, and set off to the hunting property. Once there, it was a simple matter of gettin
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Turning Back The Years With A Supex Water Bag
During the height of summer my hunting buddy Mike and I went on a deer hunt in northern Queensland. Competing circumstances meant we had to postpone the trip a couple of times before we could lock it in. It just so happened that a severe heat-wave wa
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Paring Knives - Your Camp Kitchen Companions
Although the paring knife takes a prominent place in the cook/chef’s basic kit, it is not considered to have value in the hunter’s gear. However, the hunter who cares for his knife set could well be involved in the selection and maintenance of the do
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Rimfire Hunting Scopes - A Question Of Balance
Any hunting rifle that wears an overly-large and weighty scope can easily suffer from being ‘out of balance’. We’ve all seen the slim, trim bolt-action .308 hunting rifle that should be a pleasure to cart over hill and dale, wearing the ridiculously
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The Woodleigh Hydrostatically Stabilised Bullet
John Marozzi is the inventor of the Hydrostatically Stabilised Bullet (HSB). The bullet started as a thought or a seed implanted in the back of his mind in the late-1970s, when John was just 17-years-old. He would listen to his Uncle Max recount stor
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Wood-fired Roast Rump
It’s pretty much a mandatory skill in any hunting camp to be able to evenly roast a self-butchered joint of meat from something that you successfully hunted on a previous outing. A roast rump can be cooked, without burning it, in less than an hour, m
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Bone-in Rear Leg Roast Butchery
In Australian Hunter 64 we looked at the shin meat butchery on a goat foreleg and in Australian Hunter 65 we focused on carving rump steak. In this edition we move on to the roast (bone-in) butchery of a goat hind/rear leg. For this process, I used t
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Goat Stroganoff
Having covered goat butchery and recipes in this edition and previously that incorporated the main cuts of meat, the next progression is to procure any leftover goat meat and cut it into cubes. As well as the cubes, any reasonable-sized pieces of tri
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Jerky Made Easy
From its humble beginnings as a frontier staple, jerky has experienced somewhat of a renaissance of late. In fact, the shelves of supermarkets, liquor outlets and outdoors shops are stocked with an amazing array of product and flavour selections. But
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SSAA Conservation & Wildlife Management branches
The SSAA Vic Conservation & Pest Management program is an initiative started in conjunction with Parks Victoria. Accredited SSAA members have been used to control pest species such as foxes, rabbits, wild cats, dogs, pigs and goats in national parks,
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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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