I'm looking at a few days chasing reds in the roar (or chital or pigs) up here in QLD as well as a few days in NSW state forest, exploring and hopefully getting on a deer. I also want to get onto a few goats in one of the state forest.

What's yours?

One of the things that has been on my bucket list for a few years is to go deep into the Outback with a good friend who lives in Tasmania. I would like to shoot a camel. I know that you remember our guide in Arnhemland starving us on a buffalo hunt so I will be bringing a suitcase full of food, just in case.

If I do not get the vaccines this year in time - another strange varmint on my bucket list is to hunt in the High Arctic with the Inuit and hunt a big bull walrus.

I am low on both of those critters.

Off to Stewart Island to hunt Whiteatil at end of march. Get home just in time for the peak of the fallow rut. Will have a crack at them with the longbow for a bit.
If the Fucken borders open before september, Im tempted to Give Gryph a yell and go see him and chase some sambar. Not bloody likely the way things are going though, so more likely Ill head south and try find the big Chamois Buck I missed out on with my bow this year.

Another tahr hunt in mid June into our favourite Jacobs River block I scored in the annual DOC ballot. A third son who's interest in hunting was piqued last duck season is getting himself equipped ready to accompany his two brothers, myself and a couple of their mates into the Southern Alps to freeze our balls off for a week in tents.
I'll be a few months off 70 then but still keen for another crack at those wily old tahr and the scenery is just superb, the camp a lot of fun and another chance to fly with that legend chopper pilot, James Scott.

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Originally posted by scruffy:
One of the things that has been on my bucket list for a few years is to go deep into the Outback with a good friend who lives in Tasmania. I would like to shoot a camel. I know that you remember our guide in Arnhemland starving us on a buffalo hunt so I will be bringing a suitcase full of food, just in case.

If I do not get the vaccines this year in time - another strange varmint on my bucket list is to hunt in the High Arctic with the Inuit and hunt a big bull walrus.

I am low on both of those critters.

Go the camel mate. AND if your in Queensland look me up.

Here you go Shanks....just got to get the jab!

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news...1dTnc3?ocid=msedgntp

Its the return quarrantine that has to go before I start to travel. 2 weeks stuck in a shitty hotel room at a cost of 3 grand. Man I cant sit still on a beach for 3 hours!

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Originally posted by eagle27:
Another tahr hunt in mid June into our favourite Jacobs River block I scored in the annual DOC ballot. A third son who's interest in hunting was piqued last duck season is getting himself equipped ready to accompany his two brothers, myself and a couple of their mates into the Southern Alps to freeze our balls off for a week in tents.
I'll be a few months off 70 then but still keen for another crack at those wily old tahr and the scenery is just superb, the camp a lot of fun and another chance to fly with that legend chopper pilot, James Scott.

James will be getting close to 70 himself.

Your post reminded me that I clean forgot about duckshooting. 1st weekend in May.

I would like a posting back to the NT just to be able to shoot waterfowl.

Late 2020 I hunted with my son on Molesworth Station for the first time. It was a great trip with very enjoyable hunting. We plan to hunt another Molesworth block this year.
After Molesworth we went a long way south and shot Wallabies in the Kirkliston hills. That was a heap of fun. Want to do more this year but hopefully not quite so far away.
Also trying to get a hunt organised for Tahr and will chase a few Sika too.
Maybe if international travel resumes this year I might go on one of my postponed hunts but it's not looking very likely just now.

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Im tempted to Give Gryph a yell and go see him and chase some sambar.

Sydney mate only left yesty,scored with rifle and camera.

Need to know more.

will do,it will only make you "want" ha ha

It did indeed. Have to bring kathrin over at some stage.Sooner the better.

Had to cancel last years because of the bloody Chink virus.

Spoke to Roy last week, and re-confirmed our flights for September!

I am keeping my fingers crossed!

Dont get your hopes up just yet , Kiwis . This current partial lockdown is just the beginning .I expect the country to be in full lockdown before very long.

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Had to cancel last years because of the bloody Chink virus.

Spoke to Roy last week, and re-confirmed our flights for September!

I am keeping my fingers crossed!

I hope this bullshit stops soon mate.

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Dont get your hopes up just yet , Kiwis . This current partial lockdown is just the beginning .I expect the country to be in full lockdown before very long.

Theres a bit of deja vu for shore.

I hope things open up over there before I get too old to travel and stomp around!!

Knowing the adventures you have planned Z, I think you'll be stomping around for some time. But yep we need this over with.

Well, OZ and NZ are both on the list for sure, the big question now is when...it could be a while.. Hopefully by 2022 we can be making serious plans to come your way....

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Originally posted by muzza:
Dont get your hopes up just yet , Kiwis . This current partial lockdown is just the beginning .I expect the country to be in full lockdown before very long.

Bloody stupid women shutting down just because of one infection!??

No wonder God made them with a sell by date!

Sydney took the pic,I just drove him to a spot and dropped him off with directions on how to get back to my home through the bush.

Awesome!

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Bloody stupid women shutting down just because of one infection!??

No , sir . There are far more sinister things at play here than any virus. This is just another step toward population-compliance-without-question , on the journey towards the Socialist Dream.

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This is just another step toward population-compliance-without-question

I see it more as a reduction in virus spreading.

A couple of weeks ago I hobbled around mitt camera.

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I see it more as a reduction in virus spreading.

In Eastern Australias case - probably correct . Here - its moved past a medical event and into a political control of the masses event . In my opinion , anyway.

Here its doing something, to cover the fact they have been poor at running quarantine and keep making mistakes.
If they announce lockdowns it sounds like they are onto it, yet the mistakes made that mean the lockdown was needed are been swept under carpet.
FFS we are a year into this crisis and they are still making stuff ups.

Meanwhile back in the lockdown free zone here I am still hobbling about with my camera instead of fussing too much about the state.
A handlebar model in velvet taken today.

Just a report comparing Dubai with New Zealand.

Dubai being the most open, and New Zealand is the most restricted!

We are actually living normal lives here.

People can travel wherever they are permitted entry.

Hi Saeed,
Yes NZ is quite restricted, currently most restricted in the Auckland region which is NZ's most highly populated . It's a pity really and there is noticeable Lockdown fatigue among the population generally with the greatest impact felt by small business owners.
But with very few exceptions people are going along with it, if grudgingly, for the greater good. They are even reasonably forgiving of numerous government mistakes made in the course of "managing" Covid to date.
On the plus side we have promptly contained several small community outbreaks and kept hospital admissions and Covid deaths remarkably low. All largely due to the general population deciding to play by the rules. For sure it entails disruption and inconvenience but, so far, it's worked for us.
Good for you in Dubai if you are able to allow free population movement without spreading Covid around. Is this helped by your vaccination programme where I think you guys are far ahead of us and can therefore allow society to be relatively uncontained ? We are only just starting to vaccinate and won't hit any significant numbers until about June from what I hear.
Anyway, horses for courses I guess. It will be good when the world gets to being confident we really have Covid under control.

Mike Hosking has a bit to say about it.

https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/o...5hBAU2sHt0bo-YcB0M-A

I wonder where the show pony got the "someone to blame " idea from ? Its not as if she hasnt played that game before - only now the press isnt so firmly wedged up her jacksy.....

Poor Jacinda! Look at photos of her 4 years ago. Seems to have aged 10 years in the job. Perhaps it's being a mother as well as PM? I told an Ethiopian PH we had an unmarried mother as Prime Minister and he thought I was taking the piss!
Had hunt in Marlborough last weekend. Missed a Fallow buck at only 460 yards. Didn't allow enough for the wind. That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it! Took a nice and even 20 point Red stag. Private land and a lot of farm genetics of course. Saw a number of very uneven farm type stags with more than 20 points. Lack of overseas hunters is making private land hunting affordable and the deer are getting older.
Going into Poronui Station for Sika in April. Much cheaper there now! I'm getting a bit past bashing through the scrub for a week to shoot a couple of hinds.
Still hoping to get to Uganda in August for Sitatunga and Nile Buffalo etc, but I'm not going until I've been jabbed.
Aunty Jacinda promised that we would be first in the queue for vaccine and now it looks like we will be last! Just another hollow promise from those who can really talk the talk but couldn't manage a corner shop!

And a photo of the 20 pointer for us heathens?

Please explain in words of one syllable how to load said photo onto this site. Bearing in mind I'm a techno-dinosaur who has never learned how to send a text! My sister was a Professor of computer science, my son fixes computer systems and my son in law designs apps, but I only understand cows and land and have never wasted time on a computer until now. This could be the reason why I can afford to hunt in Africa every year and they cannot.

Email it to me mate and I’ll put it on

axle1665@hotmail.com

Good one Bakesy,more pics the better.
I snapped 73 pics this morning of this little one.

Nice shape Gryph