G'day from Aus

Jul 13, 2016
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G'day all,

As the post says I'm from the great Southern land, names JD.

Passionate diy big game hunter and my bread and butter is definitely red deer. Free range reds are a far cry from the high fenced ones people see pics of from nz in terms of size, but a weary mature wild red stag is about as hard as hunting can get. do some varminting in the summer mostly chasing foxes and hares with the bow, bit of kangaroo culling and fishing and love hunting with my gsp.

Keen to get over to the states for a diy or huntswap hunt in the next couple of years, just tossing up where and what for. Hearts set on elk or mule deer at this stage.

Other than that, just keen to share some of my hunting experiences from here and NZ with you fellas.

I think nz steals our thunder a bit on the international scene but we do have 6 species of deer (4 readily found in my state), there's no closed season or tags for anything except hog deer, millions of acres to hunt and a licence sets you back about $50AUD.

Got pigs, banteng and buff up north but in the south we're all deer pretty much.

Here's a bit of what we have down here and in nz that I've hunted.

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Happy to help out with info on hunting Australia for anyone interested.

Cheers

JD
 

Gr8bawana

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Welcome to the forum. Australia is someplace the wife and I would like to visit at some point in the future. Looks like you've got some great hunting there.
 

gonhunting247

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Pretty cool, maybe someday I'll get to see NZ and Australia. Definitely at the toward the top of the list. Good luck here in the USA, you will have a blast!
 

ElkTrout

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Welcome to the forum JD! Thanks for the intro! Would love to make it out your way someday with the wife!


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Matthoek21

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Cool pics JD. Looks like you're having some fun down under. I've always wanted to fly fish New Zealand. It's on my bucket list. Welcome to the forum and good luck with your western dream hunt. There is no place like the rocky mountains!
 
Jul 13, 2016
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Thanks guys,

Look forward to sharing a few pics with you all.

Just one species away from the Aussie deer slam, there's a chance I'll get to hunt rusa in the next month so fingers crossed!
 

bullgator

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Welcome to the forum. I visited your country back in 2009. Mainly Brisbane area and I flew to Alice Springs. I proposed to my wife at the top of King's Canyon. I didn't see any deer, but I wanted to hunt for either rusa or sambar and could not fit that in the schedule.