Category: Hunter Education
Before any hunter heads off into the bush they should ensure they have the necessary skills and equipment. One such skill is basic land navigation.
In today’s day and age it could be easy to think I have a GPS (Global Positioning System) I’ll be right! But batteries run out, things break. A guy called Murphy once said if it can go wrong, it will go wrong.
So it’s important for a hunter to take a map and compass with them as a back up system. However a map and a compass will be of no help if you have no idea on how to use them.
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There are around two million hectares of declared public land in NSW that offer excellent hunting opportunities with a variety of game and feral animals you’re legally able to pursue. Before you can hunt on public land, you must have a NSW Restricted Game Hunting Licence (R-Licence).
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When it comes to deer hunting in Australia there are three main methods that hunters use. Each method has its advantages and disadvantages.
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The first step to sighting in your rifle scope is selecting the right scope for the job. When choosing the right scope for your rifle, you will need to consider several factors including how you will be using your rifle, your shooting style and your budget.
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Hunters and Shooters Society of Australia (HSSA) is a Hunter Leap provider which provides several short courses to our members and NSW R Licence holders. One of the courses HSSA provide is Making a successful Shot. Todays blog will be a very short overview of some of the information provided in this course.
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In this blog I am going to tell you my journey of becoming a recreational shooter, and how I got my hunting properties. Along the way I will give you some tips and hints on how to find your own hunting property. By the end of this blog I hope you will see that finding a hunting property of your own is a very simple process, BUT it is not easy! Yes, there is a difference.
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This week I watched a Youtube video by an Australian youtuber known as Skidpig. The video was of him going hunting on a northern Queensland property with a group of friends. In the video he explains that he has never been to the property before and that he lent his GPS to one of his friends to use, which at first seems harmless enough as they are hunting in a group and are in the boundary of a property and not too far away from their base camp. However, the group gets split up and before long Skidpig found himself lost, with minimum supplies and with darkness swiftly rolling in to make things harder.
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