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A couple of weeks ago I stopped at a gunstore to stock up on centerfire hunting ammunition. As I was browsing the shop a CZ 22 caught my eye. I realized that I hadn't owned a 22 rifle for a number of years, since the last 30 years has been spent hunting game with centerfire rifles. I am now the...

I bought myself a Bushnell game trail camera for christmas. Since my mates 2,000 acre cattle property ,(which is my main hunting property) is 5 hours drive , I only make it up there every 4 to 6 weeks. Although I've been hunting on this property for 18 years, the pig numbers vary considerably-...

I've hunted regularly for over 30 years & have never reloaded. Sure reloading is cheaper & loads can be tailor made, but I have never felt dissadvantaged when correctly matching premium factory ammunition with the intended game. I use 55 grain Winchester in my 22-250 & 150 grain Winchester in my...

I was listening to a radio interview of an Australian aboriginal "Black Tracker". These trackers are legendary in being able to follow an animals tracks even through rocky desert country, & are still used by the Australian police for tracking people through the bush. An interesting point that he...

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The previous summer bushfires had burnt through the mountains where I go to hunt deer. The usual thick undergrowth had been cleared and I felt disadvantaged using my Leupold V2 3x9 -40 rifle scope to "glass" through the blackened tree trunks. I never use to carry binoculars as they tended to...

I'm thinking of buying a new pair of binoculars for hunting & am considering the Zeiss 10 x 40 conquest. I have had experience with Zeiss binos previously & was impressed with their clarity. The conquest, I believe is made in Hungary, rather than Germany. Anyone know if the conquest range of...

I was hunting sambar deer(between red deer & elk in size) in a thick scrub gully in alpine country. I heard a noise down gully & had stalked within 15 yards of the noise.It was then that the branches of a tree in front of me started to move, as a stag thrashed its antlers on the far side of the...