Next chapter forms formidable father-son duo

A 30-second phone call was all it took to find out that almost two decades of hunting on a property had come to a close. The estate had undergone a change of owners who decided to conduct all feral pest control in-house. The gates were now shut to a couple of regular professional shooters and myself, a recreational hunter. I ended the phone call on good terms with one of the new owners, hoping for a change of heart. Disappointed, I respected his decision. Although great mates with the previous owner and despite him guaranteeing my privilege there, his word wasn’t final.

Delightedly, I was invited by Greg, married to a relative of mine, to come hunting on his family’s cattle property in Western Queensland. A year and a bit later, I accepted the invite for a hunt. As it turns out, a usually very dry part of our state was experiencing large