Australian Hunter

The farmyard   feral clean-up

When given the opportunity to move out to the family farm in a caretaking role, after some serious thought, we agreed to the offer and made the journey to Dalby in Queensland’s Darling Downs.

Having an extra room at my disposal, I set it up as a reloading zone and gun workshop. Just outside the room, I have the luxury of a 100m range with butts that is used for target shooting and test loads. Ranges of easily 1000m with a safe backdrop are also achievable after a crop harvest. However, I have not set up targets past 300m as realistically most of my hunting situations fall within that range. The property consists of 2000 acres of cropping country with a creek separating one half from the other. It is ideal hunting territory with plenty of

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