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    Mann River Buffalo

    Mar 10, 2022 5 minutes

    It’s one of the most adrenaline-pumping animals you’ll ever face while hunting in Australia: A buffalo bull, weighing 800kg and carrying a set of wickedly sharp horns, standing 20 metres away trying to make up his mind about whether you’re friend or foe.

    WE ENTERED Arnhem Land on a dusty and rutted road intersected by numerous river and creek crossings. It eventually turned in to a track through the bush leading into Tropical Hunting Safaris’ Mann River buffalo hunting area. Located roughly in the centre of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory, it’s very remote with access by permit only. Peter Lorman had rung me a week earlier and asked if I would be interested in giving him a hand at the camp and I jumped at the chance. Not too many people get the opportunity to visit this area and I was keen to see it.

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