A gap year’s hunting

Finishing year 12 at the end of 2019, I’d planned 2020 as a gap year in which I’d play footy, work and hunt a lot before starting university in ’21. Twenty-twenty was looking pretty good! Little did I know what was coming.

Riverina pigs

The year started with a trip to the Riverina, targeting pigs. We headed off for a few days to a place we have visited regularly. There were five of us hunting and we put a decent number of pigs on the ground over the time we were there. Having a person with a rifle and another with a shotgun standing in the tub of the ute can be the ideal tactic when driving through scrub that varies from quite open to very thick, because it gives you options.

I was mainly using the Beretta 12 gauge to shoot pigs, although the .270, .325 and .22-250 all got a workout. There is no shortage of pigs at this place.

My first solo deer

As soon as I got all my licensing sorted, I borrowed Dad’s car and .270 and headed to the hills. We live in a