Sporting Shooter

Bull fight

Scrub bulls or feral cattle, naturally, started out as domestic cattle. Many escaped over the years from properties or stations and they adapted very easily to the harsh Australian outback. Now they make for an exciting, challenging and sometimes dangerous hunt. Scrub bulls are a very large animal and can at times be very aggressive. To hunt these animals you need to be an experienced hunter or have a good guide.

may be cattle , but not just any cattle. These wild cattle are whole, ie, not castrated, and not to be confused with the famous banteng that are up in the Territory. They’re often just called bulls, scrubbers and sometimes feral oxen; the young

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