PENFOLDS, the famous wine company, publishes a book called The Rewards of Patience which extols the virtues of the winery’s various world-renowned wines as they age in the cellar. Many of their top labels can be drinking magnificently after 20 years in the bottle. As with aging of wine, hunting experiences can be especially savoured if many years of effort are expended before grassing a truly exceptional trophy.
FOR my hunting mate Zeke, the Tassie fallow deer season rewarded 20 years of patient endeavour with a once-in-a-lifetime trophy.
We were all smiles as we drove off the boat with the HiLux loaded to the gunnels for yet another annual deer-stalking effort. It was wonderful to be back in Tasmania, enjoying the crisp, clean air, the abundant wildlife and the amazing variability of the weather. Some days might be warm and sunny, but for sure a south-westerly system would roll in, bringing
