We are fortunate to have such a diverse range of game animals to hunt, from rabbits, foxes, feral goats, pigs and deer to large and dangerous game like the banteng and Asiatic water buffalo in a free range environment. It all started around 200 years ago.
Before the colonisation of Australia and aside from the native fauna, there was no traditional game to hunt as we know it today. Initially and for some time until live stock was introduced and their numbers established, many struggling settlers on the mainland and Tasmania relied on native animals and birds like possums, wallabies, kangaroos, emus and swans for meat.
The 1800s were a pretty active period all around with regards to the introduction of livestock. Poultry, sheep, goats, pigs, cattle and horses were transported across in sailing ships from England and other parts to feed the growing colony, provide a means of transport and advance agriculture. Domesticated Asiatic water buffaloes and bantengs from Southeast Asia were also brought across to the Cobourg Peninsula in 1826 and 1849 respectively as a further source of meat and
