I WAS IN the Victorian high mountains in the search for sambar. I walked the game trails, breathing in through my nose, one of the best (and easiest) tips I’ve picked up over the years for sensing game animals. It seems like common sense, but it always pays to be diligent with the basics like simply breathing in through your nose as you hunt.
THE next breath in brought the unmistakable scent of fox. He was close. I found a small clearing with only one entry point, stands of blackberries on either side. A few belts on the whistle and I had a face staring at me from within the blackberries.
I was well concealed by the large eucalypt behind me, my knees up close to my chest and the Kimber resting
