harvest of 2020/21 carting grain from farm to silo in central NSW

Trying to get a couple of pups started

One out stubble boars

Shooting pigs on the stubble

Good boar while out shooting

Pig hunting, trapping pigs with grain. 38 in total

Pig hunting, trapping pigs with grain

Pig hunting, trapping pigs with grain

The biggest issue for me on this trapline were the cattle. The quality of the cattle husbandry on this property was so high that the stock went out of their way to be friendly, often too friendly for keeping traps in the ground. This is when you catch dogs with your brains not your brawn.

By now, many people are wondering why the Glenfiddich hut needed to come down. If you understand the old term, "stand to your digs" as I do, it means to "hold to one's principles" and thats what we did. The majority of our supporting landholders hold hunters in very high regard and are right behind our system. Unfortunately a few, and only a few, don't hold hunters in high regard and that is their right. Judy and I were forced into a corner, we had to yield or stand firm.

Do you have the guts to "stand to your Digs", to hold to your principles?
If you do, you will understand what I am saying. If not, bury your head in the sand and say, she'll be right.

An integral part of managing a red deer herd is ensuring that the majority of the breeding is done by the best genetic animals. Just like the Whitetail deer, the wild red deer of Queensland Australia have their own quite unique traits that are integral to maintaining a quality herd. Over the coming months, we will explore many of these areas on this channel. Lets start with a great hunt for a big "Cull" stag during the 2022 red deer rut.