Twice we had tried and failed to get this big old red stag. This morning the wind had changed in our favour so we decided to use a direct approach through the old cultivation paddocks against the bush line. Gary had prepared for this moment a very long time.

It had been a hard start to the trapline. Times like this you question technique and beat up on yourself. Often you just need to hold the faith and stick to your game-plan. Success is often not measured in numbers.

When you are out trapping, never pick up a Wriggle Stick. Seriously, I prefer facing down a grizzly bear than a big brown snake or a Taipan. The real "snakes in the grass" are the ones that attached a political add to my last video. Green snakes are the ones you simply can't trust.

When there are too many wild pigs on your trapline, you have to give up (never!) or fix the problem but remember to always maintain your routine.

Setting the traps is often the easy part, keeping them set and ready to catch a dog is usually the hardest thing, especially in wild pig and cattle country. Think outside the square and find the solutions.

Maybe it is time to look outside the square. The deer are the true "asset", we the hunters are secondary. Might be hard to accept for some but here are the basics of primary production.

I grew up looking up to those we now regard as legends of our youth. Now we have others who fit the same mould. One such man, lives on the south coast of NSW and in my mind, is a man amongst men.

Trapping central and North Queensland for wild dogs means you have to contend with everything that wants to wreck a trap-set, from wild pigs, to goannas, kangaroos and even the things you are there to protect, the cattle. You have to think outside the square.

What they may lack in total antler mass they more than make up for with their cunning and overall survivability. The heritage herd of truly wild and free Queensland red deer are an asset that should be better managed for the future.

When did the wild dog get to Australia? Did it cross a land bridge or was it brought here by man? Heaps of emotive questions surround our wild Australian dogs. Have they more right to be here than our stock? Whatever the answers are, one thing is for sure, your life would be far more expensive and a lot less enjoyable without the success of our primary production. We must be good Shepards of our herds.

For over 30 years, our business AWCA has been a strong supporter of the Quality Deer Management Association of America. Part of what we do is the donation of a guided hunt for QDM members almost every year. Here is the first part of David and Larry's trip, a top class free range Queensland fallow deer buck.

The land of drought and flooding rain.... Australia.
We were trying to get this trapline working before the rain but the wet season in Queensland is always unpredictable. You just have to learn to adapt to it and do your best.