Have been hunting SF for about a year but only native never pine.
Any tips or tricks anyone is willing to share?
Artie wrote:Have been hunting SF for about a year but only native never pine.
Any tips or tricks anyone is willing to share?
bladeracer wrote:Artie wrote:Have been hunting SF for about a year but only native never pine.
Any tips or tricks anyone is willing to share?
Here in Vic I think plantations are usually leased so you would need permission from the lessee.
Artie wrote:bladeracer wrote:Artie wrote:Have been hunting SF for about a year but only native never pine.
Any tips or tricks anyone is willing to share?
Here in Vic I think plantations are usually leased so you would need permission from the lessee.
Sorry should of added I am in NSW in the blue mountains central tablelands area
bladeracer wrote:Artie wrote:bladeracer wrote:Artie wrote:Have been hunting SF for about a year but only native never pine.
Any tips or tricks anyone is willing to share?
Here in Vic I think plantations are usually leased so you would need permission from the lessee.
Sorry should of added I am in NSW in the blue mountains central tablelands area
So who owns the plantation you want to hunt? Seems odd to have plantation on public land with nobody responsible for logging and maintaining it.
Artie wrote:State forestry corporation own native and pine plantations on public land.
We need hold a R license as well as our firearms lic do some online modules to be able to gain written promission to hunt on public land decalered for hunting.
marksman wrote:I've hunted quite a few plantations in the past including pine forest
what I would add is to camo up stalk very slowly against the rows and check down each row with a good set of bino's before moving on again
try to start early morning, the wind can be swirly at least but try keeping the wind coming toward you and when you get that musky smell stand very still and look hard for blobs of colour or shapes that dont fit in, if you are hearing the animals move off in front of you slow down, even stop and have a break then move on
in the pines you need to get down and look down the rows under the branches if you can but mostly look for where the game are moving in and out
either plant at a distance and snipe them when they come out to go to there feeding grounds or walk in and find there beds
I prefer to plant and snipe, it's easier without upsetting there habits, also easier to get in the car
anyway hope this may help a bit as it's been the way I've done it successfully for some time