Safari Hunting NT

[WildHunter]

I'm traveling to the NT for a well deserved Holiday. Definitely bringing a firearm with me and am sort of interested in a safari.
I've been on google and looked at a few, I'm not exactly interested these 13 day buffalo hunts. I'm mainly interested in pigs, and paying for some to provide access to property or game area. If the opportunity for a buffalo came up sure I would take it, but I mainly just a few days on the pigs.

Anyone know of good guides up there? Annoying things is the don't advertise the price or even an approximate or from.

Thanks,

[WildHunter]

I have found one so far that advertises 2-3 day safaris, but so far it looks like only Buffalo
Contacting them now to find out

[Xerox]

13 days of just Buffalo would get old by the end.

I wouldn't mind one though.

You're not interested in them at all? Just porkers eh

[sally-bee]

13 days of BBQ would not get old IMO

[wrenchman]

buff hunt is on my bucket list.

[Die Judicii]

I spent quite some time living in FNQ. (general area between Karumba and Kowanyama)
I too was really wanting to get into some feral pigs.
When I first arrived, I didn't know any land owners or managers, so I set about carefully enquiring, listening, and learning.

I seemed to run into brick walls wherever I went, regardless of the fact that I was trying to do the right thing.
Even though I myself was a landowner (down south at the time) I just couldn't seem to find an opening.

One day, I rang a (station manager) that I had met at a clay target shoot and known for approx 3 weeks.
I started to ask if he could help me out,,,,,,,, and was met with a barrage of filthy language and abuse, and amongst other things, real nastiness.
A complete change of character from what he was, at the club. (he turned out to be the most ignorant and rude person I've had the displeasure to know)

I tried to say that I was only asking,,,,,,, and if he didn't want to help me all he had to do was say No, and leave it at that.

Then he started ranting, and saying he didn't need any more F***ing C***s from down south cutting fences and shooting stock, and then hung up.

It wasn't till only a few days before I was shifting back down south that I met another station manager, who said that he would have gladly accommodated me in my quest for feral pigs,,,, and other species as well.
He went on to say that a lot of the station owners had had real bad problems with "idiots" from down south, who read shooting magazine articles, that give the false impression that all the land up north was a shooters haven and open to all.
These idiots are the ones that cut fences, destroy watering points, and shoot anything that moves.

They are also giving the honest guys trying to do the right thing,,, a real dis-service and bringing the sport itself into disrepute.

End of my rant,,,,,,

[<<Genesis93>>]

13 day buff hunt sounds good.....
But once you've shot the beast on the first day, what do you do for the remainder???
Look for it perhaps.......

[wrenchman]

die that is what has happened here to a lot of the best hunting my aunt let a guy hunt babbits and she went out to her barn there was a hole in her barn he decided to patern his shot gun on the side of her barn.
after that it was only family and she was a real ass about guns around the barns

[headspace]

buff hunt is on my bucket list.

Going probably next week to chase some Buffalo. A bloke put some on his farm a few years back and they went feral. There's a couple of us go out and thin them from time to time.
JD

[wrenchman]

real nice

[WildHunter]

I spent quite some time living in FNQ. (general area between Karumba and Kowanyama)


They are also giving the honest guys trying to do the right thing,,, a real dis-service and bringing the sport itself into disrepute.

End of my rant,,,,,,

Story of our lives!

[Wobble]

What's your rifle chambered in there headspace?

[WildHunter]

Well I'm here. I have a rifle. But know where to shoot!

[WildHunter]

No where*

Wow. Massive blank there haha

[<<Genesis93>>]

So you planned to organise once you got there ? ?
I believe theres limited hunting on public land maybe north of or near darwin...pigs???. and there a permit required for that, hit the NT GOV website.... perhaps a few call to some guide who might take you to the pigs or at least give you some advice

[Bourt]

I have a rifle. But know where to shoot!

Sounds like a plan

[WildHunter]

I decided on not opting for a safari. I am in contact with a few pig shooters, testing the water ATM, see where it goes

[Xerox]

Should be more fun than a stationary Buff anyway