The Hunting Party

Hunters have praised and damned in a Four Corners program on hunting aired on ABC TV this week.

Game Council wins funding boost

The NSW Game Council will get a funding boost of $1.7 million to $4.35 million in the 2013/14 state budget.
"Sexual sickness": 2GB's Bill Crews has again used his program to launch an extraordinary attack on firearms owners.

Fury as reverend says shooters have "sexual sickness"

Shooters have turned against the Reverend Bill Crews after the 2GB radio announcer and church minister broadcast his belief that shooters have a "sexual sickness".
Beretta has launched a new and improved Australian website.

Snap Shots

Bowhunter convicted; controversy dogs Marksman range; dog and cat bounties; Beretta's new Aussie website; Tassie deer poaching problem; volunteers called for Oceania shoot.

Greens panic as gun purchases double

The Greens have revealed their desperation to turn the tide of shooting’s increasing popularity by publicising figures that show the number of PTAs issued in NSW has doubled in the past 10 years.

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Alysa's tonner

Alysa and her partner caught this 120kg boar.

Alysa Guppy shows off a 120kg beast she caught with her partner somewhere out in the wild Aussie scrub. What a beast!

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First Rusa: a trophy stag

Alex with his rusa, where it fell.

"He looks real good," I say to my mate, Joe, as I watch the rusa stag in the binoculars.

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MaXbox Door Pro review

Eagleye's Door Pro, based on the innovative MaXbox rifle rest, is ideal for shooting from a vehicle.

The Door Pro is a simple and effective rifle rest for hunters who shoot from a vehicle. It's light, easy to use and great for quickly getting well-aimed shots away.

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9mm Colt 1911 due in May

Aussie exclusive: the 1911 will be available in 9mm for the first time since 1990.

Made exclusively for the Australian market, Colt’s new Government 1911 9mm semi-auto pistol will arrive in Australia in May.

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42 grand for 23 goats? Or 174 foxes for free?

Some of the 174 foxes taken by the Southern Riverina Hunters Club.

Pro hunters were paid $42,000 to kill 23 goats, feral horses are destroying the High Country with impunity and a hunting club wiped out 174 foxes in a drive they did for free. What's wrong with this picture?

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.270 vs .30-06

Sako Black Bear's recent testing

Which same-weighted bullet carries more energy downrange, a .270 or .30-06?

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May-June 2013 Ridgeline Hunting Photo Competition

Guerilla Handman knife prize

If you have some great hunting photos (using rifle, shotgun, camera or bow and arrow etc) burning a hole in your computer, then we want to see them in the Ridgeline Hunting Photo Competition. Send them in to marcusodean@yaffa.com.au.

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    In the latest issue

    The July issue of Sporting Shooter is on the stands now, featuring a beautiful Alex Juris cover pic of a rutting fallow buck. Featured this month are great hunting stories about:
    •    Pig and feral hunting in mind-numbing heat
    •    Leon Wright's Victorian duck opening report
    •    A beautiful menil fallow buck hunt
    Tested are the new Voere 2165 updated Mauser in 7x64 and the Rossi Rio Grande in .45-70. We also review Arctic Fox riflescopes and they perform very well for their price.
    Still only $7.25 – 92 pages of great hunting reading matter.

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