The only hunting I got to do was "on the sly". I went out with a couple of mates on a night time rabbit hunt. We did some shooting at targets before it got dark and I was the best shot among us so they elected me the shooter. I believe I took 12 rabbits with 15 head-shots. Some were pretty small but they were the best eating.

Another night I held the spotlight for a "buddie" who hated me calling him a "buddie". He was shooting roos on his farm.

If I could have got the *^%$# permits sorted out and got ahold of a rifle, I would have done some ferral shooting. Fox and cats and goats. I talked to a fellow who had been to vist one of his friends and they shot some deer but no one knew how to gut them and take care of the meat so they just left them. I told him I knew how tocare for the meat andget great venison from deer. Never got a chance to go with him. Another fellow told me he knew a rice farmer who sometimes shot ducks in his rice paddocks. But the guy did not want to give it a go because he said that brown snakes liked to live in the same rice fields,

Reddeer are similar to the Elk we have in Canada. The bulls do a lot of calling and fighting during the breeding season. Not sure if the Ausie reddeer have a seasonal "rut" though.

I knew there were a number of different deer in Aus. but didn't know Mule deer were among them.

Have a great hunt.

Robin in Rocky