Sambar Hound Hunting has finally started.
 

Hey all, new member from australia, found your site to be one of the biggest so thought i would join up and show the world our style of hunting

First week out to the start of the season, the beagles went great and we knocked this small stag over in a couple of hours, the bloke in the photo is his first ever deer so he was totally pumped..]

cheers Josh

RE: Sambar Hound Hunting has finally started.
 

Nice Stag, we have an island here in Florida (St Vincent Island) that has Sambar & a draw hunt for them every year. We are not allowed to use dogs & the must use bow or muzzleloader only. But with all said it's a good hunt & the price is right if you live in Florida & want to hunt Sambar.
I went 2 years ago & did not take one myself but did see a nice 6 point a younger stag & a Hind taken by others.

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great sambar!!!

sdeshazo where is that island and where do you put in for the draw?????? i would like to put in for that if i wouldn't have to drive to far...

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Hunter here is all the info. Good luck on the draw it's tuff, I know people that have been applying for years & years & never got drawn. I apply every year what the hell it's only $15 if you get it & cost nothing to try.

http://www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=41650

RE: Sambar Hound Hunting has finally started.
 

yeah i actually started to look for info after i read your post and found the exact same webpage. i'm definately going to put in for it. is there alot of competition for the whitetail permits also??? can you put in for both???

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damn down here in australia they are everywhere, gotta pay a general fee to hunt them year round, thinks its $60 and you can take as many as u like

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Hunt year around!! That's some kind of nice!!

The area in youer pic looks like a good place for Sambar, I've always been told if your feet are not wet & the brush real thick your in the wrong spot.

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varies mate, ive seen deer shot in just about a barrel length thats how thick the scrub is to a couple of hundred meters, over various terrain, dry, rocky, wet and cold

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I like that Aussie camo! Just kidding.

So you use beagles to get them moving in the thick stuff? Just curious, how large a pack?

The young guy looks very happy with his first deer. That doesn't change much continent to continent! Thanks for sharing.

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we wear anything we like down here, camo does help but when hunting with hounds and multiple shooters we like to wear colours that stand out, i wear a yellow jumper all the time, others wear orange etc..
pack size is normally around 6 beagles