Australia Buffalo

[SWS1]

Not a place where you want to run out of tyres or diesel . Nearly double the size of Texas with a population of 265,000 people most of whom live in Darwin/ Palmerston . I try and get around via helicopter . Saves a lot of time .

You just cant help but love the feeling of vastness and emptiness.. i remember sitting ontop of an escarpment and not being able to see any other sign of human activity as far as i could see.
Simply an impressive landscape..

 

[PCC600]

You just cant help but love the feeling of vastness and emptiness.. i remember sitting ontop of an escarpment and not being able to see any other sign of human activity as far as i could see.
Simply an impressive landscape..

It certainly is .

 

[Sarg]

Another nice Old Bull yesterday.

 

[bwanamrm]

Do you know how hard it is compared to NZ?

The two times I hunted New Zealand I used outfitter rifles...

 

[UpNorthMI]

My son and I did a large cull hunt in May 2025 with Alex Jagers, it was a trip of a lifetime, that included 32 buffalo, pigs, donkeys, camel and amazing fishing for Barramundi.

Taking guns from the US was easy, Alex took care of everything. Our whole experience of dealing with Alex was first class, his communication, planning and paperwork was excellent.

Alex is a serious guy that runs a busy business with his team, he delivers what he promises. We hope to return to the NT for another hunt in future years, it will certainly be with Alex and his team.

I plan and travel a lot for hunting and shooting, Alex was one of the most responsive outfitters I have ever dealt with.

Thread 'AUSTRALIA: Northern Territory Cull Hunting With BIG COUNTRY SAFARIS AUSTRALIA - May 2025'

May 17, 2025

I've been looking at planning an Australian cull hunt for several years now, I've talked to a number of outfitters at the SCI & DSC Expos and through this forum. My goal was to be able to hunt a reasonable number of animals of several different types to fill a long enough trip to make the trek to Australia worthwhile.

I was planning the trip to hint with my son who is in his early 20's and as a way to celebrate my early retirement. We finally decided to plan a hunt with Alex Jagers of @BIG COUNTRY SAFARIS AUSTRALIA in the Australian Northern Territory. We planned to hunt water...

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[Jack Stevens]

I flew through Sidney and on to Darwin. Not only do you need an import license to get a rifle in, you need an export license to get it back out. When we were flying home from Darwin and back to Sidney, we showed up four hours before our flight to have time to get the permit, However, the local Police hemmed and hawed then punted on our export license and told us to get them in Sidney. We had to go from the Domestic Terminal to the International and collect our baggage since we couldn't check through to Houston because of the lack of an Export Permit. Collected bags headed to International and Police Checkpoint to get Export paperwork and was told it would be a minimum wait of two hours. Missed our connection to IAH. Rerouted later that day to San Francisco. San Fran wasn't expecting our guns on the plane so that threw TSA into a tizzy since we had to go to Customs as first POE to get them logged and then back to TSA to check them to Houston. Almost missed that flight... needless to say it was a mess brought on by the Police at Darwin that were too lazy to get our export permits a day or so before...
Never again.

For a hunter who wants to hunt with his own rifle - and not a “rented” one from the PH’s stash at camp - your report is a major-league deterrent for me to even consider Australia.