This hilly terrain is typical of much of the area where the author hunted in Queensland.
of the property where we would stay and hunt. Scott also is an avid shooter and gun collector and is learning to fl y a helicopter. Then it was back on the road for an hour and a half southwest to reach our destination, a cattle station (ranch) named Glenelg that is owned by Scott. (He was to drive by himself to Glenelg to join us the next day. One of his hobbies is photography and he was making pic- tures of us and everything else while we were in the fi eld.) The grand old house we stayed in is the oldest farmhouse in Queensland, dating back to the 1850s. It has a veranda on the east, north, and west sides to shade the building that was constructed in an era long before air conditioning. We crawled into our beds, hoping to recover somewhat from jet lag before getting up. Following breakfast, we checked out our rifl es at a shooting range behind the house and then were ready to go hunting. The terrain around Glenelg is
quite hilly (worn down mountains) with areas of brush and trees interspersed with open grasslands. Small creeks are common. Even more common are kangaroos, wallaroos, wallabies, and wild hogs … plus fallow deer. Don’t be concerned about the distinction between kangaroos, wallaroos, and wallabies. They all look pretty much alike to tourists but your guide will know the difference. Marc’s hunting vehicle is a four- door Toyota pickup (very common in
Australia) with a shooting bench and seats right behind the cab. L.P. and I could sit side by side with our rifl es on short Harris bipods and shoot directly over the cab. ‘Roos and hogs are con- sidered varmints so the locals don’t get very hung up on just how a hunter goes about pursuing them. Results are what count. If we spotted fallow deer we would dismount from the truck and try to stalk them on foot, which we did several times. L.P. had brought a Savage bolt action rifl e in .22-250 and I had brought
L.P. Brezny used a Savage rifl e in .22-250 on this kangaroo.
two rifl es, both CZ USA bolt actions. The 550 American in .22-250 has a walnut stock and was topped with a Leupold VX-7 3.5-14x50mm scope with the Varmint Hunter’s reticle. The 550 Safari Classics in .375 H&H has a laminated stock and Leupold VX-7 1.5-6x24mm scope with large dot reticle. Both of these scopes are top-of-the-line products, and when hunting dark gray and black critters after dark you want all the light-gathering ability you can get. These two Leupold optics met the challenge and I would not have wanted
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