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General Information

For international hunters wishing to secure the South Pacific 15 then Australia is a must visit. We recommend booking a hunt there using our guide Glenn Martin. The guide for New Caledonia is James Gray. Both regions are truly fantastic hunting paradises for clients targeting a wide diversity of introduced big game mammals. Clients often book a hunt that includes NZ,  Australia and New Caledonia.

Trophy Species

In Australia there are wild boars in all states, water buffalo and wild ox in the Northern Territory, banteng cattle in the monsoon forests of the Coburg Peninsula,  wild donkeys mainly in the Northern Territory, wild goats in all states except the Northern Territory, wild camels in the Northern Territory and Western Queensland, fox are widespread; and several species of deer are spread throughout several states. New Caledonia has world class rusa stags, and wild pig.

The Territory

The main Australian destination for international big game hunters in Australia is the Northern Territory targeting the big 3 bovines. Banteng cattle are found in Garig Gunak Barlu National Park, which is located on the Coburg Peninsula some nine hours drive from Darwin.  The quality is the best in the world. The second bovine is the wild cattle bull, often called South Pacific wild ox. The third bovine species is Water buffalo which were introduced into the Northern Territory in 1843.

Hunting Buffalo

The hunting technique used widely for water buffalo is  to drive the concession roads, until game is spotted then stalk the animal if it is of trophy standard. The distances involved are huge, and the best comparison is that it is similar to hunting in Africa. During a recent three day hunt a client shot a 90 SCI water buffalo bull and a wild ox, and the second hunter shot a 105 SCI water buffalo bull. The big bull was mounting an aggressive charge on a dingo when spotted, and luckily for the hunter came within shooting range.

New Caledonia

Rusa stag hunts are described as "the greatest free-range hunt in the world". New Caledonia is a French controlled region which at one time was estimated to have a free-range rusa deer population in excess of 200,000 deer. Hunters commonly saw over 100 deer per hunting day. The country number is now less, but the top properties we have access to still have huge populations and high quality rusa stags amongst the herds. The hunting season begins in late July and lasts about 10 weeks. It is not uncommon to shoot gold medal stags better than 150 SCI.

Greg: fairchase@paradise.net.nz

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