* Blue Grouse in Colorado
(see page 60 below)

Hunting Blue grouse in Colorado requires a little bit of luck and a whole lot of pluck. Text and photography by Melissa Volpi.

* Fox Whistling Tactics
(see page 26 below)

Fox whistling would have to be one of the most popular and enjoyable forms of hunting in Australia. Regardless of whether it’s the piercing squeal of the Scotch predator call amid the New England ranges of New South Wales or perhaps the tempting tune of the terrified Tenterfield through the bracken fern gullies of southern Victoria the sight of foxes on the run has Australia’s hunters shooting as one. Text and photography by Adrian Kenney.

* Varminting with the .220 Swift and .22-250 Ackley Improved
(see page 108 below)

A field comparison of two great varminting cartridges compares the strengths and weaknesses of each. Text and photography by David Duffy.

* Happy 75th Birthday Winchester Model 70
(see page 80 below)

Of all the revered bolt action rifles in history, only a few have reached true greatness. This is the story of one such rifle, in its 75th year, Winchester’s famed Model 70. Text and photography by Layne Simpson.

* Boars & Billies on the Balonne
(see page 104 below)

A father and son week out west to enjoy the challenge and excitement of hunting along the Balonne River. Text and photography by Rod Williams.

* Gun Dog in the City: Part 3 – What is important when training your dog?
(see page 132 below)

This is the third article in the series designed to help hunters keep and train a gundog from their city base. This one builds on the last edition by structuring your thinking to effectively train your dog. Next episode explains the commands your dog needs to master in its first 6 months and how to get the message across to your dog. By the time you’ve worked through the next 18 months of your dog’s life, she’ll know and react to over 40 commands completely naturally. Text and photography by Charles Hayden.

* Big Buff of Mary River
(see page 40 below)

Hunting on a Northern Territory station where the acres are vast, the buffalo are plentiful and their horns are thick and wide. Text and photography by Warren McKay.

* Quest for a Monster Buck
(see page 48 below)

Finding a good trophy, well into the 200 Douglas point category, had well and truly risen to ‘number one’ on my hunting wish list. I knew what I was looking for; he didn’t have to be a monster, just a nice even head that appealed to me. Text and photography by Tim Blackwell.

* Last Light Sambar
(see page 68 below)

Many hunters prefer the first hours of daylight to be out hunting sambar as the lazy fog lifts from the river valley and the golden sun clambers over the rugged ridge to the east. For others, it’s the day after heavy rain when sambar tracks are deep and easier to follow up on the sun soaked hill as the river roars below. As good as these times are, I love to be out late in the day as the birds go quiet and the sounds of night begin to stir in the forest. During this last hour of daylight how good it is to be in a tree stand watching an active trail or stalking in a pair of socks around the feeding grounds of sambar. At this time of day, how good it is to be a sambar hunter. Text and photography by Adrian Kenney.

* Monarch of the Mountains
(see page 88 below)

A dream 25 years in the making, to hunt Red deer in the mountains of southeast Queensland. Text and photography by Troy Bradley.

* Warts ‘n All
(see page 92 below)

A month long work assignment in Angola, with stopovers in Johannesburg was sounding like an opportunity to hunt South Africa that I could not pass up. Text and photography by Jeff Baumann.

* Channel Country Soiree
(see page 74 below)

I arrived on the block just on dark, in time to set up a temporary camp till morning when I would look for the waterhole that was located in the vicinity of an old shearing shed. We were pig hunting in The Channel Country, a trip that had been in the planning stages for three months with a shooting mate, Jarrad (JB) from Adelaide. Text and photography by Rick Huckstepp.