Thread: 2015 NT Buffalo & Other Stuff

The first trip I went on I used there 30-06 and 308 on everything except a Buffalo. I felt they were underpowered on the horse's and in some cases the donkeys. With all the trees in the way you don't get many neck and head shots available and when you are shooting a mob of them it's pretty intense. Nothing is long range. Some horse's soaked up a bit of lead so quickly figured more cubic capacity was required.

As for shooting a buffalo - 375 H & H 300gr ammo a minimum, you'll still pay if it fcuks off into the bush

Every other trip I have made I take my own rifles, Sako 85 375 H&H and Tikka 300wm, I never took the 300wm out of it's case this trip, just used the 375 on everything. So travelling by yourself with 2 x rifles and baggage is a handful.

You still need a NT firearms license, they won't let you shoot without it, it's easy to obtain but takes a couple of months. If you fly Qantas you will need pre approval to take firearms, it's a simple email to them etc but I have noticed that there check in staff want to see every slip of paperwork, worse than aussie customs. It's only a pain when you have interconnecting flights and you cant check your gear thru to your final destination as customs want to see it etc so you have to repeat the check in procedure.

I find that it's best travelling up the sharp end, pay the extra and you don't get as many hassles. I've been known to call a spade a spade when diplomacy is required.

If I had it my way I could easily spend a couple of months every year in the NT, it's an awesome place, the place is huge.

The week before I arrived Mike had gone thru a gate into the next station which was even bigger, he was shooting some horse's in the bush when a chopper turns up, lands next to him and politely tells him that he is on someone else's property, middle of bloody nowhere and gets sprung. It wasn't a problem he just did a u turn and re traced his tracks.