Al: Unfortunately the riverbank thickets were quite open this year due to the drier conditions and greater numbers of cattle camping on the levees. I took those Brennekes and carried them on the first afternoon, but no decent opportunities presented themselves and most of the shooting was with SGs. After that, the shottie stayed in the gunbag for the remainder of the trip.

My plans to get hold of a reloadable quantity of Brenneke projectiles have been derailed for the moment, temporarily I hope. More on this later.

I will be conducting an 'armed reconnaissance' or two in the Shoal Bay area as the build-up storms activate a couple of high-country wallows we have discovered over the years. Only a half-hour from home so no trouble to slip out there, and the area is 'shotgun only' during the goose season. I'll report here as soon as I have a successful field test result. Watch this space!