The top five have to be chosen from the six deer species we have in Australia--why--because they are truly way over the top of all other animals we have here,and i`m talking hunting them by stalking them free range and legal not with a spotlight or in a game "ranch" situation either To say the asian water buff -banteng and pigs etc are in the same league astounds me and my thinking is bolstered by the fact that if you get off a jet into Oz and have the money for top end hunting you WILL get results as the animals are there for the taking.Hunting deer(free range) is a totally different matter and if the average good deer hunter was let loose on Buff + Banteng he should have no problems in getting a shot.Our true absolute top trophy is the sambar stag and many men give the game away after hunting them for no result at all and concentrate on lesser game.Of course you can get lucky with hunting them but on average if you score a good stag every couple of years count yourself fortunate.And being mainly nocturnal makes it all the bloody harder.(how many possums you seen in daylight?)