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Wish someone had have let some deer go around here back in the day. Those Winchester Featherweights are a nice rifle. Nice all round.

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Instead, Kevin Gleeson, then the owner of the Mary River station near Pine Creek, organised for a number of animals to travel to his station.

According to the reports at the time, Mr Gleeson purchased about 300 animals from Mr Gill, likely to be herd animals such as African scimitar horned oryx, addax and varieties of deer.

In 2009, Mr Gleeson told media the herd had doubled in size since its arrival on his property.

The current owners of Mary River Station confirmed deer and oryx still roam the station, but did not return Curious Darwin's call.

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According to a Sunday Territorian story from September 1991, the transfer of 170 exotic animals from Broome's Pearl Coast Zoo at a cost of $1.5 million placed Mr Anderson in possession of the largest privately owned mammal collection outside of Australia's major cities.

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Now there were also greater kudu antelope, addax, scimitar-horned oryx, nyala, congo buffalo, cheetahs, and South American tapir.

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The property acquired various exotic animal species from the failed Tipperary Station zoo in 2004, including herds of oryx and addax.

Other animals believed to be still on the station and targeted for hunting include deer, banteng, buffalo and wild pigs.

Mary River East Station
A herd of oryx on Mary River East Station near Pine Creek in the Northern Territory. (Supplied: Alison Ross)

ABC Rural understands the Fisher family will continue to operate the safari hunting business, but will focus on producing cattle and buffalo.

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