I thought I would not be doing any hunting of big game this year. A month or so ago I was contacted by fellow member of NE, Matt Graham about a cancellation he had, and I reluctantly turned it down due to lack of funds this year.

But Matt is persistant, just like he is when hunting with a client, and wore me down. Why do I need a car when I have a Landcruiser you might ask and I did too, and decided it was time for the car to go!

So next month in a VERY hot time of the year in the Top End I will be travelling North for a week's hunt after Banteng. Matt and I will be hunting banteng together for a couple banteng for slightly less than five days in the Cobourg Peninsula.

Last time I hunted with Matt was 2004 so I guess I didn't learn the lesson the first time.

Might also catch up with that Marrakai character too perhaps.

Banteng is restricted to a National Park in the Cobourg Peninsula and the quota is quite limited, so it is a trophy animal I have aways wanted to hunt, but never thought I would.

"Zabardast" my .450 NE Jeffrey double rifle has a Gaur engraved into its boxlocks, so it was made for such a wild oxen hunt. Hopefully it will return to a hunt of its roots.