A_S_S_2015_04

6 | SPORTING SHOOTER _ APRIL 2014

IN THIS

ISSUE

12 28 54 82

APRIL 2015

It’s now into the fallow deer

season. Bucks have shed velvet,

are gathering does and fighting

in the rut.

Alex Juris has been out with his camera

and get ting some great pics of fallow

deer in the pre-season heat haze.

MAIN FEATURE

ON THE COVER

HUNTING

BIRTHDAY BUCK 12

Reid Hjorth bagged a beautiful

fallow after months of

scouting and surveillance.

RED DOG BLITZ 28

Steven Spiekman’s doing

graziers favours by taking out

these feral menaces.

RED MEAT HUNTS 58

Ted Mitchell Snr is out with

mates hunting red deer for the

table; great jerky recipes here.

WHEN YOU

GOTTA GO 70

Brendan Jones’ humorous tale

about a pig hunt “interruption”.

FIRST SAMBAR 78

New writer and accomplished

young hunter Corey Knight

tells of his first sambar stag

• a good tale.

REVIEWED

2015 Gun Digest 80

All that’s good, holy and goes

bang from the good ol’ US of A.

TEST REPORTS

Haenel Jager

10 Basic 34

No unnecessary extras, just

pure functionality, user-

friendliness and performance.

Weatherby Mark V

Ultra Lightweight in

.257 Wby. Mag. 54

A deluxe rifle in a blistering

chambering.

DEPARTMENTS

OPENING SHOT 10

ASK THE GUN EDITOR 20

WEB NE WS 40

GUN LORE 42

SHOOTER’S SHOWCASE 48

FROM THE FIELD 52

IN THE CROSSHAIRS 66

FEDERAL PHOTO COMP 82

PRACTICAL RELOADING 84

PARTING SHOT 90

JURIS