I'm planning trip to Austrailia in October, including Cairns-Great Barrier Reef. Big game fishing my passion before I discovered DG and PG hunting in Africa.
Been "gamed" several times by internet salesmen re hunting and fishing.
I now only book via personal reference.
Anyone able to provide recommendation for Cairns/nearby for both offshore pelagic and near shore/inshore fishing?

Thank you
Bob

I would greatly appreciate the collective wisdom on the Kreighoff double rifles and especially the classic big 5. I am considering ordering one in .500 NE and would appreciate the experiences others have had warts and all. I handled my PHs Kreighoff in Namibia and was very impressed, more so than with the Merkel.
Many thanks in advance

Reagan’s Pre-Med Scholarship Sale — A Family Effort​

A little background on how this sale came about.

As Reagan began seriously looking at the cost of college and medical school, she asked us whether she could go through the things our family has accumulated over the years and select items to sell toward her education. We agreed, and it quickly became a family project, with each of us contributing things to the cause.

For those who haven't met Reagan in person at our AH events at the...

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Here's a couple photos of the buffalo I shot in Mozambique last week. Presentation was broadside. .375 /300gr. Barnes TSX.
First shot was placed too high and too far back. According to most of the anatomy diagrams I've seen it still should have damaged both lungs. It's still in the "vital triangle" But when butchering we could only see damage to one lung, and just the very top lobe. He would have gone a very long ways, maybe even been lost, if I had not shot again.

The 2nd shot was too...

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I am not a fan of the 6.5CM but nobody can deny the precision that can be had from the little cartridge. Recently, I was reviewing the new Federal +Peak technology applied to the 6.5CM cartridge and was well and truly impressed. This +Peak metallurgy enables the cartridge to run higher pressures from 65,000psi max for a conventional brass case to 80,000psi with the +Peak case. This is a serious boost to the handy little cartridge making it in effect a magnum version capable of about...

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