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This is my closest

ffs a mangey fox ha ha

change the innersoles on the lowa's, makes them even more comfortable. as for noise, find a way to hunt with noise, and make it, advantage

Everything, and I mean everything in the bush makes noise when it moves. The wind, trees, and the animals. Nothing can walk around completely quiet. If there are wind gusts, move when the wind does, stop when it is still. If it is noisy underfoot for you, it is noisy for everything. Deer are inquisitive, they don't like to move unless they see you or smell you. I have had deer brake off after I have passed them. I have had deer run at me. Stags rub trees, shake a bush every now and then and see what happens. We have 2 legs, that is what is distinctive about the way we move thru the bush, it isn't a normal sound. Move slowly, and then even slower when in the hot zone, but don't try to hunt every inch of land you cover, it is too hard. Your concentration will go and you will just get frustrated. Take a break, 15 minutes to sit down and listen to the sounds around you. Work gullies, spend some time glassing, then go to the next. If you bump a deer then you are on the right track. The trick is to see them before they see you. You don't learn if you don't make mistakes.

That's amazing footage!

Before I'd shot my first sambar I was sitting with my back to a tree looking out over a more open valley. I Heard a stick crack behind me, then another, then footsteps coming closer and closer. I had only shot the wild dog the day before and was still in the phase where I was on edge and every noise got the adrenaline running. I stood up, the sound of my back sliding against the bark alerted what was coming and the movement stopped. I poked my head around the tree and 10m away I could see a tail behind a tree, but still couldn't work out if it was a deer or a dingo as the front was obscured by ti-tree. (That's how green I was at the time) I shuffled around the other side for a better look, got honked (relief) and it took off! I'd didn't get a shot off in time as it was over a hill before I could get the safety off but is the closest I've been to a deer to date. Had I not moved it probably would have come right past me and I could have given it a pat on the way past.

I have got closer vids. If anyone tells you that you don`t need camo to hunt sambar deer well believe them because you don't but if you want to get really close to sambar deer it is imperative that you do don cams and a complete cover up. I have had a hind walk past me at maybe three yards,I have videoed a good stag at seven...the length of a standard car garage and that gets the aortas pumping.

Hey Yall, Hi from Western NSW

G'day Hunters My name is Gummas and I've only recently gotten back into hunting after close to a 2-decade gap. My grandpa took me over to SA for the fallow rutt back when I was 13 to shoot my first buck. Mission was successful but I got distracted with guitar and never got around to getting my guin license. Fast forward to now and I got my license and first rifle at the start of 2024. I've gone deer crazy and am enjoying hunting as much as possible. Someone posted on Facebook the news that this forum is winding up at the end of June so I thought I'd jump on and try to make some friends and read up on some hunting stories and collect some knowledge before it goes down. Cheers!