I had my recent annual trip up to sambar country from Tassie. Hunting was hard due to bushfire regrowth but I found a great looking wallow on the 3rd day, I could see from 30-40m off that it was well used with mud up the trunks of all the near by trees and there was a freshly used preaching tree with fresh scrapes. Remembering what you said in the book about not scenting the area I backed out slowly and sat off it from about 110m. Just before dark I heard on three occasions a deer stamping its foot it the bush but I didn’t see anything. I had my leafy suit on with face mask and gloves but was only lying behind a fallen tree branch. The next day we went back in the middle of the day to make a better hide. Then an hour before dark I returned to the hide and sure enough about 10mins before dark a nice 23 inch stag walked out of the bush 70m away and I harvested him. Thanks again for shari… Read Full Story >>

Andrew Rosser, Tasmania

> A fine even 28inch stag taken by Brian Church employing knowledge gleaned from Secrets of the Sambar Volumes 1 & 2 I am convinced he is the same stag as he was shot within 75 yards of previous sightings. I walked up the gully to glass for my friend. My binos were soaked when I reached my first glassing spot so I looked around for a bit hoping they would dry out after a shake. They did in time, but I saw nothing at first. But when I moved to the other side of the tree I saw bushes moving across the gully. I picked up my binos and could see his tips moving around. I picked up my rifle, zoomed to 7 power and found him in my sight then he turned and looked dead at me. I fired. I knew the shot was good as I had used the tree as a rest. Yes - I had learnt from my mistakes. He reacted to the shot by running straight down through the creek and up the other side. I felt he was charging m… Read Full Story >>

Brian Church, Thurgoona, NSW

I have spent a lot of time hunting sambar and have a taken a few stags so when I read Secrets of the Sambar Volume 1 I instantly knew the information was extremely accurate. In fact I would say it is the most accurate information about sambar I have ever read. This belief enabled me to confidently apply the enormous amount of knowledge I got from volume 1 and this fine stag - easily my biggest yet – is the result. Read Full Story >>

Paul Giltrap, Wodonga VIC

Some specific points I recall were: To find the area that I would hunt I found (VOL1 P124 Planning a Hunt) very helpful. I used (VOL2 P210 Tactics for Wallows) to get an idea of where wallows would be in this particular home range. When I started seeing a lot of mature stag sign I recalled (VOL1 P150 Tracking). To understand how scent works (VOL2 P160 Hunting by Scent). When I placed my shot I used (VOL1 P172 Aiming points); and To recover the deer tracking information and (VOL1 P184 After the Shot) came to mind. I do have a bit of prior hunting experience from hunting Red Deer in Queensland but your specific knowledge of Sambar such as their routines, habitat and sensory system is what helped me the most. Yours sincerely Read Full Story >>

Nick Ferraro, Altona Meadows, Victoria

We found a number of stag “play rooms” ¾ the way up a spur with preaching trees and rub trees in prolific amounts. The stags were obviously patrolling their areas ¾ of the way up the ridge, contouring the spurs. This is where Peter shot this beauty just at about 5.50pm – about a half hour before dark. The stag was at 60m and walking briskly through thick timber. By the time Pete took a sight on a shoulder shot he was moving behind a wall of trees and he stepped into a lung shot with the 330 Dakota and a 225gn Woodleigh PP. Unfortunately the bullet hit a bit too far back and the stag bolted at the shot. Despite a thorough search Pete could not find him so we both returned the next day and spent half the day looking for him. By 2.30 we had given up and were walking out when I spotted a pair of deep hoof gouges 20m from where Pete believed he had hit him. Suddenly I was then on fi… Read Full Story >>

Bob Shepherd & Peter Russell, Dubbo NSW

Iain, Marty and I spent a week camped in the Moroka valley. We glassed a good number of deer which was great experience for the boys, with Iain successful on the third day. We spotted the group of deer travelling off the wet face to bed in the sun about a km away. Iain was able to cross the valley and get on a bluff above the deer, and took the neck shot at 175m after about an hour waiting for a good opportunity. A very rewarding hunt, and a good start to another sambar hunting addiction! Trust all is well. Read Full Story >>

Regards,

John Bruce, Stanley Tasmania

These books have been without a doubt the best material I have ever read, furthering my knowledge of sambar and helping me to secure my first mature Sambar stag. I used your sit and wait tactics and along with quality optics - Leica 8 x 42 binos - I was able to observe the stag standing only 85 yards away partially obscured by thick bush. After being shot broadside with a 180gn Barnes Triple Shock the stag ran just 8 metres before collapsing. This all happened fifteen minutes after a hind fed to within 10 metres of me whilst making her way to her feeding grounds. I am now booked in to attend Errol’s Hunt Smart Training Course because Errol’s books have convinced me that the SMARTER You Hunt The Luckier You Get”! Thanks mate. Read Full Story >>

Paul Cavaleiri

Dear Errol, It was an unseasonably hot day for Oct - 28 deg on my GPS - so I selected a sit and wait spot in a particular gully based upon what I learnt from your books. Using this knowledge of the animal I was able to pick the route that he walked down in the evening. I was glassing this gully for 3 hours when I picked him up. One second nothing - the next he was there. I was blown away with just how silently and quickly he appeared! I watched for about 10 seconds as he walked closer then picked up my rifle from next to me and shot him where you recommended for the distance - through the central neck. He dropped and slid about a metre up against a dead burnt out tree. Distance stag shot from was 100 yards, paced out from shooting position. The result, a memory burnt into my head for the rest of my life. Thanks again for two great books – I sincerely believe that what I learnt from the… Read Full Story >>

Ben Donegan, Oakleigh Victoria

All the information has helped me so much that l harvested these 2 stag’s late this year! l don’t think l would have seen them, let alone shot them if it wasn’t for your book’s. So Errol, thank’s again for passing on your knowledge to us hunter’s. Can’t wait for Vol 3! Read Full Story >>

Chris Mills, Wallan, Vic

Dear Errol, What fantastic books you have written on the Secrets of the Sambar. They plus your articles in Guns & Game helped me take my best two sambar stags during the past 12 months. I have hunted sambar for at least fifteen years and I have found reading your books extremely beneficial. I can’t thank you enough. Read Full Story >>

Kindest regards,
Robert Brumby, Ulverstone Tasmania

Dear Errol & Lynne, I would like to congratulate you on another well researched and well presented book. As an interstate hunter I like to ensure each trip across the straight is well planned in advance. I find your books to be an excellent reference and have used this information to identify possible feeder gullies, bedding areas and likely ‘zones of silence’. This information has allowed our team to pre-plan hunts according to weather and terrain and I believe it has greatly aided our many successes. I would recommend your books to any serious hunter who wants to increase their chances of securing a sambar trophy. Your books provide relevant information that could only be gained from a lifetime of hunting experience, which if compared to the cost of many hunting trips prove to be an extremely worthwhile investment. In fact I have already pre-paid and reserved my signed, numbere… Read Full Story >>

Dale Wesley, Ulverstone, Tasmania