Ben Smith
Ben grew up hunting small game with friends and family before developing a passion for deer. He has since taken all Australian deer species free-range and fair chase, and hunted in North America and New Zealand. These days, he enjoys sharing hunting and fishing with family and friends.

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Ben grew up hunting small game with friends and family before developing a passion for deer. He has since taken all Australian deer species free-range and fair chase, and hunted in North America and New Zealand. These days, he enjoys sharing hunting and fishing with family and friends.
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    An American hunter’s Australian adventure
    After hunting in America with my family and managing to bag myself a whitetail buck, my guide over there, Wade,…
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    Ducks, dogs and driving rain
    As I write this story, I’m sitting in the warm Queensland winter sun (25C). This is a far cry from…
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    When heavy rain changes the hunt
    I had originally planned to hunt the deer rut with my good friend Gus. We had done this over recent…
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    When the fallow rut doesn’t go to plan
    I had done all the physical scouting I could do. Mentally I’d run a checklist through possible target areas and…
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    Beretta 486 Parallelo 10th Anniversary review
    Be it a shotgun or rifle, for years I could never afford to buy a brand-new gun. I was always…
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