Buffalo
Mary River Australian Safaris is based on the old Mary River Cattle Station, a 340,000 acre outback station that was previously also the center of the huge feral Buffalo industry that flourished before the Government commenced TB and Brucalocis eradication.
The remains of an old Buffalo abattoir still exists at our permanent hunting camp, this was used to service Mary River and surrounding Stations.
Since this era, Buffalo numbers like other areas in the Territory have slowly risen and we now have good numbers of feral Buffalo running on Mary River Australian Safaris.
The largest groups of Trophy Bulls are located in our cattle fenced areas and these are simply wild caught from the free range areas and offer great trophy hunting opportunities.
As it is with Buffalo who have no respect for fences and with the whole ranch containing free ranging Buffs one can expect at all times during these hunts to have Trophy Bulls both in and outside our cattle fences.
Huge areas and distance are covered in a days hunting and you can expect to see 20-30 Trophy Bulls per day. Hunting is by 4WD to locate trophies, than we stalk and hunt on foot.
Hunting Buffalo is similar to Banteng. One of the main differences being during the heat of the day Buffalo will wallow in mud and swampy areas to keep cool and reduce the attaches by flies and ticks.
Hunting these semi sub-merged hulks during the day is very exciting and the stalk can often last for hours. Sometimes it is difficult to see these huge beasts due to the height of the grass and lack of elevation.

Buffalo have a keen sense of smell and the guide must calculate the direction of the wind before stalking a mature Buffalo Bull .
Once you glass a decent specimen its a mater of putting your stalking skills to the test.