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The Hunting App

Every feature, in one place.

The Hunting App is a serious mapping tool built for the Australian bush. Below are the main features, across 11 areas. 51of these are included free; the rest are part of Plus and are marked. There's plenty more to discover once you're in the app.

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Maps and layers

Australian map sources, your own imported maps and curated hunting layers, all usable with no signal.

  • Australian map sources

    NSW DPIRD hunting maps and state forest boundaries, plus Victorian DEECA hunting areas, kept current from the source agencies.

  • Topographic and satellite base maps

    Switch between an outdoors topographic style, high resolution satellite imagery, or a blank canvas when you only want your own layers.

  • Offline regions

    Draw a box around where you are heading and download it. The map keeps working in the bottom of a gully with no bars.

  • Your own maps as overlays

    Import a GeoPDF or GeoTIFF and it is georeferenced, tiled on device and drawn in the right place on the map.

  • Curated premium layers

    Plus

    Public hunting layers for NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and New Zealand that we prepare and publish, added to any map and downloaded for offline use.

  • Species views on hunting layers

    Plus

    Switch a public hunting layer between all areas, deer, wallaby or duck with one tap, and see which datasets the view hides.

  • Custom map layers

    Plus

    Turn a KML, KMZ, GPX or GeoJSON into a reusable layer you can switch on over any map, on any device.

  • Map and layer opacity

    Fade any imported map or layer over the one underneath. Pick a preset in the layers sheet to set how much of the base map shows through.

  • 3D terrain and contours

    Plus

    Tilt the map into 3D and read the country properly. Contour lines, tracks, water and roads layer on top.

  • UTM grid overlay

    Plus

    A proper map grid drawn over the top, so a grid reference on the map matches the one you read out.

  • One search box

    Search your own waypoints, Australian place names and raw coordinates from the same field, then jump straight there.

  • Readable overlay styling

    Imported and premium layers are styled for legibility on a map, not dumped on as raw shapes.

Included with Plus

Public hunting layers, state by state

Curated from the agencies that publish them, styled so they read on a map, and downloaded to your phone for offline. Where the rules differ by species, one tap switches the layer between them.

  • Victoria

    Plus

    Source: DEECA Victoria

    Public land where licensed hunting is permitted, with the current closures and per-area conditions resolved from the official DEECA rules table.

    • Public land hunting areas with the rule codes for every species
    • Current hunting closures drawn on top
    • Per-area conditions in the tap-through details

    Switch the layer by species

    • Sambar deer
    • Other deer
    • Hog deer
    • Duck
    • Stubble quail
    • Pest animals
  • New South Wales

    Plus

    Source: Forestry Corporation of NSW and NSW DPIRD

    Public land hunting in New South Wales in one layer, from the dedicated State Forests down to the exclusion zones inside them.

    • Dedicated State Forest boundaries
    • Crown leases inside them where access may be restricted
    • Forests currently closed to licensed hunting
    • Declared hunting exclusion zones drawn on top
  • Tasmania

    Plus

    Source: Game Services Tasmania, Parks and Wildlife Service and Sustainable Timber Tasmania

    Reserve, Crown land and forestry hunting areas across Tasmania in one layer, with the no-hunting zones shown on top.

    • Designated reserve and Crown land deer hunting areas
    • Parks and Wildlife Service wallaby and duck hunting zones
    • Access and exclusion zones where hunting is not allowed
    • Sustainable Timber Tasmania recreational hunting areas, with their expiry dates

    Switch the layer by species

    • All areas
    • Deer
    • Wallaby
    • Duck
  • New Zealand

    Plus

    Source: Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai

    Three layers covering New Zealand public land: where hunting is permitted, restricted or prohibited, the DOC track network, and every hut and bivvy.

    • DOC hunting areas with their permit status and conditions
    • The official recreation and access track network, with each track's class
    • Huts and bivvies with booking, facility and alert details

Layers show the official designation only. Licences, permits, bookings and written permission still apply, and closures change. Check the agency's current conditions before you hunt.

Waypoints and markers

Mark what matters, tag it properly, and keep it organised across seasons.

  • Waypoints built for hunting

    Camp, vehicle, glassing points, water, creek crossings, shot taken, target areas, rubs and wallows. Not generic pins.

  • Australian species tags

    Deer, pig, goat, fox, rabbit, dog and more, so a season of sign actually tells you something later.

  • Icon and colour picker

    Hundreds of markers grouped by activity, including Australian hunting symbols like kangaroo, wallaby, emu, kill site and blood trail, with a full colour palette. Save the ones you use most as favourites.

  • Names on the map

    Show waypoint names as labels beside their markers, so you can tell two glassing points apart without tapping either.

  • Photos on a waypoint

    Attach photos to a pin so a set of coordinates becomes the rub tree, the gate, the crossing you actually remember.

  • Video attachments

    Record a short clip against a waypoint. Useful for access notes, gates and anything hard to describe in text.

  • Collections

    Group waypoints and tracks into collections per property, per season or per trip, and toggle them on and off the map. A waypoint can sit in more than one collection.

  • Folders

    Sort maps and collections into folders once the list gets long. Folders follow you to every device.

  • Per-collection styling

    Set a colour and icon for a whole collection and every waypoint inside it follows, unless you override one.

  • Quick sighting log

    Log a sighting in a couple of taps without breaking off what you are doing.

  • Recycle bin

    Deleted something you needed? It sits in the bin for 14 days and restores with one tap.

Tracks and recording

Record where you walked and drove, review it afterwards, and keep the good routes.

  • GPS track recording

    Live breadcrumb trail with distance, duration and pace, running in the background while your phone is in your pocket.

  • Live stats on the lock screen

    On iPhone a recording shows distance and time on the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island, so you can check it without unlocking.

  • Clean, accurate lines

    GPS noise is filtered as you record, so a walked line looks like the walk instead of a scribble.

  • Trip history

    Every recorded trip is kept, with stats, every recorded point and a map you can pull back up next season.

  • Hunt trail review

    Plus

    Replay a hunt against the waypoints you dropped along the way and keep what was worth keeping.

  • Tracks in and out

    Import tracks from Google Earth or a handheld unit, and send yours back out in the same formats.

Import and export

Bring your existing maps and pins across, and take your data back out whenever you like.

  • GPX, KML, KMZ and GeoJSON import

    Bring waypoints, tracks and boundaries across from Google Earth, OnX, Gaia, a handheld GPS or a mate.

  • GeoPDF and GeoTIFF import

    Drop in a scanned or agency-issued map sheet. It is georeferenced and laid over the live map in the correct position.

  • CSV import

    Got a spreadsheet of coordinates? Map the columns yourself and import them as waypoints.

  • You choose where it lands

    Every import asks whether it becomes waypoints, a collection, a map overlay or a reusable layer. Nothing is dumped in a default bucket.

  • Free KMZ export

    Export any collection or waypoint set to KMZ at no cost. Your data is never held hostage.

  • GPX, KML and GeoJSON export

    Plus

    Export in the format the other tool wants, including bulk export of a whole collection.

Hunt planning

Work out where to sit, what you can see and what to pack, before you leave the house.

  • Plan a hunt

    Plus

    Set the dates, pick the map and the area, invite who is coming, and it is waiting on every device.

  • Zones

    Plus

    Draw a block on the map to mark a property, a stalking area or ground you want to stay out of.

  • Range rings

    Plus

    Drop a ring at a set distance from a point to check your shooting envelope and safe backstops.

  • Elevation profile

    Plus

    Draw a line and see the climb. Work out whether that spur is a walk or a punish before you commit.

  • Line of sight

    Plus

    Check whether you can actually see that clearing from that knoll, with observer and target heights accounted for.

  • Measure

    Plus

    Quick distances and areas along any line you draw on the map.

  • Weather on the map

    Plus

    Forecast and wind for where you are actually going, read against the terrain rather than a suburb name.

  • Gear checklists

    Plus

    Reusable packing lists you tick off as you pack, attached to a hunt and available offline.

  • Rifles & load data

    Plus

    Every rifle and the loads worked up for it: bullet, powder charge, primer, brass, velocity, group, zero and a DOPE table, synced between the app and the web.

  • Start and end a hunt

    Plus

    Mark a hunt as under way and everything you record gets tied to it. Your group can see who is out.

  • Harvest and hunt gallery

    Plus

    Keep the photos from a trip with the hunt itself, and choose whether the group sees them.

Groups and chat

Organise a trip with your mates and stay on the same page once you are out there.

  • Hunting groups

    Plus

    Create a group and invite your mates. The organiser needs Plus; everyone they invite joins for free.

  • Email and link invites

    Plus

    Send an invite by email or share a join link. New members land straight in the group after signing up, for free.

  • Group chat

    A chat per group and per hunt, with replies, reactions, voice messages, editing, images and muting. Works on the phone and in the browser.

  • Direct and ad-hoc chats

    Plus

    Message one person directly, or spin up a side chat with a few people from your groups.

  • Share waypoints and tracks

    Plus

    Send a camp location, a glassing point or a whole track into a chat. They can save it straight to their map.

  • Live location during a hunt

    Plus

    Opt in for the duration of a hunt so your group can see where everyone is. Off by default, and it stops when the hunt ends.

  • Hunt RSVPs

    Say whether you are in. The group sees the numbers before anyone loads the ute.

  • Shared planning

    The hunt organiser's planning work flows to everyone attending, read-only, so nobody is working off a screenshot.

In the field

Built for wet hands, cold mornings, long days and no reception.

  • Offline first, properly

    Everything is written to your phone first and synced when there is signal. The app does not go blank when the bars do.

  • Field Lock Mode

    Pocket safe and glove friendly. The map keeps running all day without phantom touches or accidental pins, and you can keep the screen awake while you navigate.

  • Spoken navigation

    Plus

    Bearing and distance to your target read out loud, so you can keep your eyes on the country instead of the screen.

  • Compass and heading bar

    A persistent heading strip with your bearing to the active target, readable at a glance.

  • Every coordinate format

    Decimal degrees, DDM, DMS, UTM, MGRS and six-figure grid references. Pick one and the whole app speaks it.

  • Metric or imperial

    Distances, elevations, speeds, areas, weather and spoken navigation follow your device region, or pick either in settings.

  • Landscape mode

    Turn the phone sideways on the ute bonnet and the controls move to a side rail instead of squashing the map.

  • Notifications and inbox

    Push alerts for invites, hunts starting and group activity, reminders before a hunt, and an inbox so nothing is missed.

  • Support from inside the app

    Message the people who build the app from the More screen and get an answer in the same chat. No email thread needed.

Licences and documents

Your paperwork on your phone, encrypted, and readable without signal.

  • Licences in your pocket

    Store your R-Licence and other state hunting licences in the app, with expiry dates you can see coming.

  • Organised documents

    Permits, written permissions and property letters sorted into folders and searchable offline.

  • Scan a document

    Photograph a paper permit with the built-in scanner and it is stored, cropped and readable without signal.

Privacy and your data

Your spots are yours. We built the sync so we cannot read them.

  • Cloud backup across devices

    Plus

    Sign in once and your maps, waypoints, tracks, licences and settings back up and sync to every device. Lose the phone and nothing is lost.

  • End-to-end encrypted sync

    Your waypoints, tracks and licences are encrypted on your device before they are ever sent. We hold the ciphertext and nothing else.

  • Your spots stay yours

    Nothing is shared with your group, or anyone else, unless you explicitly share it.

  • Take your data with you

    Free KMZ export of everything you have created. No lock-in, no ransom on your own pins.

  • Australian made and run

    Built in Australia for Australian conditions, rules and species, by people who hunt here.

Web companion

A full browser dashboard for the planning work that is easier on a big screen.

  • Full map editor in the browser

    Draw, edit and organise waypoints, tracks and collections on a big screen with a mouse, then sync it to your phone.

  • Tracks on the web

    Rename and restyle recorded tracks, file them into collections and inspect every recorded point in a table.

  • Plan hunts at the desk

    Set up hunts, invite the group and lay out the plan the night before, without squinting at a phone.

  • Manage your layers

    Import, preview and organise your custom and premium layers in the browser, then switch them on in the app.

  • Offline areas from the desk

    Plus

    Draw the country you are hunting on the big screen and the base map is downloaded and waiting on your phone before you lose signal.

  • Scan to sign in

    Scan a code on the website to sign the phone in. No typing a long password on a small keyboard.

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Your next hunt starts with a plan.

Map, mark and track the Australian terrain, offline. Available now on iOS and Android. Made in Australia, built for the bush.

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