Thread: Help Stop 1080, please sign

Originally Posted by northdude

ok hows this for a cheap option devlope a permit system possibly a part of the small game permit allowing spotlighting possums

Im all for hunters and shooters who for sport or food shoot blocks to help control pests. And if it was organised by a local body properly it could work well for rabbits/hares, wallabys, goats, maybe deer and alpine pests and also possums.

My fear is that some shooter will shoot a farmers cow or put a hole in their shed or worse, and that will be the end of that. Unfortunately there are some shooters/hunters who feel they are self entitled to shoot holes in things, steal trail cameras and other items that dont belong to them, cant be arsed closing gates after themselves etc etc who have ruined it for everyone.

Originally Posted by Mr Browning

Im all for hunters and shooters who for sport or food shoot blocks to help control pests. And if it was organised by a local body properly it could work well for rabbits/hares, wallabys, goats, maybe deer and alpine pests and also possums.

My fear is that some shooter will shoot a farmers cow or put a hole in their shed or worse, and that will be the end of that. Unfortunately there are some shooters/hunters who feel they are self entitled to shoot holes in things, steal trail cameras and other items that dont belong to them, cant be arsed closing gates after themselves etc etc who have ruined it for everyone.

I'm NOT for it. I've seen the mess hunters make of rabbits.