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I’m looking at contract work in Australia, and will go were the work is but also thinking about the hunting options over there. Most of the contracts seem to be in Brisbane and Melbourne.
Interested to hear from anyone who has hunted public land in either Victoria or Queensland. How is the access to public land and what’s the chances of finding big game? Also has anyone taken a rifle to Aussie to hunt?
No not S J I'm sargeant shultch as in ve no nothing, lol.Quote:
Originally Posted by RUMPY
@cb14
Only Victoria has crown land hunting.
Can also be done in NSW too but you will need an R lic as well as FAL.
Much easier in Vic.
Over seas Visitors to vic can get a short term (I think 30 day lic)
If it's longer term in general you will need.
Apply for FAL
In Vic for deer buy a game lic for:
Deer, ducks, quail. Abt $55 per species a yr.
In all states you need a permit to buy any firearm. That's after you get the FAL
No crown land hunting in QLD, SA, and just stay away from WA. Firearms are very restricted.
Ask all you want
Your best bet is Vic.
Get a FAL, not difficult.
Get a deer game lic. You just but online.
Borrow a rifle
Following with interest, I am well overdue to visit family in Melbourne and would like to check out the fallow hunting on offer!
Thanks for this info. Sounds like Victoria is the best bet, I’ll do some more research to check the details. Might be best to bring my bow and hopefully I can hunt straight away.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oldbloke
Yep, as far as public land hunting goes Victoria is the pick by far.
I'm from central Vic originally, been here 10 years now.
Looks like Vic is getting a full duck season this year too which is great to see.
I have a contact in Qld, and my partner and I are headed there for red roar this year, but as others have said no public land hunting in Qld or you have a contact with private land available. I believe the ADA has private land set up in Qld that is accessible for their members on private.....been a few years since i asked so may have changed.
Hamish
Thanks for confirming makka. And Melbourne is a decent city as far as big city’s go. I lived in Richmond Melbourne for 6 months many years ago.
Sounds like a good time Hamish, good luck.Quote:
Originally Posted by HNTMAD
Crazy to think people would set up a state and decide ‘hey let’s prevent everyone from hunting public land ‘ lol
Totally agree, this will be my 3rd trip, did a roar trip pre covid and one a few years earlier...plenty of deer aroundhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...ae99f22c83.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...778940ec76.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...90e2aae2c5.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by cb14
Ive done it a couple of times. Got a Victorian visitors firearms permit, and to get that I needed permission to hunt from a landowner. I also made it easy by using a local to supply firearms and storage facilities. But just checking my old permit now, and I see it allowed me to bring a firearms as well, as long as it was exported again.
The hardest part was getting the heads through Melbourne airport, as the staff there just decided to give me an absolute run around and BS me into paying extra fees. Until a manager who was a kiwi came along and told them to cut it out and tidied the situation up.
Is it true that now you can not bowhunt in Tasmania and in the Melbourne state?
Tassie and South Australia have banned bowhunting (I think)
Victoria, NSW, QLD,NT you can bow hunt. SA WA TAS no bow hunting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Friwi
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Had a father and son hunters from SA and they said you can hunt on your own property with a bow.
Just looked up the legal regs and I'm wrong in my post. No bow hunting at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJason
That's a definite for SA.Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
There are still requirements for bow.
You should find plenty of info here:
https://www.gma.vic.gov.au/
How long are you planning on being over there for?
Yes that is correct, you could bow hunt on your own property prior to the 2nd phase of the bow hunting ban in SA.Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJason
fight club now...
Is the ban for ‘ethical’ reasons?Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuidog
I may be corrected, but, yes that was the argument the State Government put to the media.
However, IMHO I think its just more creep to satisfy their ideological aim to ban all hunting.
From memory there was a goose/swan that was shot with a target arrow.
3 - 6 months.Quote:
Originally Posted by makka
I think that is what triggered the initial Tasman ban, ( maybe as well) , I was travelling there when it happened .Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
Maybe take up surfing ..... when we look to go over in a few years i will be dusting mine off lolQuote:
Originally Posted by cb14
Hunting is defo a consideration on where we will end up and having people in Qld and Melbourne hunting and having access are starters for sure in that decision.....alternative is surfing
Great White Sharks love swimmers.
How does one get access to high volume pig shooting in Australia?
BTW I live in NZ. I wat a lot of Youtube videos and would love to be able shoot pigs and foxes.
More so anti hunting agenda.Quote:
Originally Posted by cb14
RSPCA peddle out the pictures of seals, kangaroos, cats, birds shot with field points. That paints all bow hunting as bad.
An anti hunting minister makes shifty election promises to the RSPCA groups, effectively pushes a “private members bill”, her powers are quite wide gains just enough support and bangs it through.
Same minister is in charge of the portfolio for the eradication of deer in the state and their most effective tool is shooting with shotgun from a helicopter.
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There must be a lot of farmers needing a hand with pest control in AUS, but finding them will be the problem. As well as geting access granted from someone you don't know. My father-in-law is pushing 80 and still shoots 600 or so deer and pigs a year on his place, everything goes to waste he says it's all gone within a couple days. He's about 40km from Inverell NSW. I have not had the chance to go over and give him a hand on his new place yet, but he gets a lot of help from his other son-in-law and grandsons who are pretty keen to help out. He says there are so many ferals invading from state forest country that he will never get on top of the pest problem.
Crikey that’s a lot of pigs and deer.
Yeah they had a big drought back 2 or 3 years and he had a crop in for his cattle, during that time he shot about 1000 animals just during the duration of the drought as the ferals had nothing else to eat. Frustrating to spand that much money on a crop then lose it to feral pigs and deer and then spend thousands on stock feed, he was getting desperate as the water almost ran out before the drought broke. Mid/late 70's and facing financial ruin would not be fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by cb14
Crawling with foxes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nakihunter
Just need a 22mag or 12g with #4 or preferably bigger.
A button whistle or Tenterfield whistle or some sort of reed caller.
Got this one few days ago with a "fox blaster: #2s at abt 4 yards. He was running flat out .
The thing with calling them is they
Need to be within hearing.
Need to be hungry
Wind in your favour
And don't move.
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And the older ones are incredibly cunning. If they get shot at whilst call ing and it's a miss. I reckon they become near impossible to call in the future.
Night shooting is by far easier.
its a hard one, would have to know someone who knows someone on a fair piece of land out west nsw / or qld , it is all private where the pigs are on stations , an so its often hot property getting a go- there is no doubt proberly a guide type setup that could fullfil the needs but im not too familiar with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nakihunter
can whistle foxes on public land in vic for low cost
I was given a hot spot for samba on the west side of the Mitchell, happy to share it with you.Quote:
Originally Posted by cb14
