Thread: Stock on doc land...

What you can hunt and what you cant is defined in your permit from DOC. In open hunting areas its wild game, tahr, pigs, deer, cham, wallbys goats and thats it. Sheep or cattle isnt named so you have no permit to hunt those and shooting them is against the law on a open permit.. So that answers most of your questions, no grey matter, clear as anything....dont shoot stock! Some areas, not many you can get a permit stating that you can hunt wild cattle or sheep. These areas will have a stock of wild animals and unlikly farmed stock. Even thou it has to be wild, anything with a ear tag is no go. Lets face it, if you in a general DOC hunting area and you see a cattle beast if you shoot it you nothing better than a poacher.......breaking ones permit and prob taking someones stock

Originally Posted by deer243

What you can hunt and what you cant is defined in your permit from DOC. In open hunting areas its wild game, tahr, pigs, deer, cham, wallbys goats and thats it. Sheep or cattle isnt named so you have no permit to hunt those and shooting them is against the law on a open permit.. So that answers most of your questions, no grey matter, clear as anything....dont shoot stock! Some areas, not many you can get a permit stating that you can hunt wild cattle or sheep. These areas will have a stock of wild animals and unlikly farmed stock. Even thou it has to be wild, anything with a ear tag is no go. Lets face it, if you in a general DOC hunting area and you see a cattle beast if you shoot it you nothing better than a poacher.......breaking ones permit and prob taking someones stock

Sensible words
Surely a good bugger would make the effort to let the closest farmer know that there is a cattle beast out there, even if they have seen it multiple times. They are bloody valuable lost assets

Originally Posted by LOC

Sensible words
Surely a good bugger would make the effort to let the closest farmer know that there is a cattle beast out there, even if they have seen it multiple times. They are bloody valuable lost assets

I tried but the nearest 3 farmhouses were all quite. Will be ringing them at some point for another reason anyway. Other reason is the goats I bump into on his side of the doc boundary!

Originally Posted by deer243

What you can hunt and what you cant is defined in your permit from DOC. In open hunting areas its wild game, tahr, pigs, deer, cham, wallbys goats and thats it. Sheep or cattle isnt named so you have no permit to hunt those and shooting them is against the law on a open permit.. So that answers most of your questions, no grey matter, clear as anything....dont shoot stock! Some areas, not many you can get a permit stating that you can hunt wild cattle or sheep. These areas will have a stock of wild animals and unlikly farmed stock. Even thou it has to be wild, anything with a ear tag is no go. Lets face it, if you in a general DOC hunting area and you see a cattle beast if you shoot it you nothing better than a poacher.......breaking ones permit and prob taking someones stock

So if i came across a hare, rabbit, wild cat, or the likes in doc land and wanted to shoot it it would be against the law?

Originally Posted by matto1234

So if i came across a hare, rabbit, wild cat, or the likes in doc land and wanted to shoot it it would be against the law?

The fact is some common sence applies. the above you meant to get a small game permit that covers those animals and you maybe able to use a suitable cal like a .22. If you shot a wild cat in the bush or a hare with the 308 i doubt DOC are going to complain, they prob say good job.