Thread: DELWP game licence.

Foxes have been well established in Melbourne for decades. I remember hearing a summary of a study a few years ago, they stated that you are never likely to be more than a few hundred meters from a fox anywhere in Melbourne.
WRT hunting, I do find it puzzling that if I am hunting deer in the permitted areas of the Alpine National Park, I'm not permitted to shoot a fox that I encounter. In state forest (with many exceptions), I can hunt deer and can also opportunistically destroy foxes, rabbits, pigs etc. Camping on the Caledonia River last year we had a pack of dogs come through our camp one morning; they live on native wildlife, are a threat to humans, there is a $100 bounty on them but I could have been fined heavily if I had shot one.

Originally Posted by POD

I do find it puzzling that if I am hunting deer in the permitted areas of the Alpine National Park, I'm not permitted to shoot a fox that I encounter. .

I can give you an explanation of why this is.

Allowing us to hunt deer in selected parts of the Alpine National Park was enacted via being part of legislation passed by parliament.

This is different to most of our hunting rules which are regulations written and enforced by what ever government department is involved. These regs can be altered, with draewn etc at a departmental level and without reference to parliament.

If we want to change the legislation to allow us to hunt feral/vermin species alongside deer in National Parks then it has to be done through parliament aka irst the lower house and then the upper house.

The politicians are unlikely to give us increased hunting opportunities but rather more likely to take away our right to hunt deer in the Park.

Originally Posted by skidrov

St Kilda......But, not the sort of place you're going to get even the .22 out.

I can recall as a kid wandering the streets of Northcote and later on Lalor with a rifle shooting slugs at sparrows and starlings off the streets power lines....and no-one got upset, panicked or called the cops brecause it was normal and accepted behavior. When encountering adults in their front gardens they would ask how many have you got.

When we graduated to .22s we were relegated to empty house blocks and nearby paddocks. Again with the tacit approval of the community and the farmers who owned the paddocks.

A very different world from then to now.

Originally Posted by Grumbles

I can recall as a kid wandering the streets of Northcote and later on Lalor with a rifle shooting slugs at sparrows and starlings off the streets power lines....and no-one got upset, panicked or called the cops brecause it was normal and accepted behavior. When encountering adults in their front gardens they would ask how many have you got.

When we graduated to .22s we were relegated to empty house blocks and nearby paddocks. Again with the tacit approval of the community and the farmers who owned the paddocks.

A very different world from then to now.

I’m fortunate enough to get paid to shoot Pigeons on our plant facilities

What do you use Tombie?

Originally Posted by Grumbles

What do you use Tombie?

50 cal, he gets paid to do the maintenance, too.

Originally Posted by Grumbles

What do you use Tombie?

Walther Reign - .22 PCP only Air Is allowed for use in building.

One of the other guys uses a Gamo .17

Originally Posted by V8Ian

50 cal, he gets paid to do the maintenance, too.

Oh how I wish I could own a BMG
Would be great at the Range