hunting in nsw national parks

["Maconachie, Michael" <>]

‘earless’ sows are found in Namadgi, obviously released by ‘hunters’. Pig hunters often have their own ‘territory’ and most know each other, so the temptation to keep ‘feral’ numbers at good levels for the pleasure of the kill is obvious. Pig hunters often disturb the pig poison programs in Nat parks, just by their presence, preventing pigs feeding at feed stations. Same with any activity there will be the good ones and the bad ones....but agree that not aware of any recreational hunting that has successfully significantly reduced or eradicated pigs, foxes, goats, deer etc. Feral control programs utilise many techniques, with shooting being near the end to clean up some of the stragglers (eg bait shy).

 

Michael Maconachie

 

 

 

From: Anthony Overs [
Sent: Wednesday, 6 February 2013 3:37 PM
To: Julian Robinson
Cc: COG list
Subject: Re: [canberrabirds] hunting in nsw national parks

 

Interesting point raised by Julian, and I agree, hunters have been known to release animals to keep up numbers. I was told of a pig hunter that releases pregnant sows into the bush so that there is a steady supply of animals to shoot. Apparently the sow's ears are cut off so that she cannot be brought down by dogs.

Anthony

On 6 February 2013 15:16, Julian Robinson <> wrote:

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