Apollo wrote:Hang on a second....
What happen to the Sheep and the RSPCA, what happened to the Contaminated Dam Water. How many Acres was that...!!!! Cattle everywhere, from memory the size of the place isn't big enough to have one Cow unless someone has a barn full of feed.
Unless there is really something weird about Victoria's Gun Laws since when can just anybody get a key to a Range, who is the Range Officer.... ??? Who is going to be in charge and be the responsible person for running the Range...???
Things are certainly different in NSW.
Hi Apollo,
I'll take this one by one.
I had to get rid of the sheep for the moment, due to the foxes, and the dam being contaminated by the ducks. The cattle belong to a mate of mine, and at present he has put quite a few on here to get the grass down. The grass is long enough that it is up to their beliies, and we have snakes coming up to the house again. At the moment, we've got cows in every paddock (5 paddocks - 7acres) which doesn't give me anywhere to shoot. The cattle will go when the grass is down to a manageable level.
By that time, my license should be back (along with the PTA) and i'll be able to buy my rifle. Regarding the dam, my neighbour has been shooting the ducks on his dams (one is close to ours) and we are only seeing three or four a day (for the past week or so) on the dam because of this (I assume that's the reason anyway).
The cattle are here short term. It rests his place, and gets the grass under control at our place. We don't have a tractor, slasher or anything like that, and given the lack of size to our property, no-one is really interested in cutting hay off it.
As for the range, I'll be meeting the range master at the range each time I want to shoot (we've agreed to two days a week). He'll be in charge, but I'm allowed to open the front door and put the kettle on. I wont have keys to the padlocks or locks on the two back rooms, just the club room. He's agreed to come and coach me twice a week, and I'll still have the Wednesday nights, so that's 3 times a week. He's also made the offer of me coming to the range when he goes there on the "off" days.
So, that's the story.
Jenna