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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Bigjobss » 02 Sep 2017, 11:00 am

So you can't take a dog into a National Park because it is a potential threat to the native fauna, BUT if you are in there legally targetting a game species you cannot shoot a wild dog if you come across one? Logic fail Victoria style.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Oldbloke » 02 Sep 2017, 12:06 pm

Bigjobss wrote:So you can't take a dog into a National Park because it is a potential threat to the native fauna, BUT if you are in there legally targetting a game species you cannot shoot a wild dog if you come across one? Logic fail Victoria style.


Same in Eildon State park. Can shoot sambar only.

But some how if a ranger hears your shot and finds a dead wild dog (not potential Dingo) at your feet, he isn't going to book you. And what are the odds?
Naturally if I was in there and saw a wild looking Mastif chewing on a possum or wallaby, I would pass up the shot! :?
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Bigjobss » 02 Sep 2017, 4:20 pm

100% agree OB.
I assume the regulations are more about managing legitamised hunting in the park in a mixed use zone whilst discouraging the standard yobbo that just wants to shoot up the joint.
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Post by Oldbloke » 02 Sep 2017, 4:52 pm

Bigjobss wrote:100% agree OB.
I assume the regulations are more about managing legitamised hunting in the park in a mixed use zone whilst discouraging the standard yobbo that just wants to shoot up the joint.


It was a no go zone for a fair few years. Then, I think the ADA managed to negotiate sambar hunting in about half of the park for the winter. Deer hunting is an exception to the normal rules.

So the status of the park is unchanged, therefore foxes, cats etc are off limits.

Sounds and is crazy but thats how it is. We are actually lucky to be able to hunt in there. Most states wouldn't allow it. Some sections of National Park are the same. Crazy but good system for us.
Just could be better for the park/enviroment of we could actively hunt ferals in there.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Bigjobss » 02 Sep 2017, 6:54 pm

Oldbloke wrote:
Bigjobss wrote:100% agree OB.
I assume the regulations are more about managing legitamised hunting in the park in a mixed use zone whilst discouraging the standard yobbo that just wants to shoot up the joint.


It was a no go zone for a fair few years. Then, I think the ADA managed to negotiate sambar hunting in about half of the park for the winter. Deer hunting is an exception to the normal rules.

So the status of the park is unchanged, therefore foxes, cats etc are off limits.

Sounds and is crazy but thats how it is. We are actually lucky to be able to hunt in there. Most states wouldn't allow it. Some sections of National Park are the same. Crazy but good system for us.
Just could be better for the park/enviroment of we could actively hunt ferals in there.


National parks are meant to be for the people arent they? Disregard the fairweather camper and hiker and the majority of people who want to use the parks in the winter months are hunters, who else would put up with sub zero conditions, mud, snow and limited daylight hours? Oh and we pay for licenses etc that others dont.

On that what exactly does the GMA do with my license fees? Sambar are a self managed vermin, why do I pay to hunt them?
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Oldbloke » 02 Sep 2017, 7:31 pm

Correct, in most areas in NPs you only see hunters in winter. Don't forget there are tourist areas such as ski slopes. And hunting In those areas is not on.
I am inclined to agree that the "game" licence system is now out of date. Hang over from 120 years ago when the acclimatisation society was introducing them and the numbers were low. We only need open/closedseasons. So now it's just a way to take our money as little of it seems to be put back into hunting management. Hunting still needs to be managed though.

Edit. Maybe we need a "hunting/game licence" that allows us to hunt game and ferals in some NPs and SPs. Or the one we are now issued allow us to do that.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by southeast varmiter » 18 Mar 2018, 5:50 pm

If you’ve ever been stalked by wild dogs when hunting, you can see we the fines are there.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by No1Mk3 » 18 Mar 2018, 11:25 pm

Are they really disproportionate though? Feral dogs and dogs-gone-wild (there IS a difference) cause major harm in National Parks, and the need to ensure compliance drives the severity of the penalty. Where I disagree with legislation is not being able to visit places if I keep the dog in the vehicle, and ran into that issue at Pink Lakes where we stopped for a photo. A Ranger arrived and told us to take the dog out of the park as he could not even be in the car. In this instance discretion not to fine was used, and I believe in 99% of cases this would happen but sadly 1% of Rangers who are power mad green wankers could stuff your day up badly. Answer is don't stop within the Park boundries unless your dog IS a guide/companion dog with papers to prove it. Cheers.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by deye243 » 19 Mar 2018, 11:20 pm

yes it sounds crazy but at least we cans store and transport our rifles with the bolt where it belongs .... in the bloody rifle and brass aint a loaded round
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Member-Deleted » 20 Mar 2018, 10:29 pm

Fines for taking a dog into a National Parks has eventuated from people continually taking no notice of signs saying
NO DOGS ALLOWED IN NATIONAL PARK and keep taking them in
You do get cranky rangers and good rangers but at the end of the day you may have driven past a no dogs allowed sign
bringing the worst out in them
You are lucky down south as we up north aren't allowed to even carry a gun in a NP let alone hunt in one or have a dog for that matter
in one
It does sound silly that you can't shoot feral animals in a NP but I think that is just put into the too hard basket as they do have their own
baiting and shooter programs
I wish we could hunt on and shoot ferals in our NP'S up here because there are plenty of properties owned by NP's riddled with pigs, scrubbers,
deer, dogs ,''treehuggers'',some fox, cats and the list goes on
The main reason they are there is , You guessed it people let them in, took them in or let them go wild and now we have Rules, Regulations, and fines
And I can't see that changing any time soon
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Lorgar » 23 Mar 2018, 1:56 pm

No1Mk3 wrote:Are they really disproportionate though?


Did you read my comparative examples?

You can't possibly be suggesting this is proportionate compared to the examples of theft, drink driving, alcohol and other reckless, life endangering crimes I listed.

Lets add a few together...

"Drive a motor vehicle with BAC of 0.14 or more but less than 0.15g/100 ml" + "Driving 45km/h + over the limit" + "Failing to give way at a level crossing (to a train)"; Doing all three combined still carries less of a penalty than letting your dog out on a leash in a national park.

That is nothing short of utterly ridiculous. Period. Anyone who says otherwise (not pointing finger at you) is a complete fool.

My original post demonstrates pretty succinctly they are disproportionate.

No1Mk3 wrote:Where I disagree with legislation is not being able to visit places if I keep the dog in the vehicle, and ran into that issue at Pink Lakes where we stopped for a photo. A Ranger arrived and told us to take the dog out of the park as he could not even be in the car.


Well, under the current legislation he was right to move you along, however he was incorrect to say your dog was not allowed to be in the car, as previously quoted it is permitted if "the dog is confined in a vehicle that is in transit". Just to clear that up.

I agree visiting should be no issue though.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by on_one_wheel » 23 Mar 2018, 8:13 pm

The big problem is that some people's dogs are just plain stupid, aggressive, disobedient, un-teaibed or all 4.

Personally my dogs are trained well enough that leads are never necessary, they always follow comands instantly ... it's a shame so many people don't take the time to train dogs properly.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by RoginaJack » 23 Mar 2018, 8:23 pm

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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Daddybang » 23 Mar 2018, 8:35 pm

on_one_wheel wrote:The big problem is that some people's dogs are just plain stupid, aggressive, disobedient, un-teaibed or all 4.

Personally my dogs are trained well enough that leads are never necessary, they always follow comands instantly ... it's a shame so many people don't take the time to train dogs properly.



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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Oldbloke » 23 Mar 2018, 8:44 pm

I wonder if you have a tiny lap dog you get a discount?

What's the fine for cats, or panthers?
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Member-Deleted » 24 Mar 2018, 11:05 pm

Yes Daddybang, you are on the pin, we used to go to a camping area 50km from where I live and stay for 3-4 days fishing, there used to be about 15 local families together camped in one area most had pig dogs or dogs of some kind so the agreement was all dogs had to be on chains or in pig crates.

This was fine for years then a few other people started arriving and they also agreed to comply with tied up or locked up for their dogs

Then the council took over the camp and put toilets there (we all had our own portables).

Then came the rent collector for the camp they built him a humpy down one end of the camp area ,you had to drive past him to get in you couldn't get in if you didn't pay, so with him came two big mongrel dogs that terrorised the kids and fought with the dogs on the chains.

It went on for a couple of years then one of the new comers got fed up and let his four pig dogs off their chains whilst the rent collectors dogs were
hammering another blokes dog that was tied to his car '' Well that was the beginning of the end for dogs there''

The camp manager complained to the council about his dogs getting beat up'' I doubt whether he told the council about all the floggins his dogs had dished out to the other dogs on their chains'' but 3mths later a couple of us turned up for a two day stay and was confronted by two big mongrel dogs and 1.5x1.5m
council sign reading NO DOGS ALLOWED, $300 fine for any person found breaching the law, so there you go.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by John » 14 Apr 2020, 9:02 am

I’m pretty sure in NSW it’s much the same state forests you can take your dog in to no problems but for some reason you can’t take a dog in to national parks.
I believe that doggers poaching in NP that loose there dogs and don’t bother looking for them are a big part of the reason behind the no dogs aloud like most thing it only takes a few d**kheads to stuff it for everyone.
I hunt on a few properties that boundary NP and SF and in the last 10 years or so where seeing a lot more wild dogs some with callers still on them no tags or regos that have turned in to stock killers.
I’ve got nothing against hunting with dogs personally I’ve done lots of it when I was younger and could keep up with them now days the body just isn’t up to.

It’s much like gun laws and the select few that have made it so hard for the sport and the rest of us suffer because of that few.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Blr243 » 14 Apr 2020, 2:01 pm

If they caught every offender every time they could fine them 500 bucks evertine but because they only catch one offender for every twenty offenders in the park it’s the unlucky bloke that cops a huge fine. And I’m sure they use it as a deterrent as well because anyone caught will prob tell there mates about their huge fine. I stay well away. I don’t need to poach ..I don’t need fines.....and I don’t want a ranger shooting my dog. ... my dog would probably agree too
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Diamond Jim » 30 Apr 2020, 10:00 pm

Different dogs behave differently. My old bloke would never venture out of my sight and never chased any animal (seagulls on the beach don't count do they?). I've seen others that would chase and kill anything that moved. The idiots who write these laws clearly don't spend any time around well trained dogs. It has to do with having the dog under control and that can be confined in a vehicle, on a leash or otherwise.
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Blr243 » 01 May 2020, 6:24 am

Blanket rule to cover all bases ... rangers have not got the time to stake out people walking their poodles responsibly and following them to ensure the poodle does not chase anything during a 5 k walk .....they need these rules so that when they catch pig hunters in Nat parks they can successfully prosecute them. And they need to be doing this to discourage peo0le from taking dogs into the park and losing them there ..... a cassowary might be able to chase away two dingoes but not so easy dealing with a couple of mastiff crosses
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Re: Ridiculous penalty for taking dogs into a National Park,

Post by Blr243 » 01 May 2020, 6:25 am

It’s a shame because our dogs are part of the family and a weekend away in the bush is more complete with the entire family
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