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Are these forests any good for ferals

Post by Shorti85 » 19 Aug 2015, 8:03 pm

Is there much in Bungal Forest or even Creswick Forest? Looking to go somewhere different and Wombat isn't really producing much
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Post by rsj223 » 20 Aug 2015, 10:22 am

If you mean creswick near Ballarat I dont think its a state forest, its comming up as Creswick park
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Post by Shorti85 » 20 Aug 2015, 12:54 pm

Some of Creswick is state forest but there's also state park, pine plantation. I spoke to depi and they told me there's a lot of people all through there camping, hiking and mountain biking
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Post by rsj223 » 20 Aug 2015, 1:22 pm

Sounds a lot like Wombat to many people
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Post by YoungBuck » 20 Aug 2015, 1:27 pm

Looks like very limited shooting in Creswick, light green is SF, gray is plantation and pink is Regional Park land.
Bungal looks like an option and there are 2 others next to it, though they are fairly small.

In my limited experience shooting in similar forests out west Vic, you will find plenty of Roos and wallbies. Probably wont see any rabbits unless you are very lucky and you wont see any hares unless you stumble very close to one (they hide and are super difficult to spot when hidden) and if you do stumble on one you had better have your rifle ready to go as you will only have a few seconds to get a shot off as they are quick to bolt.
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Post by Shorti85 » 20 Aug 2015, 1:34 pm

Thanks Youngbuck. I was just searching for them maps
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Post by Rakk » 27 Aug 2015, 3:25 pm

Where are those maps from, YoungBuck?
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Post by YoungBuck » 27 Aug 2015, 6:35 pm

A lovely little site put together by the DELWP. It's only for Victoria though.
http://nremap-sc.nre.vic.gov.au/MapShar ... stexplorer
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Post by sarki » 31 Aug 2015, 9:18 am

bentaz wrote:I was told there are fallow deer at creswick but it was old and second hand info.


Did he also tell you he caught a fish this big? :lol:
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Post by Shorti85 » 26 Oct 2015, 12:02 pm

Just an update; I went in bungal forest Friday evening and ended up with a few bunnies. There were countless roos didn't see much else through there though
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Post by YoungBuck » 27 Oct 2015, 5:19 pm

Good stuff mate, I take it you were spotlighting then?
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Post by Shorti85 » 27 Oct 2015, 6:28 pm

Head lighting yeah
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Post by sarki » 28 Oct 2015, 2:37 pm

Totally OT but nice throw back with the signature YoungBuck :lol:

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Post by shapeshifter » 24 May 2017, 6:55 am

Forest explorer is great for determining where the SF's are!

Its being changed in June 2017. Jope foe the better and not worse.
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Post by Oldbloke » 24 May 2017, 7:04 am

I've looked around all those SF. Never see anything but roos.
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Post by Shorti85 » 24 May 2017, 7:59 am

There are plenty of foxes in bungal. Go there quite often for foxes
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Post by Shorti85 » 24 May 2017, 8:02 am

shapeshifter wrote:Forest explorer is great for determining where the SF's are!

Its being changed in June 2017. Jope foe the better and not worse.

I noticed Barmah SF is now National Park, they're protecting the brumbys in there
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Post by Gwion » 24 May 2017, 9:23 am

A lot of the riparian state forests in Vic around the Murray and the Ovens, Golburn, etc have been handing over to National Parks for the last 5-10 years.
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Post by Oldbloke » 24 May 2017, 7:16 pm

Shorti85 wrote:There are plenty of foxes in bungal. Go there quite often for foxes


Mmm, I haven't been there for about a year. Had a whistle but didn't see any. If I get time might pop up for another look.
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Post by Oldbloke » 24 May 2017, 7:19 pm

Gwion wrote:A lot of the riparian state forests in Vic around the Murray and the Ovens, Golburn, etc have been handing over to National Parks for the last 5-10 years.


In the otways the they changed the status of a lot of SF to Forrest Park. Most activities continue, including shooting but closed to timber industry. Nat a bad result me thinks.

Just should have restricted noisy bikes too. :lol:
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Post by YoungBuck » 24 May 2017, 8:32 pm

Shorti85 wrote:There are plenty of foxes in bungal. Go there quite often for foxes

Bungal and Lal Lal are a couple of my regular forests too, I've had several foxes between them, not much else in them except for natives, though lal lal was where I got my first feral cat.
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Post by Oldbloke » 24 May 2017, 8:39 pm

"first feral cat." FANTASTIC
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