by DaveZ » 03 Feb 2022, 6:40 am
Signed, though I don't think it's a "petition for shooting deer". Even if local councils were able to manage feral animals, surely the state will still retain control over the state forests? So they would still have the last say in the end.
I've spoken in person to an MP about this before, actual firearm owning/using bloke, and his take on it was that the Labor government will never allow you to hunt on public land because they are just anti firearm, end of story. The Lib/nationals will never let you shoot on public land because it will upset the general public who fear firearms, not to mention large cattle farmers that have used state forest/national parks for their cattle for decades (rightly or wrongly, they still use it).
So, like a lot of other issues we have with our governing bodies, the only real solution, in my opinion anyway, is to vote the major parties out and show them that we've had enough. As it is, the two big parties know they are safe, so they don't really need to listen to us. When one gets voted out, the other one gets voted in, and around and around we go. Can't see it happening though.
CZ455 22lr Varmint
Ruger American 243
Located Bundaberg area, looking for property to hunt on.