Easiest way to add Hunting to a Sport shooting licence

[BBJ]

At somewhere around 180,00 members at the moment, must be doing something right.

Not to rag on them here but I'd say that's mostly about being the only game in town really...

[Yipikaye]

Hi Guys,

I have a question about genuine reason for hunting. The form asks if it's Cat A or B. I have permission to shoot on a small property 5HA in Bipin near Sydney. I can only shoot a .22 there but would like to add class B anyway. Do I need to use the club for this?

Also a comment on the SSAA. I am very new. Still applying for my licence I too thought I had to be a member of the SSAA to get my licence so I joined. That said I don't regret it at all.

The guys at Syd Anzac range have been great helping me with my application, fixing lots of bad habits I picked up shooting the s**t out of things OS, teaching techniques and safety etc.

[Gamerancher]

If you've already joined and plan on attending range facilities I would suggest ticking all of the boxes on your application. That is, A & B as well as target and hunting. Membership of SSAA gives you the "genuine need" without having to have letters of permission from property owners and validation for cat B. You will need to attend a range at least 4 times per year to do the required attendances for target & hunting or twice a year if you just tick hunting. Adding target shooting opens up the availability of participating in any of a large number of available competitions. It must be on your membership as well as your licence.

[pomemax]

bigfellascott
Is correct you don,t need to join SSAA or field and game in nsw for a reason you just need a property letter from a land holder.
As the op has Target already he just has to add hunting Ring FAR they will tell you how to do that .
If you intend to just hunt feral animal in nsw you need to have a property letter private land or R licence to shoot on state forests.
If you thinking of hunting DEER you need an R licence to hunt public land or a G licence to hunt on private land check the DPI web site they are not a pest in NSW, both of witch you need to be a member of hunting club to obtain

[sungazer]

I had a look at the what you can and cant do on the Vic Police website and if you held a license in any other category for instance Primary Producer or Hunting I read it to read you could go to any range and participate in target shooting including joining a club and target shoot as a hobby. Please correct me if I am wrong. It is getting harder to understand and comply with all the time.
I am hesitant to add extra categories as I worry some times as if you stop that particular one it might affect your complete license.

[bladeracer]

I had a look at the what you can and cant do on the Vic Police website and if you held a license in any other category for instance Primary Producer or Hunting I read it to read you could go to any range and participate in target shooting including joining a club and target shoot as a hobby. Please correct me if I am wrong. It is getting harder to understand and comply with all the time.
I am hesitant to add extra categories as I worry some times as if you stop that particular one it might affect your complete license.

I emailed Vic Firearms a few weeks ago with a question along this line. They rang me the following week and agreed with me that the only reason anybody needs target as a genuine reason is if you want to have large get-togethers on private property, most commonly shooting clays. Otherwise, everything that any firearms owner would want to do in Victoria is covered by Hunting as the genuine reason.
I emailed them back thanking them and requesting that in writing. They seem to have gone quite though.

I also emailed NSW Firearms Registry to see if a Victoria hunting-only licence allows the same uses across the border or if some things require "Target" up in NSW. Their worthless response was simply to redirect me to the websites and legislation I'd already spent hours trawling through.

[Gamerancher]

NSW requires "target" to be listed as genuine reason if you wish to compete in target shooting events. You can attend a range and sight-in or do load testing on a "hunting" licence but you cannot participate in any competitions. Ol' mate was asking about NSW, just trying to broaden his options. He might have trouble convincing a property owner with 12 acres surrounded by neighbors to endorse him for a centrefire.