Mt Dissapointment shooting

[Lolsen]

Hey guys,

Hoping to get some info here on mt disappointment

I'm looking to hunt some small ferals up at dissapointment but am not sure the best place up there.

I went in today and found not much but thick scrub and a couple of wallabies. I went through some small scrub to a field like area that looks like it's been logged, was nice and open, went to about 5 different spots around and whistled out and nothing, not even a sight of a fox. Now maybe I went a little late at 9am (or early) but I thought I would get at least something?
Where I went in was about 4kms down wallan road coming from whittlesea.

Anyone got any better locations up dissa for fox hunting?

[YoungBuck]

Mate in my limited experience (9 months shooting now) I have seen very few pest animals in the state forests around Vic and I have ventured into several of them (some of them multiple times ) and found bugger all. Occasionally I will see a hare darting away. Other than that its Roos and wallabies galore.

Forgot to mention Mt Disappointment is one I haven't been to yet, but I don't doubt it's much different to its name. I think you will have far better luck if you can gain access some private land large enough to shoot on.

[southeast varmiter]

Only forest areas near farms yields good critters.

[AusTac]

Hey mate i've been to dissa a few times, the only living stuff i've seen are the natives but i reckon deep in the bush there might just be something there

[Title_II]

Is there a Mt. Success around?

[happyhunter]

There are ferals in the in there but you have to look really hard.

[Gwion]

Looking really hard + keeping noise levels down + looking in the right sort of area or terrain = hunting

Stomping & crashing around around anywhere with trees and no state/national park = wasting your time

[Oldbloke]

I guess in a way it says good things about the state of our Forrests that they are not over run with feral animals, I would be very interested to know how they compare to the Nat parks where there is no shooting.

Bllody good point there.

[VICHunter]

I would be very interested to know how they compare to the Nat parks where there is no shooting.

I can't quote you a study but I spend a bit of time in both.

Signs and sounds definitely suggest an obviously high number in non-shooting areas.

[AusTac]

I've walked in a few less frequented areas around the kinglake area, nasty terrain but its full of life, deer pigs goats, pretty cool they know their safe, hopfully it stays that way

[southeast varmiter]

I take the little one camping in national parks. Feral animals in abundance

[Supporter]

Do I remember right there was talk of opening pest-hunting in national parks over there?

NSW or Victoria I thought?

[Mr.Seacucumber]

Do I remember right there was talk of opening pest-hunting in national parks over there?

NSW or Victoria I thought?

NSW, the greens opposed it which is really counterintuitive of them.

[southeast varmiter]

Greens would like to lock all human activity out of national parks and forests.

[<<Genesis93>>]

You know what they say about a hunting trip to Mt Disappointment .......

[AusTac]

Its rather disappointing? : p

[Wes]

Is there a Mt. Success around?

Yeah but they're 4 hours out of the city, not 2 like the more convenient forests

[<<Genesis93>>]

More like 1 hr, where the Deer lurk, but the Greens are trying very hard to lock up ALL the forest in this area right as we type...

[Tomek]

More like 1 hr, where the Deer lurk, but the Greens are trying very hard to lock up ALL the forest in this area right as we type...

Link?

[<<Genesis93>>]

How about GPS co-ordinates, would you prefer that??

[Tomek]

How about GPS co-ordinates, would you prefer that??

haha no I meant do you have a link to recent news of Greens trying to take more shooter rights away?

[<<Genesis93>>]

ooooooooh....

I was preparing some co-ords

http://greens.org.au/sites/greens.org.a ... Report.pdf

these $%^ are pushing this for the life of them.... its on the table....

[southeast varmiter]

ooooooooh....

I was preparing some co-ords

http://greens.org.au/sites/greens.org.a ... Report.pdf

these $%^ are pushing this for the life of them.... its on the table....

Yeah - its bulls**t. Not even based on real data. Hence the disclaimer up front
"Disclaimer: This report is not an official report of the Parliament of Victoria. Parliamentary Intern Reports are prepared by political science students as part of the requirements for the Victorian Parliamentary Internship Program. The Program is jointly coordinated by the Department of Parliamentary Services through the Parliamentary Library & Information Service and the Organisation Development unit, the University of Melbourne, Monash University, and Victoria University. The views expressed in this report are those of the author."

[<<Genesis93>>]

But the kicker is WHY.... they want to lock up most of the public forest close to metro melbourne.... to save the Lead beaters possum....

Ye right

[Bourt]

The views expressed in this report are those of the author."

That's called "fiction" last time I checked.