Vacation in Austrila

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I was thinking of going to Australia for a vacation and me and a friend were thinking of shooting some kangaroos.

I was wondering if anybody new what I needed to bring a Long-gun (non-restricted) with me. and if where is any special license I needed to hunt kanagroos in Aust?

please let me know what you all think
 
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Australian gun laws are much more restrictive than our laws.

As for hunting, Australia is a HUGE place (think of Canada but with population around all borders, not just our southern border). Howerver the areas where you will find kangaroos and are able to get to them, are likely someone's property. Habitat for kangaroos is also habitat for sheep/cattle.

Try making arrangements with a sheep/cattle station for hunting. Note that most farms/ranches" consist of many hundreds of thousands of acres. A ranch of less than a hundred thousand acres usually isn't economically viable.
 
Depending on the part of the country you are in there is hunting for rabbits, feral pigs, goats and camels also.

I would not even consider bringing a firearm along unless you arrange something along the lines of a guided hunt with someone that knows the rules and import procedures really well.
The best course is to meet up with some locals who are into hunting and bribe them to take you along. Should only cost you a few cases of Bundy rum and shipping container of beer to win their trust. :D

There are a few Aussies on the forum here.
 
....It really is very hard/restricted to bring in any guns. Then there's the subject of Hunting ! For better or worse, the "Environmentalists/Tree Huggers" have built up a lot of "clout" and imposed severe restrictions on ALL forms of Hunting and Shooting activities. Licenses are required as are permits for just about everything. If you're just thinking of causally "whacking" a couple of Roos" well, it just won't happen in this day and age. ...... To illustrate how out of hand the Environmental Movement has become, they've taken control of a number of smaller, and not so small, rural Town Councils and imposed severe penalties for creating fire-breaks, cutting down trees to do so, on your own property. The ban even in some cases extended, to cutting back Native type grasses. As one can imagine, this attitude and policy contributed in part to the massive loss of life and property, during the recent Fires in Victoria. ( Extended also, over the last few years, into Fire management policies ) ... David K
 
... I neglected to add, that Australia is always a great place to visit ! For the Southern States, currently Summer is virtually over, BUT there's a bit of an "Airfares War" going on, and Fares, mostly via LAX ( Los Angles for the un- initiated ! ) are just a bit over half price. .... David K ...... ( Tourist Visa's can still be obtained, "on line", when you buy your Tickets, I think )
 
I lived in Austalia for the past year. Its a great country with lots to see and do...but shooting Roos legally will not be an option. Roos can only be shot on permits, either by farmers, or by licenced "Roo Shooters"....if you talked to the right guy, they would likely take you out for the night with them...I would check in at local gunshops and they could point youin the right direction...PM me with where you are going and I might be able to point you in the right direction(I worked as an archery sales rep, and have been in pretty much every gun shop on the east side of the country)..forget about bringing any guns with you..Australias gun laws make Canada look like the wild west..
 
I was in AU for a year and I went out one night with a landowner who had a damage permit to shoot roos on his property. I held the spotligh and he shot. He said I could "have a go" if I wanted. I didn't shoot though as it seemed a waste to me. A roo is, in my mind, more like a deer than a "goffer". I would have liked to hunt one, shoot it and eat it. Not shoot em and leave them lay.

Another night I went out spotlighting rabbits. I head-shot 12 and we dressed them all and ate them. The bigger older ones were a little tough but the young ones were very tastey and tender.
 
I too have looked into it in past visits. Pretty much impossible to arrange, in my experience. However, if you do get a chance, make sure that you eat as much as you can! Marinated in olive oil, garlic and red wine then cooked rare on "the barbie" - there's not much better! It's available in many places (the meat) even if you can't arrange a hunt. Anyhow, the take home message is - as others have suggested - DON'T go cold-turkey and expect to be able to arrange something. In fact, If you did that, I'd say that you could expect to run into quite a bit of trouble wiht guns etc... Now the fishing on teh other hands.... lol!
-DW
 
I was in Australia about five years ago. if your looking to hunt roos and ferrel pigs you would probably have your best chance asking around the sheep farms. I know the pigs were the big problem but you might get your chance at the roos if the farmer is permitted to take em out.
 
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