Victoria Police being Victoria Police again: The Victorian government has rejected a recommendation to consider giving recreational hunters access to semi-automatic firearms. A report following the inquiry into the control of invasive animals earlier this year handed down a series of recommendations, including that the government and Victoria Police
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Agriculture Victoria: “Don’t hunt feral pigs.” What?
Agriculture Victoria has issued a warning to hunters about the states’ growing feral pig problem and to stay away from feral pigs. The Weekly Times reports: “Hunters and others using public land have been urged not to go looking for or disturbing feral pigs. Agriculture Victoria
Invasive species: Australia needs to get serious about deregulating firearms and hunting
The past week has seen the debate about invasive species management fire up again, this time around feral cats. As Fairfax reports, the Australian government announced that it has called for the destruction of 2 million feral cats out of the many more millions currently roaming
More Australian tax payer dollars at work: Pelorus Island Dingo trial backfires spectacularly
You thought the kangaroo sterilization program was a farce? The infamous trial to use dingos equipped with 18-month suicide collars to eliminate feral goats on Pelorus Island near Townsville has backfired. Colour us surprised. The Courier Mail reports: “Two killer dingoes released on to a pristine
The .250-3000 Savage
The .250-3000 Savage The .250-3000 Savage cartridge was released in 1915 in Savage’s famed model 1899 hammerless lever action rifle. It was the first commercial cartridge to attain a velocity of 3000fps. It accomplished this with an 87-gr bullet. The reasons for its success were easy
Barber: Shaving the truth off of hunting
With the Inquiry into Invasive Species already underway in the Victorian Parliament, Victorian Greens MP Greg Barber thought he’d be an opportunist and write an opinion piece for the Weekly Times. This is the latest in the recent wave of anti-hunting agitprop, in part an end