Bad news for banjo enthusiasts as rangers launch a crackdown on hunting in Namadgi

HenryBG – “you’ll have to pry the handgun out of my cold, dead hands before you’ll ever get me to do jury duty!”.

What the hell is with the semi-naked/scantily-clad chicks and the dead pigs??? I’d hate to imagine what happens in the next few photos taken shortly afterwards – naked chick covered in blood spreadegled over the dead pig while she cops one up the clacker???

Maybe people into Scrapbooking aren’t the scariest people out there after all…….

Poor henrybg. It must be awful to have a mind like his.

I think that anyone who argues that hunting is not cowardly and cruel has something wrong with their brains.

poetix said :

HenryBG said :

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It takes all sorts, I guess. I hear that somewhere out there, there are even *men* who want to get married with other *men*. I’m pretty sure the pig hunters would be much better company.

Did the film Deliverance confuse you a little?

Gold, just pure gold. I dips me lid.

Ben_Dover said :

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

Laughable, cowards hide behind guns.

Yikes! CTRL-ALT-AGREEwithBen_Dover.

I need to go take a shower. I feel dirty.

HenryBG said :

Ben_Dover said :

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

Laughable, cowards hide behind guns.

Heading out into the bush in pursuit of prey isn’t what any normal person would call “hiding”.

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

Why is it obscene? Because it’s an activity that *you* are not inclined to pursue yourself? Or because you believe that the only thing that qualifies as “food” comes wrapped in plastic from the supermarket? Or is it because being a leftie requires you to be unwarrantedly judgmental?

I fail to see how these pictures of dead animals qualify as “obscene”.

*THIS* on the other hand, is truly obscene, and I’m looking forward to them banning it soon:
http://www.boudist.com/archive/2009/03/09/mardi-gras-2009.php
Absolutely disgusting.

I was trying to think of something ‘accentuate the positives’, charming, disarming, respectful and diplomatic to say, but I’ve got nothing.

HenryBG, you’re just a sad, sad, pathetic individual. Look forward to banning it. What a squeezer!!

poetix said :

KB1971, I agree that traps are probably the cruellest form of catching animals, but these photographs seem to celebrate blood and gore and it’s hard to believe that the insensitivity started after the animal was dead.

Yeah, I have to agree. Like I said bacon busters is not my scene at all. Happy to go pig shooting but really only if I can stalk them & catch them by surprise.

Re the insensitivity, these animals destroy rural land, fences, creeks, watering holes & are generally classed as a major pest to farmers, NP’s & SF’s alike. Their point of veiw is that they should all be shot as they are a pest and are no good for the environment (I dont want to get into the whole farming/environment debate so can anybody who reads this just keep it a little on topic).

So from their point of veiw they dont really care how the animal is treated as it is rubbish to them.

Having said all of that, the girl in the picture is standing next to a pig hung from a gantry. That pig was probably about to be cleaned (gutted & scun), I doubt they would have hung it just for the photo.

Yes it is a pretty greusome sight to see an animal getting ready for dressing but that is what it looks like (sans semi naked chick). Once the guts & skin is gone then it looks like it does in the butcher shop.

poetix said :

Oh HenryBG, are we ever to agree about anything? When I look at the Mardi Gras photos I see happy people having a good time.

Good, so quod erat demonstratum then.

*THIS* on the other hand, is truly obscene, and I’m looking forward to them banning it soon:
http://www.boudist.com/archive/2009/03/09/mardi-gras-2009.php
Absolutely disgusting.

You are kidding right? Lots of happy smiling people all having fun.
Probably the same amount of fun that people hunting feral pigs clearly have.

HenryBG said :

Ben_Dover said :

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

Laughable, cowards hide behind guns.

Heading out into the bush in pursuit of prey isn’t what any normal person would call “hiding”.

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

Why is it obscene? Because it’s an activity that *you* are not inclined to pursue yourself? Or because you believe that the only thing that qualifies as “food” comes wrapped in plastic from the supermarket? Or is it because being a leftie requires you to be unwarrantedly judgmental?

I fail to see how these pictures of dead animals qualify as “obscene”.

*THIS* on the other hand, is truly obscene, and I’m looking forward to them banning it soon:
http://www.boudist.com/archive/2009/03/09/mardi-gras-2009.php
Absolutely disgusting.

Oh HenryBG, are we ever to agree about anything? When I look at the Mardi Gras photos I see happy people having a good time. The fact that they are gay doesn’t really matter, except that gays and lesbians are still unable to express their attraction (or love) freely in many situations. I do hope I live to see gay marriage in my church, and then maybe there won’t need to be a special march, except perhaps to remember when people had to deal with attitudes like yours.

The other photos were of women posed by dead animals, with a lot of blood. Whether they killed the animals themselves, or are proudly draped over the pig carcasses that their boyfriends provided, I can’t help but see that as revolting. That they are sometimes nearly naked adds a new level of horror. Are they also meat, or providers of pork?

I did get a chuckle out of you calling me judgemental though. Pot. Kettle. Noir. Sometimes I hope you are trolling, but I am past simply forgiving people because they are trolling. It’s like telling a really awful joke, and then saying ‘oh it was only a joke’.

KB1971, I agree that traps are probably the cruellest form of catching animals, but these photographs seem to celebrate blood and gore and it’s hard to believe that the insensitivity started after the animal was dead.

Ben_Dover said :

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

Laughable, cowards hide behind guns.

Heading out into the bush in pursuit of prey isn’t what any normal person would call “hiding”.

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

Why is it obscene? Because it’s an activity that *you* are not inclined to pursue yourself? Or because you believe that the only thing that qualifies as “food” comes wrapped in plastic from the supermarket? Or is it because being a leftie requires you to be unwarrantedly judgmental?

I fail to see how these pictures of dead animals qualify as “obscene”.

*THIS* on the other hand, is truly obscene, and I’m looking forward to them banning it soon:
http://www.boudist.com/archive/2009/03/09/mardi-gras-2009.php
Absolutely disgusting.

milkman said :

Ko. said :

JB, can you please change the photo in the story to this one?

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/userreport/highly-strung-pig

Now I’m not sure of this, but I think we need to consider the possibility that some of these women are bogans.

No, country. Bogans are generally city folk.

Ko. said :

JB, can you please change the photo in the story to this one?

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/userreport/highly-strung-pig

Now I’m not sure of this, but I think we need to consider the possibility that some of these women are bogans.

KB1971 said :

boredPS said :

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

That makes me really sad, I don’t give a s*** if pigs are feral animals no animal should suffer such a horrible death – totally vile.

While I am not a big fan of Bacon Busters & its content, how exactly did that pig dies a horrible death if it was shot once and does instantly or within seconds of being shot?

Animals can suffer more in an abbotoir, they hare stunned & then their throats are cut to bleed to death. Ok the stunning is supposed to eliminate the pain & suffering but I doubt anyone really knows how the animal is feeling. Think about that next time you chow down on a T bone.

With the exception of the knife hunters & trap hunters, most responsible hunters will try for a one shot kill so the animal doesnt suffer. most of the time they are successful, some times they are not.

Trap hunters (the jaw kind) now there is a cruel way to treat an animal, even with the soft jaw traps.

It just irks me the silly comments hunting attracts, Ben Dover? Are you always this bitter or are you just trolling?

Bloody hell, I should have spall cheked that, sorry 🙂

boredPS said :

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

That makes me really sad, I don’t give a s*** if pigs are feral animals no animal should suffer such a horrible death – totally vile.

While I am not a big fan of Bacon Busters & its content, how exactly did that pig dies a horrible death if it was shot once and does instantly or within seconds of being shot?

Animals can suffer more in an abbotoir, they hare stunned & then their throats are cut to bleed to death. Ok the stunning is supposed to eliminate the pain & suffering but I doubt anyone really knows how the animal is feeling. Think about that next time you chow down on a T bone.

With the exception of the knife hunters & trap hunters, most responsible hunters will try for a one shot kill so the animal doesnt suffer. most of the time they are successful, some times they are not.

Trap hunters (the jaw kind) now there is a cruel way to treat an animal, even with the soft jaw traps.

It just irks me the silly comments hunting attracts, Ben Dover? Are you always this bitter or are you just trolling?

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

Laughable, cowards hide behind guns.

Ko. said :

JB, can you please change the photo in the story to this one?

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/userreport/highly-strung-pig

Holy streaky bacon, Batman!

JB, can you please change the photo in the story to this one?

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/userreport/highly-strung-pig

shauno said :

Overheard said :

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Definitely over-compensating for inadequacies with their own attached ‘shooters’. I have never been a fan of paintball, but if it means these knuckle-draggers can work off their [ahem] shortcomings in the boudoir by ejeculating all over each in multi-coloured glory, ‘fill your boots’, says I.

But yes, do leave them away from the hikers.

Why would you so aggressively abuse some one who may partake in this sport that you seem to know nothing about. Seems like a similar response the socialist greens give to any one that has an opinion different to their own. They are not interested in the other persons views they just attack the man.

I’ve read this a few times. Can’t seem to find anything aggressive. Maybe this says more about you, shauno, and the inferences you’re taking rather than anything I intended.

‘Shits and giggles’ is the phrase that eluded you. It’s symptomatic of the witless, literal mind of the hunter-gatherer.

Damn, not ‘hunter-gatherer’. I meant ‘recreational hunter’, one of the the biggest oxymorons getting around.

dungfungus said :

What about trout? Since when were they native animals?

Since when were we talking about animals that were below ground?

Gingera said :

KB1971 said :

“Another disappointing trend is the increasing number of pigs introduced into the park by hunters purely for hunting purposes.”

Any proof of this? Has anybody actually been caugth & charged with this offence (releasing a pest into the wild)?

Yes and it is a problem not just restricted to the ACT.

Believe it or not this happens quite a bit,particuarly around major population centres .

Pigs(most often sows) are caught with dogs but not killed and then transported to into a handy area with low pig numbers and released to breed up. More often than not they will have their ears cut off so other hunters dogs will have difficulty in catching them ( for those that don’t know , in general pig hunting is conducted not with guns but knives – a pack of dogs will be set upon a pig which is held down with a dog or on each ear, the ‘hunter’ then knifes the pig in the heart leaving it to bleed out).

A mob of feral pigs was even released on Black Mountain a couple of years ago.

Do you have any links to these cases? I am genuinely interested to see how common it is.

I have to disagree with you on the general way that pig hunters hunt, I have only ever met one pig hunter that used a knife, all the others I know use the dogs to find the pigs & then use firarms to kill the animal. If you have a look through Bacon Busters for example (Thanks Poetix 🙂 ) you will rarely find anyone who uses a knife to kill. It really is a minority that hun this way.

I can see how it would be more common in a national park though, the penalties are far less for taking your dog into the park than taking a firearm & shooting.

As with everything though, there is a minority that ruin it for every one & they are the ones that bring focus on everything.

Ok, there are a mob of pigs on Black Mountain, how do you know they were released? The way Canberra is laid out there is a distinct possibility that they migrated.

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

White trash!

The ACT media release claims three things:

1/ “…hunters into the park pose a serious safety risk”
2/ “…hunting dogs cause significant damage to the native fauna…”
3/ “…pigs introduced into to the park purely for hunting purposes.”

It’s fair to say these claims are not true. There is no real evidence for it, and this latest round of chest thumping will result in even more wasted resources.

Rangers are normally pedophiles, derived from the quintessential lonely scout leader. This media release reminds me of their boredom, which is concerning of course because a bored pedo is not a healthy mix.

poetix said :

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

That makes me really sad, I don’t give a s*** if pigs are feral animals no animal should suffer such a horrible death – totally vile.

http://www.sportingshootermag.com.au/bacon-busters/babes-and-boars/page/2

You don’t have to be a latte loving tofu muncher to find this obscene.

HenryBG said :

Sandman said :

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Guns are just like private parts. It’s not the size that matters, it’s the way you use it.

Said like a true collector of antique Beretta .22s

Hey, I’ve got an old Beretta .22 down in the safe. Now I’m confused…:-)

HenryBG said :

LSWCHP said :

And I really don’t get this business of hunting with dogs and knives. Pigs and the other introduced species are appalling pests, but they’re still living creatures and they should be eliminated quickly and humanely. Running them down with dogs and hacking them up with knives seems like some sort of loony “Lord of the Flies” thing to me.

The guy who takes pigs on our property likes to do it this way and he seems kind of normal. ish.

Maybe so, but it seems to me that the animals he hunts will end their lives after a substantial period of unnecessary fear, distress and pain, and I don’t agree with that. I have no qualms about eliminating these pests, but I take no pleasure in the suffering of another creature.

Wouldn’t it be interesting if there were people working as ACT Parks Rangers who kept pig hunting dogs and were long-term pig-hunters?

KB1971 said :

“Another disappointing trend is the increasing number of pigs introduced into the park by hunters purely for hunting purposes.”

Any proof of this? Has anybody actually been caugth & charged with this offence (releasing a pest into the wild)?

Yes and it is a problem not just restricted to the ACT.

Believe it or not this happens quite a bit,particuarly around major population centres .

Pigs(most often sows) are caught with dogs but not killed and then transported to into a handy area with low pig numbers and released to breed up. More often than not they will have their ears cut off so other hunters dogs will have difficulty in catching them ( for those that don’t know , in general pig hunting is conducted not with guns but knives – a pack of dogs will be set upon a pig which is held down with a dog or on each ear, the ‘hunter’ then knifes the pig in the heart leaving it to bleed out).

A mob of feral pigs was even released on Black Mountain a couple of years ago.

Hunting with anything besides your bare hands is for the weak. Firearms are used for war, not killing animals from far away. Stop being weak and hunt with your hands, or not at all.

Sandman said :

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Guns are just like private parts. It’s not the size that matters, it’s the way you use it.

Said like a true collector of antique Beretta .22s

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

And men who “hunt” for the perfect latte and then retire to their keyboard for a bit of whining about subjects that they know nothing about are hung like racehorses?

Guns are just like private parts. It’s not the size that matters, it’s the way you use it.

HenryBG said :

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It takes all sorts, I guess. I hear that somewhere out there, there are even *men* who want to get married with other *men*. I’m pretty sure the pig hunters would be much better company.

Did the film Deliverance confuse you a little?

Ben_Dover said :

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

What makes you think anyone who opposes the barbaric sport of “hunting” is afraid of guns?

Life experience, mostly.

Sometimes it isn’t fear, but simply ignorance, though.

I hope you took on board the fact that last year 68,000 feral animals were removed from the environment. This doesn’t happen if you leave it all up to the vegans, you know.

LSWCHP said :

And I really don’t get this business of hunting with dogs and knives. Pigs and the other introduced species are appalling pests, but they’re still living creatures and they should be eliminated quickly and humanely. Running them down with dogs and hacking them up with knives seems like some sort of loony “Lord of the Flies” thing to me.

The guy who takes pigs on our property likes to do it this way and he seems kind of normal. ish.

It takes all sorts, I guess. I hear that somewhere out there, there are even *men* who want to get married with other *men*. I’m pretty sure the pig hunters would be much better company.

HenryBG said :

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

What makes you think anyone who opposes the barbaric sport of “hunting” is afraid of guns?

Overheard said :

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Definitely over-compensating for inadequacies with their own attached ‘shooters’. s.

I think you’ll find it’s those who are scared of firearms who have teeny-weeny ones.

Overheard said :

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Definitely over-compensating for inadequacies with their own attached ‘shooters’. I have never been a fan of paintball, but if it means these knuckle-draggers can work off their [ahem] shortcomings in the boudoir by ejeculating all over each in multi-coloured glory, ‘fill your boots’, says I.

But yes, do leave them away from the hikers.

Why would you so aggressively abuse some one who may partake in this sport that you seem to know nothing about. Seems like a similar response the socialist greens give to any one that has an opinion different to their own. They are not interested in the other persons views they just attack the man.

Ben_Dover said :

maniac said :

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Ok come o! It takes great courage and big balls to take on a pig…..

….. armed only with a high powered rifle…

….from a distance…..

…while hiding……

Its actually harder than that and you dont hide. If you hide you may be there for a very long time lol. Nothing wrong shooting one with a rifle its a quick humane death better then slow death by poison.

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Um for your info the over all majority of sporting shooters do exactly that culling/food/pest control no one I know goes out there for a yippy shoot so to speak. Nothing wrong with shooting pigs there a feral pest. Deer hunting is a challenge and they are also a pest.

And while I’m at it, if any Rioters are on rural properties around Canberra and have feral animal problems, I may be able to assist.

LSWCHP@gmail.com

AAMC said :

NSW game council reports that in 2010-11 68,480 feral pigs were removed from the environment, 66,780 of which were taken on private land.

Yep. And I’m off tomorrow to do my bit for the cause in one of the NSW state forests as part of the Game Council vermin reduction program. I’m fully licensed, registered and have all necessary documentation and equipment.

Illegal hunters are simply brain dead mongrels who give responsible firearm owners a bad name. I would chortle with glee if I heard that one of them got chewed up by a big boar.

And I really don’t get this business of hunting with dogs and knives. Pigs and the other introduced species are appalling pests, but they’re still living creatures and they should be eliminated quickly and humanely. Running them down with dogs and hacking them up with knives seems like some sort of loony “Lord of the Flies” thing to me.

I think it should be a compulsory part of every astronomy student’s studies in the ACT to spend a night in Namadgi along with their telescope. That should keep the ferel population down, wilds dogs, wild pigs and wild students.

KB1971 said :

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

OK, what happens in Africa aside, you are wrong to generalise.

Yep people hunt deer for their trophy antlers, yep people hunt pigs for their trophy tusks, yep people foxes for fur, yep people hunt rabbits & hares for fun, yep people hunt cats for fun.

Hunting native animals in this country in illegal (not saying it doesnt happen) but all you have to do is pick up any hunting magazine or talk to any legitimate hunter & you will find that the trophy part of hunting is a bonus. Most hunters will knock a deer down & use the meat as well.

All the prized animals in Australia are introduced species with the exception of ducks (kangaroos are hunted for food or culled under licence); fox, rabbit, cat, dog, hare, deer, pig, brumby, buffalo are all introduced and are in pest proportions in Australia. Hunters are one part of helping keep the numbers under control & there is less collatoral damage than say using 1080 baits.

What about trout? Since when were they native animals?

maniac said :

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Ok come o! It takes great courage and big balls to take on a pig…..

….. armed only with a high powered rifle…

….from a distance…..

…while hiding……

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

Definitely over-compensating for inadequacies with their own attached ‘shooters’. I have never been a fan of paintball, but if it means these knuckle-draggers can work off their [ahem] shortcomings in the boudoir by ejeculating all over each in multi-coloured glory, ‘fill your boots’, says I.

But yes, do leave them away from the hikers.

NSW game council reports that in 2010-11 68,480 feral pigs were removed from the environment, 66,780 of which were taken on private land. As such, I would be surprised if people were releasing pigs into the national park for the purposes of hunting as it seems that there are plenty around without the assistance and plenty of private land holders who would be happy get rid of them. I think it is far more likely that they are just breeding……..
Additionally, pigs are incredibly damaging animals which fowl water, destroy crops and native vegetation and even prey on animals; and should be removed from the environment. From memory……… I think that DAFF estimate the impact of feral pigs on the economy at about $500 million p.a.
I agree that illegal hunting is problematic, however I do not think that hunting should be completely excluded from the repertoire of control solutions; ABC’s landline recently presented a report on a successful feral goat control program in a Victorian national park operating in conjunction with the sporting shooters Association of Australia (SSAA). In my mind effective hunting is a lot more human that current control mechanisms of poisoning and trapping; both very stressful and the effects of 1080 poison on an animal are very unpleasant.

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

I was out hunting the other day and I stopped next to a tree to have a leak. Unfortunately, it was right uner a wasps’ nest and one of them angry critters stung me halfway down the shaft; about 6″ from the end.

maniac said :

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

OK, what happens in Africa aside, you are wrong to generalise.

Yep people hunt deer for their trophy antlers, yep people hunt pigs for their trophy tusks, yep people foxes for fur, yep people hunt rabbits & hares for fun, yep people hunt cats for fun.

Hunting native animals in this country in illegal (not saying it doesnt happen) but all you have to do is pick up any hunting magazine or talk to any legitimate hunter & you will find that the trophy part of hunting is a bonus. Most hunters will knock a deer down & use the meat as well.

All the prized animals in Australia are introduced species with the exception of ducks (kangaroos are hunted for food or culled under licence); fox, rabbit, cat, dog, hare, deer, pig, brumby, buffalo are all introduced and are in pest proportions in Australia. Hunters are one part of helping keep the numbers under control & there is less collatoral damage than say using 1080 baits.

Awww but look at the little stripey one.

I know – I saw that when I logged on this morning and I was instantly salivating like crazy. How delicious do those piglets look!!!?!

boredPS said :

This is welcome news, we went hiking the other day and heard hunters, I would rather not get accidentally shot in the back of the head by some redneck or eaten alive by his pitbull hunting dog while hiking

I doubt any shooter would either be incompetent or careless enough to risk shooting a human. Last time this happened was back in the mid-90s when some greenie trying to disturb a hunt got shot with a bit of small-sized pellets from duck-hunter who probably knew that his choice of weapon meant he was a) unlikely to do any serious damage and )b not readily identify him.

As for the dogs – we invite them onto our property to keep the pigs down (they come in from the National Park, which is a haven for feral animals) and never had a problem. They are rough-looking guys, so I understand you’re scared. Maybe hang out at the coffee shop instead next time.

KB1971 said :

“Another disappointing trend is the increasing number of pigs introduced into the park by hunters purely for hunting purposes.”

Any proof of this? Has anybody actually been caugth & charged with this offence (releasing a pest into the wild)?.

Exactly, I read that and ROTFLed all the way to work – National Parks are packed to the gunnels with feral animals as a result of their stupid, limp-wristed policies (no hunting!) and idiotic “traditional owners”(no hunting?) nonsense so they invent a ludicrous idea that people are deliberately stocking the Parks with pigs.
ROTFLing again, just thinking about how stupid Brett is, or how stupid he thinks the intended audience for this press release must be.

KB1971 said :

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

No, but men who hunt for fun/sport and not for the purpose of culling/food/pest control are little men with tiny private parts.

“Another disappointing trend is the increasing number of pigs introduced into the park by hunters purely for hunting purposes.”

Any proof of this? Has anybody actually been caugth & charged with this offence (releasing a pest into the wild)?

We back onto the northern section of KNP, that in turn is surrounded by thousands of acres of state forest & private land where the feral pig poulation is a pretty big problem. Do they think that these animals do not migrate?

boredPS – How did you know they were hunters? Were they running around with guns shooting everything? Or were they pig hunters using dogs & knives?

Contrary to popular townie belief, hunters are not the antichrist.

To claim what is done here is “hunting” is laughable. It’s pig shooting. Big brave hunters, ha! Bunch of sadistic thickos.

This is welcome news, we went hiking the other day and heard hunters, I would rather not get accidentally shot in the back of the head by some redneck or eaten alive by his pitbull hunting dog while hiking

That headline is quite funny on a couple of levels in the current climate and scope of debate on this site.

Well played.