AnswerID: 290497 Submitted: Sunday, Mar 02, 2008 at 21:52
Member - Mark E (VIC)
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I do it both ways!
I firstly choose what type of holiday I want. Usually, they fall into the category of: Can't take the dog, or can take the dog.
2 month trip to the
Kimberley via Tanami, GRR etc, not very dog friendly, hence she gets her own holiday with dog loving friend.
Week long trip to mates farm via a few high country tracks, skillfully avoiding the National Park (of course)....perfect trip for the dog. Mind you I do object to '
permits issued for the purpose of deer hunting with dogs in the NP', when I'm not allowed to have mine with me
camping..... which is likely to 'disturb' wildlife more, I ask? It's a crock! I've lost count of the number of deer hunting dogs that I've found wandering in the bush, apparently lost, then rung the owner who is now in
Melbourne....."Yeah, couldn't find that one, mate...can you bring her back to
Melbourne with you?..." hardly.
Bushwalking in Wilsons Prom.....ummmmm probably not.
I agree with you though, I love taking the dog
camping as it adds a very enjoyable dimension to the trip and provided the trip is mid week and fairly remote, away from the madding (dog hating) crowd, I can;t see the problem.
Cheers,
Mark
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FollowupID: 556234 Submitted:
Tuesday, Mar 04, 2008 at 21:06
Member - Mark E (VIC) posted:
Fozzy,
Have a look at this link:
Hunting in National Parks
There are other forest areas which directly adjoin National Parks into which the dogs often 'wander'. I often found dogs wandering around the Alpine National Park around the Bennison Plains area, along the Moroka Road and a number of other
places. I also spent 3 years living in the Howqua Valley on a large property owned by a school and we were constantly 'rescuing' dogs that had wandered off from the owners, who had given up the
search and gone back to
Melbourne.
It would appear from the above information that there is very limited dog hunting allowed in National Parks in Vic, though I think a few years ago the restrictions were not as tight.
Cheers,
Mark
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FollowupID: 556272 Submitted:
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2008 at 06:45
Mike Harding posted:
I'm with you on the hunting dogs Mark.
Makes me bloody angry that people loose them in the bush and then give up and go home and, no doubt, repeat the process a month later.
In fairness not all hunters are like that: a few years ago I was camped in deep bush north of
Dargo and was very surprised to see a pair of headlights approaching camp on a
cold, wet night at about 10pm. Turned out to be a hunter on a quad out looking for a lost dog. Chatting to him on CB the next day he found the wet and unhappy dog at around midnight.
Mike Harding
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FollowupID: 556278 Submitted:
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2008 at 07:31
Member - Mark E (VIC) posted:
Mike,
Yes, like anything, there are good and bad.
I have nothing against dogs for hunting per-se, though it's not my bag. It's a free world and everyone is entitled to their own interests, provided they don't impinge on others. My main beef was the lack of control that the hunters seem to have on the dogs, which then wander off and end up on private property or in National Parks.
The school camp where I used to live in the Howqua Valley, had about 80, 15 yo girls and you can just imagine the look on some of their faces when a burly bloke dressed in fatigues, camouflage-painted face, wanders into the camp with high powered rifle slung over shoulder, looking for his lost hound!!! Not to mention the obvious security issues. Mind you there were a few deer up that way!!
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