Some encouraging signs from our NSW hunting counterparts, they've managed to lobby with enough power (excuse the pun, which will become apparent) to claim their right to hunt in national parks. A national park is by definition the land of the people, so for any user group to have been excluded in the first instance seems unusual... however the access is not completely unfettered (World Heritage sites and lands close to metropolitan areas will still be excluded to hunters).
The Shooters & Fishers Party have wielded their political clout and to me it seems that the landing point of all of this is pragmatic and sensible; hunters now will play a greater hand in the control of pest species which to all intents and purposes ought to reduce the cost to the tax payer of controlling pests on publicly owned land, as well as having greater access to their outdoor pursuits.
Here is the release from the Winchester Club in Au.
All very positive stuff.
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