>>2373073Water buffalo are pests here, as are deer, pigs, goats, feral dogs & cats and foxes. With the exception of a few species of deer which are subject to seasons (and during those seasons can be hunted in parts of national parks) all of the above can be hunted year round in state forests and state parks year round with a $20 permit to hunt pests on crown land. Kangaroo can be hunted freely in some states and is protected in others.
Outside of deer hunting certain species in their respective seasons, hunting and dispersed camping is not permitted in national parks.
State parks and state forests are aimed at recreation whereas national parks are aimed at conservation.
>>2373005I hunt rabbit, deer and pig in the Rubicon state forest, Big River state forest and Lake Eildon state park. $150 Russian .22 bolt action and a $1400 American .30-30 are my guns. There's also good mushrooms in the mountains in Vic that go well with the pig. Go do the safety course at your local police station and they'll tell you where to start ie; get something with low recoil and go practice at the range, don't use calibres too small for what you're hunting, if you can't make a humane kill don't pull the trigger, if you can't make out exactly what you're looking at or what's behind it don't even point the gun at it etc;
