I think we're all pretty surprised. We are so used to having to brace ourselves when it comes to media representation for hunting in Australia. One thing to remember when the government says 'hunting cannot control deer numbers' is that next breath they say 'migratory birds that can just fly away (ducks) have to have limits on how many are shot because duck hunters will wipe them out in a month'. The concepts are mutually exclusive. A bird being wiped out in a 1 month season even though it can up and leave, literally flying away from a pressured hunting spot, and hunting taking thousands of deer a year out of the environment being of little control value are OBVIOUSLY being used to back a position that cannot be justified.
Finally! Some actually reporting & journalism from the ABC. Thank you for actually providing a genuine perspective of the hunting lifestyle. Great job Cass & Chris. Great role models for the industry
Yep! The last time I watched the ABC it was an episode of Q&A in 2015. It was the last time I watched television. Red-pilled since then. The last nine years have been enlightening, and frustrating. If only everyone knew the truth.
So happy to have been a part of this article. I am passionate about shining a light on the reality of ethical and sustainable hunting, and I am grateful to Rhiannon from the ABC for providing this opportunity. I believe that in order to be seen (accurately for who we are/what we do), we need to be visible (positive representation), and that's exactly what I will be putting my energy into! 🙂
This is great! All Australians should have the same opportunity. Its a shame Western Australia is so anti gun/hunting and this would never be supported.
Being a Bowhunter in SE QLD it’s almost impossible to find a property to hunt on. It’s so green up here. Yet the council culls deer and dumps them in the tip. Biggest waste of meat and life..
Yes, it's a shame a Queenslander has to get a NSW R Licence which allows one to hunt in State forests down there, if they haven't access to properties up here.
Your not wrong mate unless your born or marry into a community or know some one it’s very hard to get a block to hunt . I have to volunteer time trapping dingos to get on the blocks I hunt but at least my council pay $100 a dog bounty
What an exceptional documentary from the ABC! First ABC program I have sat & listened to in over a decade besides Landline. Well done to the journalist who covered both sides of hunting!
Invasive yes, but not destructive. Sambar deer and other large invasive animals simply replace extinct megafauna in Australia. They're actually very beneficial to the ecosystem.
Fantastic article and video Rhiannon. Good work ABC on putting this one together. Hunters are one of the most misunderstood communities in Australia. It's about time a news organisation with reach spent the time to actually look into the community and see the value that's there. Good, honest people in touch with themselves, the people around them, nature and their food.
Well said to many times we hear unfounded so called economic losses and damage caused by deer but not much of the millions of dollars generated from hunters
Well done Landline; fascinating story. I'm definitely guilty of eating meat yet feeling squeamish at the idea of killing an animal, let alone butchering it too. These guys have the right philosophy.
Honestly, for me, I started like that as well. Someone said to me 'If you were an animal and you had to choose, trucked for a day with panic and anxiety into a facility to die in bulk, or standing in grass, fresh air and your domain to have a fair chance to run if the hunter is busted in the approach or to be lights out, at rest, eating and surveying your range, which would you choose?'.
This might surprise some city dwellers, but the most authentic and sustainable way to harvest meat doesn’t start at the supermarket. It begins long before it reaches a package.
@@DieNibelungenliad globalism is being revealed as the big con it has always been. Look after your own people -Australians - or join the UN in New York or wherever that bunch go.
@@DieNibelungenliad The term 'sustainable' and phrase 'billions of people' shouldn't be in the same sentence as each other. It's just not a worthwhile discussion to spark up because the population issue is possibly the biggest contributor to the mess we have found ourselves in. No one grabs us by the scruff of our neck and drags us to the supermarket, forces our hand to pick up pre-packaged meat and put it into the trolley. You can make the decision to hunt your own meat, farm your own meat, eat less meat or eat no meat. The opportunities are endless, and so are the excuses. "It's not realistic for me to farm my own meat, I work full time and have three kids." - said one consumer. I guess we will leave the farming to the farmers, the construction of children's toys to the Chinese 7 year olds and let the bankers do their banking.
Great piece! I hope this article opens the eyes of the ignorant and bigoted anti-hunters to show how hunting is a positive lifestyle. Those people who spotlight from roads are not hunters, people shot shoot birds and roo's with target arrows are not hunters, take the time to understand the difference.
Correct and farmers not allowing hunters on their property to control game because some clown spot lighted of the road is not helping control his game can’t understand that decision
Hunting has provided me with more then just food on the table. Getting away from modern technology and walking the landscape fulfills a primal void in this modern age. I have shared some incredible moments with some incredible people out hunting. Killing of an animal is not the be all and end all of hunting. The phrase minority rurans it for the majority runs true in hunting unfortunately. It is up to the educated to teach the uneducated.
This was a really positive way to show how recreational hunters are not just some blood thirsty group. We actually care for the environment and respect what it has to offer. Deer are here to stay whether the government like it or not, in this story it was pointed out that the Victorian government doesn't deem hunter to have been or are an effective means of deer control but I think most would agree otherwise. The government say this because it justifies their work and spending which a lot of the time isn't ethical or cost effective for the tax payer. There is also an element of control swindled in there somewhere to.
So jealous. I live in Scandinavia (cold snow dark overcrowded) but have lived in Australia before. We were forced to move back here for family reasons but if I could I would never have left Australia. Great country for on land living.
Well done ABC for telling an honest story about hunters and firearm holders, who are normal everyday and law abiding people...not the criminals that the ignorant government bureaucrats, police or anti gun lobbyists will have you believe! Thanks ABC!
Another very smart way to help save the planet. Queensland has a great opportunity to protect native animals (eg the Cassowary) but our government is to Woke to let hunting in our national parks to control feral pigs, cats and other introduced species.
you're going to eat the cats? Or is there a market for the hides? Is there some utilization? Not sure its hunting if you're not using the animal. I provide a reasonable amount of the meat eaten by my extended family, but I don't delude myself into thinking I am making any kind of difference to the feral goat problem in mid western NSW. Hunting brings a host of benefits, respect for the land, food, sense of accomplishment etc, but its not a very effective management tool. It tends to disperse animals over wider areas, often the specific animal selection tends towards mature males which makes no difference to the breeding capability of the herd. Yep hunting should be more broadly allowed, but trapping and baiting are more effective management tools for problematic invasive species.
Great to see the ABC showing recreational hunting use of public land (State Forest) in the positive-light that it deserves. There are 50,000+ licenced, keen, deer hunters in Victoria alone. When State Forest becomes "something else", because of the end of commercial logging, let's make sure this land REMAINS available for deer hunting. #SayNoToGreatForestNationalPark
Was thinking the same thing up in nsw state forests you can hunt. Fish. Go prospecting go horse riding just to name a few. But in national parks you can do bugger all and they charge you entry. And locked gates everywhere.
All humans have evolved from a strong ancestry of hunting. Hunting is a primal, ancestral, genetic expression dating back nearly 2 million years. Our inherent nature is to hunt. If the convenience of supermarkets were not there, it would bring out the hunter in people.
The research into locations, precision of equipment and patience are required, I hunt with more IT, Engineering and other professional people than anyone else. The misrepresentative view of hunters as country lads is very much a thing of the past, there are 10s of 1000s of licensed game hunters in Victoria. Spending money in farming and country towns with no other tourism, buying food at pubs, spending on fuel, equipment and accommodation. And nothing tastes better than an old family recipe with game meat you collected! Excess meat is never a problem as there is always someone who wants to try Sambar for a first time, or a repeat customer with a bit of freezer space!
As a Western Australian, I wish we had this option. It’s ironic that we live in Australia’s largest state and we have no hunting options available to us by the department of parks and recreation other than on private property, yet Victoria has it. I wish and hope we can move forward to a better future with regard to this.
Hunting Fishing and Gathering is our primal instinct and activity. We must ensure its survival and protection from any threat to our ancestral way of life .
Did this just happen? Us hunters not being demonised as some trigger happy morons who shoot at anything that moves. Finally a sensible doco on hunting.
If you don't look after the land that deer live eat are bread in farms and propertys why is it more sustainable than farming and if everyone takes one will there be any left short answer no land is the thing that lets you hunt sustainably or everyone will have none
Hats off to the ABC, a positive story about real people enjoying hunting and harvesting organic game whilst performing a communty service and aiding conservation efforts 👌
This use to be a why of life living off the land hunting and fishing and to many people have forgotten this why of life there is nothing wrong with harvesting your own meat and filling your freezer and feeding your family or community
This was a great story to watch, I was very mad when the Government closed down hunting during COVID as its an essential way to obtain food in a safer environment then the super market!
I'm vego myself but have nothing against people hunting their own meat. So much better than factory farms which are completely horrible for the animal experience. These animals get to live a natural life and In my experience, hunters usually treat animals with respect, it's very different to see something die by your own hands than just get a burger out somewhere.
Good on her ! This is what literally EVERY single animal in nature does: getting their own food. Stop demonising hunting & meat consumption, THIS is nature and this is what humans do. Enjoy meat guys
It’s about time the hunters values are supported and the economy values out way over estimated losses by deer impact and its totally incorrect for government to say hunters are having no impact on deer numbers 52 thousand deer licences sold in Victoria in 2024 and for government culling programs shooting deer that hunters spend thousands of dollars in the pursuit of each year is disrespectful to the hunter and the deer spending thousands of taxpayers dollars culling samba in remote areas of the high country is absolute madness deer have been here nearly as long as white settlers manage them don’t take the advice of those that would have every introduced animal removed from the landscape but them selves
If only this was the road taken rather than unleashing bio warfare e.g rabbits think of all the delicious meals that could of been made people fed etc.
7:18 THE vic government sais "Recreational hunters haven't been effective in keeping numbers of dear down". Perhaps it might be an outcome of the same governments policies on- Licencing restrictions, imposed seasonal hunting, restricting areas to hunt etc.
If the government didn't infantilize and restrict firearms to the crazy lengths they do today, there would not be a military recruitment crisis. If firearms where normalised as tools such as they are here, there would not be such an aversion.
Contact a reputable organization for some assistance from vetted and insured hunters, if its safe to do so, someone will assist you and share the meat with you too!
believe it or not in Queensland one in 15 Queenslanders are licensed shooters and own a rifle, legal fire arms owners are the nicest people you have ever met
So let me get this straight... The ABC just ran a story that had hunting and eating meat in it as well as a white, traditional model "nuclear family" who prays at dinner!!! Amazing! This is the best piece of reporting on the ABC I have ever seen.
Premiers capitulating around the country and ‘banning hunting’ with bows. All that does is force hunters to buy a rifle. Hunting is about being in nature. Understanding the food chain end to end. Respecting animals, and becoming more self sufficient. If you want to talk about murdering… look at a dinner table where there is far too much food on the table and the unnecessary loss of life that happens at that moment. Hunt. Respect. Live.
Very positive. The Australian nanny government won’t miss an opportunity to regulate, tax or outright ban this now that people are enjoying it. They hate things they can’t control. Just watch.
Very honored to be featured and help shed a positive light for the hunting community 🙏
Well done 👍
You shone a very positive light on us hunters and you might have just convinced me to take part in your hunter course..well done Wally!
Hey mate do you have a link to your hunting tutorial business please?
@wallychiang5639 good work mate, what a cool story. I'm a great hunter but I'm terrible with technology. I'm very impressed you can do both.
Love what you're doing Wally, great way to assist other people new to hunting with the same struggles you probably had. Thank you!
Gee its a wonder the ABC went with this.About time people that hunt aren't demonised and put in a good light
Agree, never thought i'd see a non anti-gun piece on the ABC of all places.
I was pleasantly surprised by this article but Landline is one of the least political and most practical or pragmatic of their programs.
I think we're all pretty surprised. We are so used to having to brace ourselves when it comes to media representation for hunting in Australia. One thing to remember when the government says 'hunting cannot control deer numbers' is that next breath they say 'migratory birds that can just fly away (ducks) have to have limits on how many are shot because duck hunters will wipe them out in a month'. The concepts are mutually exclusive. A bird being wiped out in a 1 month season even though it can up and leave, literally flying away from a pressured hunting spot, and hunting taking thousands of deer a year out of the environment being of little control value are OBVIOUSLY being used to back a position that cannot be justified.
@@Archfile375 Your comment confused me. What is the "obvious position that cannot be justified'?
@@TheLargino because it’s obviously contradictory????🤦🏼♂️
Finally! Some actually reporting & journalism from the ABC.
Thank you for actually providing a genuine perspective of the hunting lifestyle.
Great job Cass & Chris. Great role models for the industry
That’s the only ABC story I’ve been able to sit through to the end in years.
😂😂😂😂
Yep! The last time I watched the ABC it was an episode of Q&A in 2015. It was the last time I watched television. Red-pilled since then. The last nine years have been enlightening, and frustrating. If only everyone knew the truth.
100%. didnt even recognise the channel I unsubbed from their biased dribble so long ago
@@fushey sad!
So happy to have been a part of this article. I am passionate about shining a light on the reality of ethical and sustainable hunting, and I am grateful to Rhiannon from the ABC for providing this opportunity.
I believe that in order to be seen (accurately for who we are/what we do), we need to be visible (positive representation), and that's exactly what I will be putting my energy into! 🙂
This is great! All Australians should have the same opportunity. Its a shame Western Australia is so anti gun/hunting and this would never be supported.
Being a Bowhunter in SE QLD it’s almost impossible to find a property to hunt on. It’s so green up here. Yet the council culls deer and dumps them in the tip. Biggest waste of meat and life..
Yes, it's a shame a Queenslander has to get a NSW R Licence which allows one to hunt in State forests down there, if they haven't access to properties up here.
Your not wrong mate unless your born or marry into a community or know some one it’s very hard to get a block to hunt . I have to volunteer time trapping dingos to get on the blocks I hunt but at least my council pay $100 a dog bounty
What an exceptional documentary from the ABC!
First ABC program I have sat & listened to in over a decade besides Landline.
Well done to the journalist who covered both sides of hunting!
This is a great example of sustainable hunting. An invasive species, that can provide food and by doing so, helping local species to thrive.
Invasive species are us we have impacted the involvement not deer management of a resource not eradication
@@scottthompson9220😂
Invasive yes, but not destructive. Sambar deer and other large invasive animals simply replace extinct megafauna in Australia. They're actually very beneficial to the ecosystem.
@@scottthompson9220 if we are an invasive species, so are dingos. Right?
Fantastic article and video Rhiannon. Good work ABC on putting this one together. Hunters are one of the most misunderstood communities in Australia. It's about time a news organisation with reach spent the time to actually look into the community and see the value that's there. Good, honest people in touch with themselves, the people around them, nature and their food.
Well said to many times we hear unfounded so called economic losses and damage caused by deer but not much of the millions of dollars generated from hunters
Can't believe this was on the ABC. A fair and honest insight into hunting and the people who enjoy it. Thank you.
😂😂😂😂
Onya Cass, lovely to meet you last week at Westernport.
Good to have you representing hunters.
AND telling the truth, impartially ! Good journalism, the way it must be.
Nice meeting you too. Thanks for the kind words 🙂
Well done abc for showing this. Shows hunters are decent ethical people not the "murderers" we are often portrayed as.
I mean really we are murderers but i dont care what people think😂
exactly, you are murderers, and you do not care.
Well done Landline; fascinating story. I'm definitely guilty of eating meat yet feeling squeamish at the idea of killing an animal, let alone butchering it too. These guys have the right philosophy.
Honestly, for me, I started like that as well. Someone said to me 'If you were an animal and you had to choose, trucked for a day with panic and anxiety into a facility to die in bulk, or standing in grass, fresh air and your domain to have a fair chance to run if the hunter is busted in the approach or to be lights out, at rest, eating and surveying your range, which would you choose?'.
This might surprise some city dwellers, but the most authentic and sustainable way to harvest meat doesn’t start at the supermarket. It begins long before it reaches a package.
Sure, but neither is hunting a sustainable source of meat for billions of people
@@DieNibelungenliad globalism is being revealed as the big con it has always been. Look after your own people -Australians - or join the UN in New York or wherever that bunch go.
@@DieNibelungenliad The term 'sustainable' and phrase 'billions of people' shouldn't be in the same sentence as each other. It's just not a worthwhile discussion to spark up because the population issue is possibly the biggest contributor to the mess we have found ourselves in.
No one grabs us by the scruff of our neck and drags us to the supermarket, forces our hand to pick up pre-packaged meat and put it into the trolley. You can make the decision to hunt your own meat, farm your own meat, eat less meat or eat no meat. The opportunities are endless, and so are the excuses.
"It's not realistic for me to farm my own meat, I work full time and have three kids." - said one consumer. I guess we will leave the farming to the farmers, the construction of children's toys to the Chinese 7 year olds and let the bankers do their banking.
@@DieNibelungenliadsome people have such a myopic view on everything.
Great piece! I hope this article opens the eyes of the ignorant and bigoted anti-hunters to show how hunting is a positive lifestyle.
Those people who spotlight from roads are not hunters, people shot shoot birds and roo's with target arrows are not hunters, take the time to understand the difference.
Correct and farmers not allowing hunters on their property to control game because some clown spot lighted of the road is not helping control his game can’t understand that decision
Hunting has provided me with more then just food on the table. Getting away from modern technology and walking the landscape fulfills a primal void in this modern age. I have shared some incredible moments with some incredible people out hunting. Killing of an animal is not the be all and end all of hunting.
The phrase minority rurans it for the majority runs true in hunting unfortunately. It is up to the educated to teach the uneducated.
Some will think this is weird… but these skill sets are more than likely going to be essential to survival within the next decade
This was a really positive way to show how recreational hunters are not just some blood thirsty group. We actually care for the environment and respect what it has to offer.
Deer are here to stay whether the government like it or not, in this story it was pointed out that the Victorian government doesn't deem hunter to have been or are an effective means of deer control but I think most would agree otherwise.
The government say this because it justifies their work and spending which a lot of the time isn't ethical or cost effective for the tax payer. There is also an element of control swindled in there somewhere to.
She is 100% correct. Good work young lady!
So jealous. I live in Scandinavia (cold snow dark overcrowded) but have lived in Australia before. We were forced to move back here for family reasons but if I could I would never have left Australia. Great country for on land living.
My father and I hunted together for years.. best years of my life.. he’s to old now to hunt but those memories are cherished deeply
Awsome blowen away with the positive view on us hunters in Australia
Well done ABC for telling an honest story about hunters and firearm holders, who are normal everyday and law abiding people...not the criminals that the ignorant government bureaucrats, police or anti gun lobbyists will have you believe!
Thanks ABC!
I go hunting with a young guy who is an expert at cooking game ,both deer and ducks,and the food he does is cordon Bleu ,all wild and self harvested
Another very smart way to help save the planet.
Queensland has a great opportunity to protect native animals (eg the Cassowary) but our government is to Woke to let hunting in our national parks to control feral pigs, cats and other introduced species.
QLD are trying to bring in new gun laws & it's not looking good for gun owners. No public land hunting like state forests is crazy.
Yep. Hopefully a change of government in a couple of months might change that.
Same with WA..😢
you're going to eat the cats? Or is there a market for the hides? Is there some utilization? Not sure its hunting if you're not using the animal. I provide a reasonable amount of the meat eaten by my extended family, but I don't delude myself into thinking I am making any kind of difference to the feral goat problem in mid western NSW. Hunting brings a host of benefits, respect for the land, food, sense of accomplishment etc, but its not a very effective management tool. It tends to disperse animals over wider areas, often the specific animal selection tends towards mature males which makes no difference to the breeding capability of the herd. Yep hunting should be more broadly allowed, but trapping and baiting are more effective management tools for problematic invasive species.
I'd watch more of a.b.c if they had more documentary like this
Great to see the ABC showing recreational hunting use of public land (State Forest) in the positive-light that it deserves. There are 50,000+ licenced, keen, deer hunters in Victoria alone. When State Forest becomes "something else", because of the end of commercial logging, let's make sure this land REMAINS available for deer hunting.
#SayNoToGreatForestNationalPark
Was thinking the same thing up in nsw state forests you can hunt. Fish. Go prospecting go horse riding just to name a few. But in national parks you can do bugger all and they charge you entry. And locked gates everywhere.
Awesome Ep
All humans have evolved from a strong ancestry of hunting.
Hunting is a primal, ancestral, genetic expression dating back nearly 2 million years. Our inherent nature is to hunt. If the convenience of supermarkets were not there, it would bring out the hunter in people.
awesome video !
Great to see people out there sourcing their own food and not relying on the big supermarket chains.
It's great to see an unbiased view of what is a great lifestyle. Thank you abc.
This is a good story. 👍
Great to see people getting back to nature. Well done ABC for covering it without ridiculous bias of usual main stream media.
It is interesting to see IT/Computer professionals interested in hunting activities.
The research into locations, precision of equipment and patience are required, I hunt with more IT, Engineering and other professional people than anyone else. The misrepresentative view of hunters as country lads is very much a thing of the past, there are 10s of 1000s of licensed game hunters in Victoria. Spending money in farming and country towns with no other tourism, buying food at pubs, spending on fuel, equipment and accommodation. And nothing tastes better than an old family recipe with game meat you collected! Excess meat is never a problem as there is always someone who wants to try Sambar for a first time, or a repeat customer with a bit of freezer space!
Refreshing to see! Hopefully it encourages more people into our way of life
Hunting is a God given liberty soon to be taken from us here I South Australia.
Well that’s a surprise from ABC
Great article
Not really a surprise to me. Landline has long been an excellent program about regional life and issues.
Great idea and fantastic video.
The art of long range shooting is addictive….one shot one kill.
I might move be there,west Australian police are taking our rifles so we can't hunt
As a Western Australian, I wish we had this option.
It’s ironic that we live in Australia’s largest state and we have no hunting options available to us by the department of parks and recreation other than on private property, yet Victoria has it.
I wish and hope we can move forward to a better future with regard to this.
You have to be a box ticker and you can
Had Venison on the fire for dinner last night, lovely meat!
Overrated rubbish, doesn't even make decent sausages.
@@darrylmackie9184 I think someone just doesn't know how to cook
Hunting Fishing and Gathering is our primal instinct and activity.
We must ensure its survival and protection from any threat to our ancestral way of life .
very well said
Love your work, LANDLINE. Cheers.
Well done 👍🏻👍🏻, 💯 nice video
I’ve hunted sustainable food all my life and can confirm it’s the healthiest way to live and eat.
So the ABC always has comments turned off but on this topic they allow , HMMMMM !!!
I noticed that too
they expected backlash but it only shows how positive it is
Very surprised ABC aired this, well done! Hopefully QLD will allow hunting in state parks
Very respectable
All good for the eastern states, cant hunt on crown land in w.a, its absolute b.s
Or QLD.
Did this just happen? Us hunters not being demonised as some trigger happy morons who shoot at anything that moves. Finally a sensible doco on hunting.
Gotta love our ABC!!!
I was out this weekend myself, you cant beat free range , organic venison.
Surprised to see the comments turned on.
Cheers ABC. A good segment.
What a good write up and video! Great work ABC.
Free rang red meat, it’s the best.
If you don't look after the land that deer live eat are bread in farms and propertys why is it more sustainable than farming and if everyone takes one will there be any left short answer no land is the thing that lets you hunt sustainably or everyone will have none
Finally some facts from the ABC.
Wow... interesting perspective...
Fantastic piece ABC, enjoyed it thoroughly. 👏
I’m so keen. Thanks for the insight. I didn’t know this was viable in vic. Now I have a lead to chase through Wally n co. 👍🏼
Hats off to the ABC, a positive story about real people enjoying hunting and harvesting organic game whilst performing a communty service and aiding conservation efforts 👌
... Good work you mob , a hunters image " needs to be truly shown and described to be understood 🙏
This use to be a why of life living off the land hunting and fishing and to many people have forgotten this why of life there is nothing wrong with harvesting your own meat and filling your freezer and feeding your family or community
As always. The only News to watch
Has the ABC got new management?? This was brilliant.
The ABC NOT demonizing Shooters, I never thought I'd see the day.
Can't believe I like something from ABC, the world has gone mad.
I'm i shock. an actual positive look at hunter's .
Good on ya Cass!
Fight for this right!
I had no idea we had deer in Australia.
Industrialised animal farming is insanely cruel.
No one cares about your opinion
says he while enjoying his cheap steak and eggs.
Insanely cruel, to use Industrialised ! IN THE SAME SENTENCE AS FARMING.Trying to be Provocative or impress the abc.
@@darrylmackie9184 just calling it for what it is.
Recreational Hunter is an incomplete description of these folks. Subsistence Hunter is a more complete description.
This was a great story to watch, I was very mad when the Government closed down hunting during COVID as its an essential way to obtain food in a safer environment then the super market!
more importantly hunting contributes greatly to habitat preservation benefiting all wildlife in the long term, with verry few exceptions
Great reporting.
I think its about time the deer, roo and fishing folk get behind the duck hunter. End of the day theirs is not a lot of different
Good on ya cass💯come hunt with me in new Zealand
Awesome
I'm vego myself but have nothing against people hunting their own meat. So much better than factory farms which are completely horrible for the animal experience.
These animals get to live a natural life and In my experience, hunters usually treat animals with respect, it's very different to see something die by your own hands than just get a burger out somewhere.
Tell me you have no idea what you are on about
In WA, it's illegal to hunt on public land. I love my state.
I saw a deer hit by a car in Doreen, lots around there in south morang gorge
Good on her ! This is what literally EVERY single animal in nature does: getting their own food.
Stop demonising hunting & meat consumption, THIS is nature and this is what humans do.
Enjoy meat guys
It’s about time the hunters values are supported and the economy values out way over estimated losses by deer impact and its totally incorrect for government to say hunters are having no impact on deer numbers 52 thousand deer licences sold in Victoria in 2024 and for government culling programs shooting deer that hunters spend thousands of dollars in the pursuit of each year is disrespectful to the hunter and the deer spending thousands of taxpayers dollars culling samba in remote areas of the high country is absolute madness deer have been here nearly as long as white settlers manage them don’t take the advice of those that would have every introduced animal removed from the landscape but them selves
Is the Fluor beanie so other hunters can see you?
yep, its a legal requirement
If only this was the road taken rather than unleashing bio warfare e.g rabbits think of all the delicious meals that could of been made people fed etc.
What a pleasant surprise ABC ! For once Guns, game and religion are not deemed as the wrong thing to do.
What is his RUclips channel called?
The Huntsman
The huntsman
What's with the internet? Was I not watching landline in the mid nineties with pip Courtney but internet say pip joined in 2012?!?!¿????
Where's the anti-Australian ABC agenda? Whats going on? A story about real Australians instead of city socialists... is something wrong?
This reminds me of how I play in RDR2 🔥
7:18 THE vic government sais "Recreational hunters haven't been effective in keeping numbers of dear down". Perhaps it might be an outcome of the same governments policies on- Licencing restrictions, imposed seasonal hunting, restricting areas to hunt etc.
If the government didn't infantilize and restrict firearms to the crazy lengths they do today, there would not be a military recruitment crisis. If firearms where normalised as tools such as they are here, there would not be such an aversion.
I have them coming into my garden every night, they are trying to destroy it, we are on the gold coast, how in the hell do they get the guns
Contact a reputable organization for some assistance from vetted and insured hunters, if its safe to do so, someone will assist you and share the meat with you too!
believe it or not in Queensland one in 15 Queenslanders are licensed shooters and own a rifle, legal fire arms owners are the nicest people you have ever met
Walk into a gun shop and ask mate, its a process but in saying that, you cant shoot in suburbia or small private land.
So let me get this straight... The ABC just ran a story that had hunting and eating meat in it as well as a white, traditional model "nuclear family" who prays at dinner!!! Amazing! This is the best piece of reporting on the ABC I have ever seen.
Premiers capitulating around the country and ‘banning hunting’ with bows. All that does is force hunters to buy a rifle. Hunting is about being in nature. Understanding the food chain end to end. Respecting animals, and becoming more self sufficient. If you want to talk about murdering… look at a dinner table where there is far too much food on the table and the unnecessary loss of life that happens at that moment. Hunt. Respect. Live.
Very positive. The Australian nanny government won’t miss an opportunity to regulate, tax or outright ban this now that people are enjoying it. They hate things they can’t control. Just watch.