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Case Study: licensed hunters deter criminals
A grazier in the Tamworth district has enlisted the help of six local conservation hunters licensed by Game Council NSW to help control pigs, foxes and rabbits on his 1600 acre property.

Facilitated by the local Game Manager, the licensed hunters keep the landholder – who doesn’t reside on the property – abreast of their movements, including regular reports on species seen and taken. The hunters are also helping control kangaroos via the NPWS Kangaroo Management Plan.

The licence holders, who are all covered by Game Council’s $10m public liability insurance, are members of Game Council ‘Approved Hunting Organisation’ the North West Hunting Club. The grazier has reported that the presence of accountable, licensed hunters has ended illegal hunting on his property.

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The hunting of kangaroos for personal use is permitted in Queensland (for Macropus rufus and M. giganteus), but in New South Wales and Victoria recreational hunting of kangaroos is illegal. Pest eradication licences can be obtained in those states to cull kangaroos, but only by licensed professional shooters. In New South Wales, kangaroo carcases can be used commercially, but in Victoria they cannot and some 30,000 kangaroo carcases are buried annually. In Tasmania, two species of macropod can be harvested, Bennett's wallaby and the Tasmanian pademelon, by both recreational and commercial shooters. [3]

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