I imagine there is quite a substantial list of game available in Australia and New Zealand.

How about a comprehensive list, by species all the way from big game down to varmints and what the hunting season is, area game is found as well as bag limit, if there is one.

Sabre-toothed field mice - open season all year round but be sure to use enough gun! These varmints habit all areas from coast to desert!

BAW, those look to be a worthy target.

Australia:

buffalo
scrub bull
banteng
camels
donkeys
brumbies
pigs
red deer
sambar deer
fallow deer
rusa deer
chital deer
hog deer
feral goats
blackbuck antelope(some parts of NSW)
dingo(feral dog)
Cats
foxes
rabbits
hares
kangaroos(some licences required)

Bilbi - seasonal at Easter

Platypus - found pre-dried during droughts

Koala - located by the rain drops

Black swan - good pass shooting at night

Lyrebird - need to imitate their calls to bring them in

Bottle nosed dolphin - found in the Green Sea

Thylacine - bait them with a captive ranger

Giant Sea Turtle - paint yourself black

Freckled duck - found where the sun don't shine but watch out

Kookaburra - laugh when they see you in camo





OR try this thread



http://www.accuratereloading.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=667075&page=3&view=collapsed&sb=5&o=93&fpart=1

NZ, big to small;



Wapiti

Red Deer

Sambur

Rusa,

Sika,

White tail

Fallow

tahr

chamois

Goats

horses

wild Merino sheep

wild cattle

pigs,

wallaby

hares

rabbits

possums

feral geese

ducks- season early May to end June

Canada geese- as above

pheasant - ditto but longer

quail - as above

chukor as above

red legged partridge as above

pukeko- as for ducks

and the main one - feral cats with unpleasant personal hygeine standards



Bound to have missed one or two lesser species in there...

semi retired so I get around a bit just from N.Q

Hog deer(thanks to a farm that were selling them very cheap)
chital (seen by other hunters they won't tell me where but they are close by)
Pigs/hogs (how many do you want)
rabbits (no hares here yet)
fox (new to the area but they are everywhere now)
scrub bulls (yes yes they are cows but they are wild and get pissed off very easy)
plus any ferals cats and dogs etc etc

Not a big list just my little area

This is Nitros list from his link with some added stuff. There are no seasons, except for ducks and geese and hog deer? trout have a season in NSW, don't know about the rest of Australia. No bag limits except ducks, geese, some fish, hog deer(have to be tagged I've heard)and wallabys in Tas.

What are you planning Ann?

Northern Territory:
Water Buffalo
Pigs
Scrub bulls
Geese and ducks (Don't know the season, starts soon I think)
Banteng Bulls (Asian wild cattle)
Sambar deer
Dingoes banned*
Donkeys
Wild horses
plus a number of other deer have been introduced on some Top End cattle farms - rusa and Chital
Maybe one day saltwater crocodile

Central Australia:
Camels
Dingoes
Donkeys
some rabbits and foxes around Alice springs

Far North Queensland:
Scrub bulls
Wild boar

Northern Queensland:
Chital Deer
Wild Boar

Southern Queensland:
Red deer - largest red deer herds in Aust
Fallow deer
Goats
Small game (rabbits ,foxes)
Waterfowl
There are some fenced hunting properties offering a lot of different game

Western Queensland and Western NSW:
Wild pigs
Feral goats
Waterfowl (not NSW except destruction permits on rice fields)
Small game (rabbits foxes)
Kangaroos? - I believe they have sporting kangaroo permits

NSW:
Rusa
Pigs, goats
Small game (rabbits, foxes, hares, cats, feral dogs)
Ducks season banned
Fallow deer
Some red deer

Victoria:
Sambar deer
Hog Deer
Ducks and quail
Some red and fallow deer
Small game (rabbits, foxes, hares, cats, feral dogs)

South Australia:
Fallow Deer
Some red deer
Feral Goats
Small localised feral pigs
Donkeys
Camels
Dingoes
Small game - rabbits, hares, foxes
Ducks and Quail
Also has the largest fenced hunting "ranch" > 100,000 acres with buffalo, deer: red, sambar, chital, hog, fallow, rusa, wapiti crosses, goats, blackbuck etc

Western Aust:
Pigs
Feral goats
Donkeys
Small game

Oops forgot Tasmania
Fallow deer - largest numbers of fallow in Oz
Wallabies - have a wallaby season
Small game
Geese
Mutton birds

Damn nice list y'all! I knew there was a lot to hunt there and this beats my guess. I must have missed the original thread.

Bakesly, I am planning to come and hunt some day. Is that OK with you????? I just wanted to know how many bullets and arrows to bring.

Ann, with our laws it would be easier to borrow a rifle from a local shooter than bring your own. You still need an International Visitors Permit $AU60 as well as a form signed by your local police stating that you are a good citizen.
I got 150 guns and 9,500 rounds of ammo which you could borrow. That should be enough firepower to kill something!

Ann

Just leave enough time for the forms to be processed. Its always nicer to use one's own firearms.

Bring lots of bullets.

BAW,

I am the local police.



BTW- how do you get away with having so many guns? I thought you all were rationed over there by your chicken sh!t legislators?

And good advice, John, I will make arrangements well ahead of time for my own fire power.

Still, you all have an impressive list of critters worth hunting. I can't wait!

Gotta have a genuine need & genuine reason for each one!
So I have one for mice, rabbits, dung beetles, bull ants, roos, chicken shit, wild pig, foxes etc., etc.
Then I shoot every competition known to the authorities and some not so known,
Then I'm listed as club instructor & new members officer so I need some more for that purpose,
Then I a member of the Historical Arms Collectors,
Then I need rifles in my name for the kids to use in junior matches,
Then I got a few more unlicenced that were given to me by non-licenced shooters but I'll put on my licence,

About then I'm just about stuffed, cos I run out of excuses
New ideas anyone?

Spelling error there Bakes - should be LOTTS and LOTTS and LOTTS ...458 of them.......

We also have feral goats and pigs in Victoria as well, in my neck of the woods anyway.

cheers 338w

And dingoes in north west nsw.(ok to shoot in nsw)

Chital in nsw. the chital are escapees and only a select few know where they are . (like the b/buck)

Hog deer in nsw also - again - a few know where they are and they also dont have to be tagged in nsw. (no deer does here in nsw)



muzza - your horses must be small over there. I would have thought them much bigger than a tahr.





Oh - and this guy - watch out for him!

Hi Ann,

In conjunction with a booking agent, here in Oz, I am putting together a booklet and companion CD-Rom which will tell you everything you need to know about Hunting in Oz and there will be one on NZ (and many other countries) in the future. These publications are designed for US and European hunters who might want to hunt here, rather than for the local hunters. I'll get you a sample copy which should answer your questions but I would also greatly appreciate any feedback you might have.

cheers,
Bob

Sorta went for the established game animals first , then listed the other feral type critturs , so no real importance on the size issue , although we do have miniature horses now - they are much better than full size ones coz you dont need so many people over to eat a whole one in one sitting.....

And they are the only form of transport whereby you can grow roses in the exhaust emissions!

I'll leave Muzza and his minature horses alone.

I'll stayed "muzzled".