I was driving south from a site called Zumsteins in the Grampians national Park, when two of these ran across the road in front of me. I stopped and the third ran behind the car. These are fat and feral deer,escapees from some deer farms which border the park. These are some of the more unusual weeds that infest our countryside. I thought for a moment I was in Sweden, and thankfully no one has yet to farm moose in this country.
They are so fat, the place is so barren: that being the result of the 2006 fires which burnt about 150000ha or about 45% of the park. Burnt is right, as you can see the trees are barely beginning to recover, the ground is a layer of ash, and many of the shrubs and grasses are gone.
Rabbits, foxes, feral cats and dogs, fish and weeds of every sort flourish in the park. Some are deliberately released, and not enough hunting is done to control them. Bring on open season, get the King of Sweden out for a bit of sport.
Saturday, 15 September 2007
Deer hunter? Grampians...
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An over population of Reds in the Grampians?!. This is good for deer hunters but not so good in any other aspect. I am a licenced deer hunter of six years myself & would like to get up to the Grampians one day for a look. If there is an over population then maybe we need to look into extending the hunting season, instead of just the month of June. I have read on the net recently that the Government has finally employed three fulltime Rangers here in Victoria. It would be great if a Ranger was posted to the Grampians to 'keep on eye on things' expecially in the National Parks where hunting of any kind is not allowed, so is not kept in check.
Protect our native flora & fauna!.
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