"My whole point of calling out this video is that In Australia firearm owner / hunting are under constant attack and threats to the very future of having access to firearms and hunting. This video does not help our cause. Do what you like, but don't provide fodder to those working against us by placing such videos on such a public site."
If you truly believe this you are delusional.
Our Government doesn't give a toss about how you kill buffalo, as long as you kill them.
There is no season, no limits and no restrictions other than access rights to land.
You're trying to impose your ethics on to how someone else should, or shouldn't hunt.
The Government itself spends TENS OF MILLIONS OF OUR DOLLARS EACH YEAR doing exactly the same as shown in the video, shooting them from a chopper in countless numbers.
One operator I know, who was contracted by our Government for two months for a specific area, shot almost 4 thousand between the two helicopters.
In other areas with better road access they contract musterers.
Have you seen what the musterers do to them to get them in a truck and to stop them from killing each other. I'm not going to type it out here because it's too disgusting, feel free to p.m me and I'll explain it to you.
If you're ever caught behind a road-train full of live-caught buff you'll know what I mean.
The guiding industry is placing value on these animals, generating income for Traditional owners who put pressure on Government to stay away from their land and let the p.h's sell hunts to overseas shooters, like the one depicted in the video, who pay REAL money and create value on an animal that is otherwise a feral/noxious pest to be eliminated at any expense.
I posted before, the specific technique for locating and hunting viewed on this footage may not be everyone's choice for how THEY want to hunt.
If that's the case, fine, I wouldn't choose it myself personally either, but then it's not my hunt nor my money that's paid for it AND it's legal.
Is it ethical ?
Well why don't we refer this question to the president of the Hunting Ethics department.
Who is that ?, can someone name him for me.
As soon as we know who this president is we can refer all of the other questionable practices to him.
Sarge, yes I have seen one Bullock out far Eastern Arnhemland where his presence could not be explained. Maybe an escapee ? maybe a traveller.
I've also seen buffalo (quite a few actually) with only a short stub of a tail, maybe 8 - 10" where when they're being born the dingoes chew on the easy bit before being driven off by the Mother, same with ears, I've seen plenty with short stubs or not ears at all. Chewed off.
It happens.
I remember hearing about that bullock out at Gan Gan.
That's a looong way from anywhere where someone could "mark" a buffalo ?
Simon has seen them in his old area as well and Glen had a client kill one down on the Coast ?
