ANY PIGS HERE?
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ANY PIGS HERE?
Do you know where any pigs are around Melbourne that can be hunted?any one.
only victorians would name a forest after something furry, fat and lazy!although there are some in the Wombat state forest
Was the mane "Fluffy Wabbit State Forest" already taken?
buford (the ex-victorian who can now make victorian jokes cause he doesn't live there anymore)
Stupid TV! Be more funny!
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Dennis La Varenne
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Sun516,
There have always been pigs in the hill country north and east of Melbourne. They are in different densities and difficult to get onto because they hide in State Forest and National Parks and come onto farmlands in the night. The closest I know of is in and around the Tullarook State Forest going across to Mt Disappoint. But you need good climbing legs and the country is real thick especially in the Gullies. You also have a chance of putting up a Sambar and there are goats around Mt Disappointment, or used to be unless they have been Judased.
Dennis La Varenne
There have always been pigs in the hill country north and east of Melbourne. They are in different densities and difficult to get onto because they hide in State Forest and National Parks and come onto farmlands in the night. The closest I know of is in and around the Tullarook State Forest going across to Mt Disappoint. But you need good climbing legs and the country is real thick especially in the Gullies. You also have a chance of putting up a Sambar and there are goats around Mt Disappointment, or used to be unless they have been Judased.
Dennis La Varenne
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Mick Smith
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I believe there are some in the Strathbogie Ranges to the North of Melbourne, but doggers give them buggery making them very scarce and wary.
There's a few in the Otway Ranges to the South of Colac, but once again doggers have made the hunting extremely difficult. I've seen acres of rooted up ground in some areas, but the bush is that thick, it's almost impossible to hunt in it. They only come into the more open areas at night. I have seen solitary pigs roaming around in the Otways, usually when you least expect to see them and when the bow is at home.
Wild pigs are generally widespread through bushland in Victoria, but I believe they are rarely targeted by bowhunters. They are usually encountered by chance when hunting other species. Most serious Victorian pig hunters head to Western New South Wales. It seems the further North you travel the better the pig hunting becomes.
Nearly all the wild pig populations in Victoria are centered on public land, and the like, therefore they get a hard bashing from doggers. There are no restrictions other than no dogging in National Parks. Whereas further North, wild pig populations are more on private property which limits the ability of hunters and doggers to access them, which allows their numbers to increase, plus there is an awful lot of country in outback NSW and Qld for them to roam around in.
I don't want to discourage you. By all means get out there and look for them. Goodness knows what you may find.
Mick
There's a few in the Otway Ranges to the South of Colac, but once again doggers have made the hunting extremely difficult. I've seen acres of rooted up ground in some areas, but the bush is that thick, it's almost impossible to hunt in it. They only come into the more open areas at night. I have seen solitary pigs roaming around in the Otways, usually when you least expect to see them and when the bow is at home.
Wild pigs are generally widespread through bushland in Victoria, but I believe they are rarely targeted by bowhunters. They are usually encountered by chance when hunting other species. Most serious Victorian pig hunters head to Western New South Wales. It seems the further North you travel the better the pig hunting becomes.
Nearly all the wild pig populations in Victoria are centered on public land, and the like, therefore they get a hard bashing from doggers. There are no restrictions other than no dogging in National Parks. Whereas further North, wild pig populations are more on private property which limits the ability of hunters and doggers to access them, which allows their numbers to increase, plus there is an awful lot of country in outback NSW and Qld for them to roam around in.
I don't want to discourage you. By all means get out there and look for them. Goodness knows what you may find.
Mick
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Mick Smith
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It's when big tough breeds of dog are used in packs to run down and bail up pigs. The pigs are usually knifed by the dog owners, although sometimes they are shot. It is a legal activity, but not particularly sporting in my opinion.
Mick
Mick
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well im sure i just saw my first vic pig on saturday mornin. was hunting out 1 and a half hours n.e. of melbourne on a property and saw it in very long grass 40mtrs away. at first i thought it was a wallaby, but it was walking along on all fours with long legs, so it wasn't a wombat either. i back tracked along the road and up the embankment for a stalk, and lost sight of it temporarily, and when i came to where it was it was gone and couldnt find any site of it anywhere. it was either a pig or one of those damn panthers.
Dear All,
Goats still in Dissa saw seven on two sundays ago......saw pig sign last oct and a mate saw 4 recently, i have only seen two in 6 months, however i see more deer up there than ferals so i try not to waste my arrows 
SSGA
Goats still in Dissa saw seven on two sundays ago......saw pig sign last oct and a mate saw 4 recently, i have only seen two in 6 months, however i see more deer up there than ferals
so i try not to waste my arrows SSGA
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bmlongshot
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Rest assured that there are both pigs and goats within 1 1/2 hrs of melbourne . Sadly they seem to take a fair ol' flogging from the dogging community.......It seems some people are in the habit of catching the pigs up north and releasing them down here. Having said that i dropped a good size sow 2 years ago and have spent a few spare afternoons this year resuming the chase. If you look hard enough it is suprising where they can be found
cheers
ben
cheers
ben