MATTHEW CARNEY: Kath hopes her kids will become hunters too. MATTHEW CARNEY: Robert Borsak is defiant. Why's that? Over the past four months, the Cultural Resource Office at Aztec Ruins has been remodeled, and workers this week are resealing the trail that runs from the visitors center to the Animas River. Most hunters say they want the government to open up National Parks for sport and they now have the political power to back their demands. The Shooters and Fishers party in New South Wales has pushed through 18 amendments to firearm legislation that cuts red tape and makes it easier to use and own guns. And I am on the frontline of this defence so it is a war. MATTHEW CARNEY: John and Kath are skilled hunters but it took John three years before he bagged his first Sambar Deer. MATTHEW CARNEY: Now Robert Borsak wants to put some semi automatics back in the hands of hunters and recreational shooters. More than 4,000 people viewed the program, he said — a number that dwarfs the number of actual visitors who typically come to the parks to participate in that program. LOCAL.

"The decline in visitation is a little bit of a silver lining in that it's keeping those places a little bit less impacted," he said. STEPHEN WHITEHEAD: There in Jenolan reserve right now.

MATTHEW CARNEY: Today he's on safe ground in the Hunter Valley. From a thriving restaurant scene to rare opportunities to learn about our nation’s ancient history, Cortez, Mancos and Dolores offer more than just uncrowded trails in one of Colorado’s most undiscovered corners. Almost 700,000 were destroyed in a buy back scheme. MATTHEW CARNEY: I mean you can't take out all the risk, can you? Take a hike, gaze from a fire tower or have dinner with a view. JOHN MUMFORD: And, and we would have investigated and what I'm saying to you is I don't know. MATTHEW CARNEY: A lady's gun?

He'll leave it hanging in his backyard for four days to age the meat. Get stop-by-stop directions for a driving tour of the Southwest's Four Corners from National Geographic's Ultimate Road Trips. MATTHEW CARNEY: Borsak wants to spread his agenda federally and at the next election he wants a senator in every state of Australia. © 2020 Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. All Rights Reserved, Stops on the Way to Colorado National Parks, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve, Restaurants, Dining, Breweries, & Distilleries, Closest Airports, Trains and Buses to National Parks in Colorado. While they put ethics and safety first, it's the rogue hunter that is the problem. This year, Hatfield said, that number was closer to 50, meaning the parks are seeing one-sixth to one-eighth their regular numbers. Standing sort of literally like that in front of me, so I pulled the rifle up and went 'bang' and he went straight down. JOHN CLAPHAM: Yeah, they were hunting together. MATTHEW CARNEY: Nights coming, back at base camp everyone is empty handed.

It's being treated like a recreational park for hunters. MATTHEW CARNEY: At the end of the day Andy and Robert haven't seen a deer or a feral animal just a few wallabies. Both Hatfield and Brown said the behavior of park visitors has varied in regard to respecting COVID-19 safety measures.

MATTHEW CARNEY: The community of Cessnock has a high concentration of gun ownership. Across Australia there are thousands of families who not only let it happen, they encourage it. And the R license guarantees responsible hunting. Only $5 for 3 months.

STEVE MATTHEWS: Yeah I introduced him to it and got him a minor's permit when he was 12 and now his game permit. MATTHEW CARNEY: There's about 100 hunters in Wonnangatta today stalking Sambar deer. You're sure to have well-rested vacation with our insider information on hotels, cabins and camping near Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. More:Firefighters battling several wildfires in Montezuma County in southwest Colorado. WAYNE VANDENBRAND: Yeah I was walking in a late, late in the afternoon and I looked with my binoculars and I seen a doe standing there. In New South Wales hunters are allowed in state forests, and the Premier Barry O'Farrell, has now given them the go ahead in the state's 77 national parks and reserves. This is one of his favourite places in New South Wales. Tip: Reserve the 1950 Spartan Spartanette, a vintage trailer with original woodwork, a retro kitchen and a private patio. And we walked onto a nice bear, nice old boar bear and shot him at about 15 or 16 feet in the brush. It can also be seen on ABC News 24 at 8.00pm Saturday, on ABC iview and at abc.net.au/4corners.
That hasn't happened.

They just do anything to get a kill. The Party, having worked to gain access to State Forests, now wants hunters to gain access to National Parks. Gun crime wave prompts calls to tighten laws | ABC News | 2 Jun 2013 - The gun control lobby believes a wave of gun crime in Tasmania is evidence gun laws need tightening. By clicking “Accept All Cookies” you agree with the use of analytical and tracking cookies. IAN 'BOOTS' EGGLETON: You're talking about people from all walks of life coming out here in the bush with a firearm and destroying animals humanely. STEVE MATTHEWS: Are you going to come out today and come for a hunt?

But she didn't attribute that entirely to pandemic. IAN 'BOOTS' EGGLETON: I've been shot at, bloody, I've had bullets whistle past me head you know when I was setting traps. Read more. Dick Gill's farm is only 400 metres from the pines. DICK GILL: The instruction was clear that they should consult with us personally and interview each person as to the veracity of the statement. ROBERT BORSAK: If images of me with dead elephants, and dead sheep, and dead pigs, and everything else confronts them, then don't look at them. It's come out here. That's especially true at Aztec Ruins and Chaco, Hatfield said. We're still doing the work, but we're no longer in those special places. ROBERT BORSAK: As far as politics is concerned where can I start? SUE LYONS: I was out walking and someone shot over your top vineyard and I thought "Mm okay, that was from out of the parks."

He was just getting a bit of sun.

We're in a world heritage area conservation reserve. Former Shooters Party executive opposes hunting in parks, Safe hunting (NCIS) reports into hunting fatalities, Conservation Through Hunting: an Environmental Paradigm Change in NSW, Pest control and shooting in Victoria's national parks, Sporting Shooters' Association of Australia fact sheet, University of Queensland Australian Hunter Survey, Loving Nature, Killing Nature, and the Crises of Caring. ANDREW MORIARTY, GAME COUNCIL CEO: You're looking at the length of the face, you're looking at the gut, you're looking at the dewlap the whole range of things to help you to pick out the right animal out that you're there hunting for. They wrote a letter to the NSW minister detailing 30 examples where hunters broke the law. He hunted feral animals, dingoes and wild dogs. By letting all these people in you're going to endanger everything that national parks stand for. And he's quite keen to walk around the mountains all day chasing deer so... MATTHEW CARNEY: Last year Will killed his first Sambar deer. Not every staff member at Aztec Ruins or Chaco has been teleworking, Hatfield noted, explaining that preservation and maintenance work — as well as protection of the ruins themselves — continues to be done. ROBERT BORSAK: We, background checking people as far as firearms are concerned.

MATTHEW CARNEY: The Game Council says it can remove the rogue element through training and education. There is a small visitor center, which is open year round. Both parks have seen reductions in manpower because of the pandemic. Tip: This serves as the visitor center for the Canyon of the Ancients National Monument, and it digs deep into the 2,000-year history of the area, which culminated in the settlement of Mesa Verde. They mainly use high calibre firearms.

That was a message that was conveyed directly to the secretary of the interior, he said, and it is one that the leadership at Chaco and Aztec Ruins has heard. The Shooters and Fishers party holds the balance of power in the New South Wales Upper House, and it's planning to run Senate candidates in all states and the Northern Territory.

Hatfield is grateful to have a job that allows him the luxury of doing that, but he misses the way those quick strolls around thousand-year-old ancestral Puebloan structures made him feel mentally refreshed and allowed him to refocus.
"But we're a resilient agency, and we've dealt with changes and government shutdowns before. In the Central Tablelands of New South Wales a deer education workshop is underway. Hunters shoot at property owner | Central Western Daily | 22 May 2013 - Orange police are looking for two men who shot at a Springside farmer yesterday morning when he caught them illegally hunting on his property. In most states in Australia children can shoot a gun legally when they turn 12 and the number of young shooters getting hunting licenses has nearly doubled in the last couple of years. Copyright © TourRadar. JAMES CRAIN: We've had people where we live and told them "no," and ended up catching them out the back on the same property. MATTHEW CARNEY: Boots has trapped a dingo. What we have to try to do is ah build within people ah the ability to judge themselves as to whether they're doing the right thing or the wrong thing and ah, that takes time.

Hunting wild animals is a growth industry and now the pressure is on to get access to national parks. But... MATTHEW CARNEY: So how do you justify it to them?

Many hunters say they do it to get back to nature and to source fresh meat. ROBERT BORSAK: I think in certain contexts semi-automatics are useful um, I had a Browning BAR 338 um and I've had Woods Masters automatic self-loading firearms and in the right hands in the right way ah they're not a danger to anybody. SUBSCRIBE NOW.

ROBERT BORSAK: Humans kill for a living right from the very start. STEPHEN WHITEHEAD: I live just there, I can hear you a mile away.

JOHN HOWARD: I'm sorry about that but there is no other way, there is no other way.

Almost 700,000 fire arms were destroyed in the gun buyback scheme. And in WA the Shooters and Fishers also have an Upper House seat. Welcome to Four Corners.

ROBERT BORSAK: And the Government with our agreement has decided to do a review. He was standing right here. At Chaco, a good deal of work has been done remodeling the employee housing and improving the mesa-top access road that serves the park's utilities and water station. ANDY MALLEN: It's got plenty of power for deer. But I'm quite sure if you can give me a detailed list of those incidents I will be able to give you a detailed response to each one of them. MATTHEW CARNEY: Today hunters wear blaze orange for safety, it's a colour deer don't recognise.

There's just no two ways about it.

We use cookies to analyze traffic and provide you with personalized content and ads. The Four Corners region offers so much to visitors to the area. Only $5 for 3 months. MAN: You heard the gunshots?

KERRY O'BRIEN, PRESENTER: For hunters, a clean kill is the ultimate thrill.

Camped on the edge of the forest are the Vandenbrands, three generations of hunters. www.ssaa.org.au/, Shooters and Fishers Party | Twitter: SFPAustralia - The voice of hunters, shooters, fishers, rural and regional Australia and independent thinking Australians everywhere. ROBERT BORSAK: Of course, of course. IAN 'BOOTS' EGGLETON: I'll be honest with you, I'm lucky I'm not dead and some of my blokes are too and they refuse to work in these areas, that's why I gave up the contracts.

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