I and almost all on here didn't go out for the roar also out of respect for what the government was trying to do BUT it still does not justify someone being prosecuted and possibly convicted by a false law. If it was a national park doc have no lawful right to stop us from accessing it. This is a much bigger issue...
by the way heaps around here and in other places I know went hunting..its the food they put on the table. Not everyone in the countryside can afford to live from the supermarket meat section with a leg of crappy lamb at $50.00 In this case though I suspect you are quite right it was just greed and not hunger.

Most guys on here stayed home and didn't go hunting.This guy broke the law,didnt give a toss about the rest of the country.Hope they thro the book at him.

Trout wrote on Apr 28^th, 2020 at 11:26am:

That is the question ..did he break the law? I'm playing devils advocate here.... were we all fooled by a bluff? 

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