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23-Nov-06, 04:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Age: 20 | | |
hey there..
we all know what the herp laws are like here in aus,particually in queensland..
and i have been getting really paranoid im gonna get in trouble for herping..
like i mean,i take a snake hook and walk around with it,cause when i up turn boards etc.. i use it to rake the ground and stuff,ive never used it on a snake yet..
and i normally wear work wear when i go,so i guess it could appear like im a park ranger,as the colour of my shirt is khaki,but i only wear it cause ive wrecked heaps of good clothes herping..
what are everyones thoughts on bring a snake hook? and carrying it in hand? would i get in trouble
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23-Nov-06, 05:01 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Perth, WA Age/Gender: 18  | | | |
Not familiar with the herp laws of QLD, sorry, but unless u were a licensed taker in WA u mite get busted. I don't see how u wld be tho, unless they actually found you with herps on you, or back at ur place.
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23-Nov-06, 05:04 PM
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It's illegal to interfere with reptiles in any way at all, you can't even photograph them without a permit. Just don't get caught..
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23-Nov-06, 05:08 PM
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but that photographing laws is realy stupid ppl like to take picture of reptiles they see i just dnt get it
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23-Nov-06, 05:12 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Adelaide, SA (North East) Age/Gender: 56 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBredli  It's illegal to interfere with reptiles in any way at all, you can't even photograph them without a permit. Just don't get caught.. | You can't photograph them!! What is the logic behind that if any.
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23-Nov-06, 05:18 PM
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i guess it's all about the lying lol
i just worry,cause i frequent the same place herping.. and sooner or later someone is gonna be like what is that guy doing,im gonna call epa tommorow..
cause i can claim im not handling,just photo's and not disturbing them..
or can always say im a bird watcher hahaha
Last edited by Greebo; 23-Nov-06 at 07:52 PM.
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23-Nov-06, 05:29 PM
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get a interferance permit around 100 bucks give you permision to photograph things and do a litle bit of herping in places where u have permision but no national parks or state forests or anything
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23-Nov-06, 05:30 PM
|  | Mr Knee Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | |
If you are just walking around with a hook , i cant see how they can do a thing ...its not illegal to carry a hook ....if you are handling snakes thats a different story .
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23-Nov-06, 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by dickyknee If you are just walking around with a hook , i cant see how they can do a thing ...its not illegal to carry a hook ....if you are handling snakes thats a different story . | Just tell em you are a pirate!!
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23-Nov-06, 06:25 PM
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Ooh, nuggets better change ur post before the mods appear in the doorway!  "no changing letters around to avoid the censorship" blah blah.
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23-Nov-06, 07:40 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: central coast, nsw | | |
yeh i got infringed for tha same thing 
as far as carrying the hook, can you just use a walking stick or a hook that looks like a walking stick, even a golf club..
and as far as the permit to take pics, theycan
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23-Nov-06, 07:46 PM
| | Mr Knee Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by azza74 yeh i got infringed for tha same thing
as far as carrying the hook, can you just use a walking stick or a hook that looks like a walking stick, even a golf club..
and as far as the permit to take pics, they..... | Yeah i have never heard of the photo taking stuff , i take lots of photos as it is my "main" hobby , and i would tell them to bugger off if they said anything while i was shooting a herp , when i do shoot i don't move or handle anything , only if it is in view ...so i dontthink they could say much about that .
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23-Nov-06, 07:51 PM
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You can take pics if you're walking along the track and spot something in front of you. But you can't interfere with it in anyway (i.e. you can't pick it up and move it to a more suitable location, you can't harrass it to invoke a defensive display, you can't lift rocks and logs looking for specimens to photograph etc etc). In saying that however, most of us still do it or have done it, and will continue to do so, but always with the risk of copping a fine if caught.
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23-Nov-06, 07:54 PM
| | Mr Knee Subscriber | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 36 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by MrBredli You can take pics if you're walking along the track and spot something in front of you. But you can't interfere with it in anyway (i.e. you can't pick it up and move it to a more suitable location, you can't harrass to invoke a defensive display, you can't lift rocks and logs looking for specimens to photograph etc etc). In saying that however, most of us still do it or have done it and will continue to do so, but always with the risk of copping a fine if caught. | Yeah i thought that would be the case , i must have read it wrong ....i thought people were trying to say it was illegal to just shoot them .
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23-Nov-06, 07:55 PM
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