Carabost State Forrest NSW

Carabost State Forest is a large, mountainous forest in the Riverina region, north-east of Holbrook, north of Albury in New South Wales covering 22,000 hectares.

In NSW, you can hunt on private or public land, provided you hold an appropriate licence and the permission to hunt issued by the landholder.

To hunt on public land, you must hold a NSW Restricted licence (R-Licence). You are then able to gain permission to hunt by logging in to the online licence holder services portal and booking a spot in your preferred state forest.

The steps are basically:

• Have a current valid R-Licence
• Apply for written permission to hunt through the NSW Hunting Portal
• Download the current hunting maps showing hunting and exclusion zones to your GPS-enabled device
• Download and carry either a physical or digital written permission with you while hunting
• Read, understand and comply with all the conditions that apply to hunting in NSW.

R-Licence holders must carry an operational GPS-enabled device when hunting on State forests. This is a mandatory condition for public land hunting. The device can be a smartphone, tablet or specific GPS device.

You must not obstruct or impede the right of any other person while you are hunting.

You must not hunt when there is a Total Fire Ban in place.

You must hold a current firearms licence

You may only hunt using a firearm during day-time, being from 30 minutes before sunrise through to 30 minutes after sunset.

You must wear an item of blaze orange at all times while hunting. The item must be worn externally on the upper part of your body and must be visible from all sides.

I did not find any deer or deer sign in the section I was in but did get very close to a pig and saw a goat from a distance. Oh and lots of kangaroos, black tailed wallabies and thousands of wombats.