Legal activities
A NSW R-Licence with the dogs category along with Written Permission, issued by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), allows you to use a dog while hunting on public land in the following capacities:
- game animal hunting using gundogs
- pig hunting
- mustering goats using working dogs.
To harvest or capture any animal on public land for the purpose of selling the meat or any other part of the animal, including if mustering goats using dogs, you must hold a commercially qualified NSW R-Licence (R-Commercial). Extra requirements, such as having the firearms category and permission to operate commercially on public land, must be met before applying for an R-Commercial Licence. These requirements are listed on the DPI Hunting website.
