TWO deer hunters face firearms charges after being found with loaded rifles in Yarra Ranges National Park on Saturday.
A 21-year-old Launching Place man and a 30-year-old from Montrose were arrested by Warburton police at Cambarville between Reefton and Marysville on 10 May.
Both men were part of a group of hunters who were tracking deer with dogs from the legal hunting area in Big River through to the Yarra Ranges National Park.
Leading Senior Constable Tony Pagels said hunting in any national park is prohibited.
He said the men were arrested as they were standing on the side of the Marysville-Woods Point Road and Cambarville Road while they were in possession of loaded high-powered rifles.
Police seized their hunting equipment and they are expected to be charged on summons for multiple firearms offences.
“All hunters need to be aware of where they are at all times and that any hunting from or across roads is an extremely dangerous and prohibited activity and police have a zero tolerance to such offences,” Sen Const Pagels said.
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