There have been renewed calls for a crackdown on the sale of bows and arrows after a number of kangaroos were injured on the New South Wales north coast recently.

Patricia Edwards, from the Clarence Valley Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES), said two eastern grey kangaroos have been spotted with arrows protruding from them in the Woombah area in recent weeks.

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She said another was seen near a Grafton golf course this week with an arrow through its leg.

It has since been euthanased.

“It’s heart-breaking and it’s just so infuriating,” Ms Edwards said.

“These darn bows and arrows, they’re treated like toys and yet they’re lethal weapons.

“I can’t understand why they’re out there on the market. I’d like to see bows and arrows licensed like guns.

“We generally get a few (arrow shootings) every year. It’s very tragic and it makes me very, very angry.”

WIRES volunteers have put up $200 of their own money as a reward for information about the shootings.

“Any information that leads to a prosecution or a conviction, it we can just catch the culprit it would be good,” Ms Edwards said.

“We’re over it, we need to do something.”

Lawrence Orel, from the National Parks and Wildlife Service, said little could be done for the injured kangaroos that were seen in the Woombah area.

“The reality is for all of them is that even though they survive in the short term, ultimately they will just succumb to infection,” Mr Orel said.

“So they’ll die a very slow and obviously painful death.”

Mr Orel said the penalty for harming native wildlife is a fine of up to $3,300.