yes I would agree with that about helicopters - it became to big a job after WW2 - and private land was not really touched by NZFS - the heli boys certainly did a job - one station I worked on had in 60,s likely 80-120 deer on it - one 500 hughs pilot was given rights to live capture it with a 50 / 50 agreement - barely 3 months later maybe two very scared ones left - 80,s and into 90,s deer in a number of areas were slim pickings -now yeah ha - young hunters have the best hunting in years - numbers are huge in some areas - I dont doubt shoot to kill missions with helis will become more frequent -currently DOC internal policy is not to specifically target deer with toxins and long may that continue - bring back the cullers - no I cant see it except in areas where success is likely - we have to live with the simple fact that ground hunting over much of NZ is not a likely or successfull option - a lot of hunters simply dont realize that to control an animal population you must shoot more than the breeding rate -you need to remove over 90% of target animal population otherwise go tip ya money in ocean - if you only remove 10% well ya have had some fun but meaningful control no nyet non no way
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