Thread: $11.50 for a block

sad news :-(

I hunt down there a fair bit and to be honest the system is a pain in the ass with gate combos, permit returns and now having to pay.

I only hunt during the week and often at short notice for a morning or afternoon. Not sure i'll be doing that for $11.50.

I wonder if we will be able to do short notice bookings during the week still (ie can they process credit cards over the phone) As often i'd ring at 4:30 to see what was available for the following day.

Wouldn't be surprised if we see and even greater increase in poaching now.

An other thought, next thing the animal numbers down there will be deemed to be too high (already shitloads) and we'll be funding a 1080 drop to thin them out.... Arhh the cynic in me

There are already 1080 drops in the Bluies on a regular basis.

I am with VC, this is the thin edge of the wedge, whats next?

Dino

yip its all a pain in the bum, BUT be thankful that we are able to hunt. we are pretty lucky here in NZ.

I dont hunt there allot but after being at some of the meetings DOC had on this i would rather pay for a permit to hunt it like we do in so many other areas than have it go back to an open block system which was the other option. The problem is it is such a popular area to hunt and warrants a permit system so we have to pay. Thankfully most other areas are free unless through a ballot period.

I got my letter today. I was a bit horrified actually, not being aware of it coming.

The whole thing smacks of - well if you want recreational hunting areas (DOC want to get rid of them) then here you go, this is what you get.

We were already paying for the cost of them mailing out the permits, no one at DOC has been putting kill returns in the computer for years (I checked) and I am not sure how they come up with the figure of $30-40K admin cost at all.

Sounds like revenue gathering just because they can, and too push hunters into wanting an open block system, which is what DOC are after.

They say that within a year they will have the ballot online....yet strangely, it will still cost you that money to apply.

You'd think they would be sponsoring us with all the deer we kill for them, instead of them treating hunters like this.

There is a few minutes of TV time outlining the changes to the ballot hunting system on Cue TV.
It will be shown today or Monday unfortunately they could not give me a time.
If you miss it you can find it, once it is shown on:
Youtube channel:
Southtodaynews

What you have to realize is that Doc,like Mpi and the related fishing issues, is run by Economists. They only see things in relation to the Dollar.They quite plainly do not give a fat rats ass about anything else except can it be made to have a revenue stream.
On a slightly different tangent,russel norman of the green party is rabidly against fishing and hunting in ALL forms and woe betide us hunters and fishers if Labout ever makes it into power as the costs of various activites will go through the roof.

Welcome to the nz of the future.