Thread: 1080 question

Originally Posted by Strummer

I whacked a yearling two nights ago for the bbq, from where I thought was well outside an aerial 1080 drop zone. I know the drop has happened over the past month.

I just had a quick look at the DOC map and was a little dismayed to see that I shot it within the 2km buffer zone where they recommend you don't eat from. My animal was more like 1-1.5km outside the drop zone.

Obviously I don't want to take any risks in feeding something harmful to my family. The animal looked happy and healthy, grazing a clearing with hinds and fawns. What would you do?

Sensible answers please :-)

The 'exclusion / buffer zone' is rather academic in that a deer can run at 40kmh so 2 km is a blink. Time after the drop is far more important than distance. The exclusion for taking animals for pet food animals is 2km for goats and deer and 5km for pigs plus 4 months after a drop of two months if there has been significant rain (100mm +). Deer will travel from native forest areas out 2-3 km onto farmland to eat crops at night with ease, so the question is 'do you consider the deer has remained localised where you shot it or has it been moving back and forth to where there are baits'. What does the terrain look like - what is between the two areas?