Thread: 18 months of hunting

Cheers guys. Yes, i'll be sure to post updates on the forum.

Yes WARO was quite exciting actually (I'll get shot for saying that)...but man - what an office. It's truly one of the last 'wild' ventures taking place in NZ. I don't think I heard the words 'health' and 'safety' muttered once!

To be honest, as a hunter, there were moments where I just got sick of seeing so many dead deer. And there were a few decent stags shot which I would have been happy taking myself. But the reality was - most of the deer on public land were shot in some very treacherous alpine areas (few people would climb up there) - and the bulk were actually shot on private property.

Apparently there's quite a bit of competition between WARO's, and sometimes jealousy can crawl it's way into the picture, resulting in rumors being spread online; helicopters being tampered with etc.

It amazed me how much of a problem deer really are in rural areas. Driving down rural highways, past blocks of bush gracing the hillsides - you'd be none the wiser. But we targeted one property in Southland, where approx 40 deer were shot in the space of 4.5-5 hours. And that was just in one small area of the property. Southland is CRAWLING with deer. It's amazing.