Thread: 18 months of hunting

Originally Posted by Frodo

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.

Great experience to be involved in and fast track your hunting, you will now have a good eye for "deery" areas.