Thread: Alpine Helicopters culling tahr

Originally Posted by mikee

I would not know where to start assessing a potential trophy but then I am not trophy hunter. I have no issue with trophy hunting as if if that floats your boat go for it, its just not my thing.
Eating .............now thats my thing so I have no issue myself tipping over pretty much anything using any method (excepting hinds when they have fawns at foot) solely based on how much meat I can recover.
For example if I could either
a) shoot a hind/yearling a long way from my transport and only recover 1/2 the usable meat and leave the rest on the hill
or
b) a stag (a goodie or otherwise) even in velvet where the whole animal could be recovered and utilised with no waste
then for me its a no brainer the stag would be all over rover.
I have let animals go as I simply don't think I can recover enough meat from where they are at
Thermal, Spotlights etc all have their uses too.

Left over dog bones
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For those that say its not sporting I would say a sport is a contest between 2 equal parties or teams with same equipment used by both sides.

Not that there is anything wrong with what your reasons are for taking animals but you just highlighted why any form of game or trophy management will never work in NZ.

I am also fully aware that thermals and spotlights have their uses.
Its the complete fuck wits that use them on public land I have issues with.


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