Thread: Boutique hunting?

Pigs in texas from choppers? watched a lot of videos of that

Originally Posted by Toby

Pigs in texas from choppers? watched a lot of videos of that

Yea that

Originally Posted by Toby

Pigs in texas from choppers? watched a lot of videos of that

That's culling, not "trophy" helihunting. Shooting a mob of pigs, is purely pest control. Chasing down and shooting a Bull tahr to hang on the wall IS NOT pest control.


I think some of you guys are getting confused with helihunting vs. culling.


We need machine assisted culling in NZ to manage our tahr, deer, chamois and pigs to a certain degree. Have since helicopter pest control was established. Most NZ hunters accept this. Ground hunters can't control/manage herd numbers on foot. It's impossible, and in most cases not in the hunters "best interest".


Helihunting is a completely different evil. It is paying ""hunters" forking out big money to target specific animals, ie a trophy bull tahr, red stag, chamois buck. It isn't to shoot cull animals, nannies, hinds, poor stags etc. In doing so they really knock the trophy potential of a herd around.

Originally Posted by JoshC

That's culling, not "trophy" helihunting. Shooting a mob of pigs, is purely pest control. Chasing down and shooting a Bull tahr to hang on the wall IS NOT pest control.


I think some of you guys are getting confused with helihunting vs. culling.


We need machine assisted culling in NZ to manage our tahr, deer, chamois and pigs to a certain degree. Have since helicopter pest control was established. Most NZ hunters accept this. Ground hunters can't control/manage herd numbers on foot. It's impossible, and in most cases not in the hunters "best interest".


Helihunting is a completely different evil. It is paying ""hunters" forking out big money to target specific animals, ie a trophy bull tahr, red stag, chamois buck. It isn't to shoot cull animals, nannies, hinds, poor stags etc. In doing so they really knock the trophy potential of a herd around.

Good point Josh i never thought about the trophy stocks!

I watched a american hunting show a while back in which the dude comes to nz gets heli'd right on top of a herd of with a nice bull thar, Walks about 3m throws tripod rest down, takes the shot, doesnt even have to hike the 200m or so to get the thar, heli does it for him. What is the point?

You might as well stand in a paddock and shoot sheep cowering in the corner. It sure aint hunting as I know it. The hard work makes the prize all that much more valuable.