Thread: Calling Micky Duck and Tahr and Gimp and Tikka

The trouble is. When forest and bird start campaigning for a national policy, they are after total eradication on all lands.

Their push for policy will build distrust. What is needed is not only an upper limit in numbers, but a reasonable cut of limit on controls.

What I want top see is individual policies that work where they are needed. Woodhill suffers from a poor ballot system. TeMiro from the deer having sanctuary on private land during the daytime.

Then we have all the wilderness areas and national parks that restrict access too hunters.

Also make it easier to put wild meat into the domestic commercial food chain. I tried that approach with my herd, and it was diabolicaly restrictive in application and expense.

great points Lauries Hut and Whanauhuia - would be neat to see some type of venison sale go ahead again - perhaps work thru the existing butchers permitted to process deer - I had a permit to sell I let it lapse - was not to onerous - yes I bet if I turned up to TeMiro and asked around would not likely get anywhere and dont get me started on Woodhill - I used to hunt the little DOC lake and Reserve out there and some bloody muppet from Woodhill committee moaned despite the fact the Reserve was nothing to do with them - if I was still in the North I would really like tp push the legal point on that one - its against Conservation act and DOC deer policy to refuse a permit -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

great points Lauries Hut and Whanauhuia - would be neat to see some type of venison sale go ahead again - perhaps work thru the existing butchers permitted to process deer - I had a permit to sell I let it lapse - was not to onerous - yes I bet if I turned up to TeMiro and asked around would not likely get anywhere and dont get me started on Woodhill - I used to hunt the little DOC lake and Reserve out there and some bloody muppet from Woodhill committee moaned despite the fact the Reserve was nothing to do with them - if I was still in the North I would really like tp push the legal point on that one - its against Conservation act and DOC deer policy to refuse a permit -

It’s still the same today. Council budget for deer control in the area is approx $600k, about 2/3 is spent behind the desk. It’s a joke, anyone who objects can get it all shut down because council need to be so careful, especially with guns in the picture. Imagine trying to employ someone, the have a mortgage and dependants, their 3 weeks into a contract and a neighbour complains to council. They instantly pull the pin, and spend 3 months “consulting”.
Poor bastard is just meant to sit waiting with no pay? Mean while the bureaucrats are getting paid, working from home, doing the hard yards.
You should see the health and safety manual the wankers created, it is seriously so ridiculous you’d think it’s a piss take.
Just fucks me off my rates and taxes go to these oxygen thieves, and the money that should be going to pest control is being wasted.

Originally Posted by Lauries Hut

You should see the health and safety manual the wankers created, it is seriously so ridiculous you’d think it’s a piss take.
Just fucks me off my rates and taxes go to these oxygen thieves, and the money that should be going to pest control is being wasted.

An awful lot of council spend (both district and regional) is obscene when you break it down by first principles as to what it should be. And their glass palaces really piss me off. They appear duty bound to not be able to do anything efficiently nor effectively.

The article didnt clearly distinguish public vs private land.

Nor suggest ecological goals or a framwork for managing the two different environments.

The main danger for us is that there might be high profile but ultimately ineffective professional control operations, with recreational hunters sidelined and discouraged. This would have unwelcome long term consequences.