Thread: Deer Population Growth

Great to see some people agreeing we have a problem that is growing rapidly. Hopefully, this means that there will be better acceptance when landowners, regional councils, and public land administrators start to better fund the management of deer numbers in NZ.

WARO is happening but in low numbers and mainly in the easier country (mainly private). So this will have little impact on what people are seeing out there.

The most efficient times to manage hinds is ALWAYS, this is inclusive of when in late pregnancy and when fawns are "at foot" (cull the fawn too). The mindset of not shooting them while pregnant could be considered short-sighted and only make the problem worse than the direction it is currently headed.

We are at a stage where only shooting enough that you can carry, isn't enough to help the balance between numbers and forest preservation, and of course, the overall quality of stags and bucks as already stated.