Thread: Deer in Southern areas?

Originally Posted by Sauer

Really saying they don’t target deer is just playing with words. Most valleys have possums, stoats, rats and mice.

Yes - and the places that get 1080 (from DOC) are typically targetting those that have high priority species to protect from those predators, not the areas with the highest deer numbers at all.

It certainly would be a waste of money to drop 1080 in parts of Arthur's Pass for example if you wanted to target deer, but the drops happen, to protect Orange Fronted Parakeets/Mohua etc.

See the Nelson Lakes NP situation for how DOC is working with hunters for management in an area where there have been reports of high deer numbers.

Yes, deer die from 1080 - no, the drops are not targetting deer. It is an important difference in the conversation about management.