Thread: Deer in Southern areas?

In addition to the observations about access challenges across private property, I'd observe that generally speaking DoC could do way more by being more permissive with aerial access for rec hunters. @gimp noted the recent arrangement in Nelson Lakes Nat Park, and the Sika Fioundation have achieved some concessions in the Kaimanawas and Kaweka's, but heaps more could be done.

A while ago now, but the farcical (in my view) position DoC adpted around allowing AATH in wilderness areas, but not allowing rec hunters to be dropped into the same areas told us plenty about DoC's real attitude to rec hunting at that time. As noted above here have been improvements since, but inchworm progress in the scheme of things.

As we've all seen from our PM, 'virtue signalling' is a core leadership attribute now, it seems? DoC could try some towards hunters?