Thread: Deer taking over Lower Hutt

Originally Posted by TLB

Not the case for all of Hawkes Bay. Some of the areas that traditionally held the highest deer numbers out towards the Ranges etc probably peaked a couple of years ago.
Farms who never used to let people hunt are now letting people in. Others have given the deer a good tickle up and some have even got the chopper in. On some of the more open blocks the deer struggle to hide and can be controlled extremely effectively via a quick chopper flight.
Likewise some have just told hunters to shoot everything the see and it is amazing how quickly the deer population has dropped.
Deer aren't like goats.....they don't breed all that fast.

That's good to know, thanks for that. Great to hear logic is taking over as well, with farmers and hunters working together. Now it's time for us coastal guys to get our act together. It's a shame anyone needs to resort to helicopters (unless it's forum members doing the work of course!).