Thread: DoC Hunting Permit Survey

Just having a look at the NZDA newsletter. Mentions a Hunting Permit Survey doing the rounds, mention of potentially charging for permits etc. Anyone done it or have a link to it?

Cheers

I also read that and searched for it online... a brief search turned up nothing. You would think it would go to any email address that had ever applied for an online permit?

Not sure if this works

https://forms.office.com/Pages/Respo...FIRkFaQkhDWi4u

Originally Posted by earplay

Not sure if this works

https://forms.office.com/Pages/Respo...FIRkFaQkhDWi4u

Yip that link works, cheers. Survey closes on 5th Feb

Question, would people pay for a hunting permit (less than $100 a year) if it meant deer and other game animals were then treated as a resource and not a pest?

Originally Posted by earplay

Not sure if this works

https://forms.office.com/Pages/Respo...FIRkFaQkhDWi4u

Legend

If you think paying for a permit will then encourage DOC to declare deer pigs goats chamois thar as a resource then the tooth fairy is real and Santa does actually exist but in another dimension - The Conservation Act gives us hunters free and unrestricted access to all DOC estate enshrined in law - that access is further supported by DOC deer policy why change that

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

If you think paying for a permit will then encourage DOC to declare deer pigs goats chamois thar as a resource then the tooth fairy is real and Santa does actually exist but in another dimension - The Conservation Act gives us hunters free and unrestricted access to all DOC estate enshrined in law - that access is further supported by DOC deer policy why change that

What he said.

The Conservation Act gives us hunters free and unrestricted access to all DOC estate enshrined in law.

Yes it does because we own it. Public Land.

My understanding from reading the email, was DOC admitted it was acknowledged that the survey question was poorly framed leading to unintended implications and apologized. And hinted at a future focus on cost recovery in line with governmental directives to be more commercially minded DOC assured us that any potential changes would involve discussion with NZDA.
If this is not a reason to join NZDA for supporting our interests, you only have to pay the membership to help them be our voice. I know there is negative experiences with NZDA. but you can't please all the people all the time. Or is this too political for the moderators

I modified my original response to avoid any suggestion of politics, but this needs to be killed.
The author of the idea needs to be held up to public ridicule, and the ground it sprung from should be so heavily salted that nothing grows there ever again.
In NZ, we have a hunting birthright that is unparalleled anywhere in the world - and it has to be protected.

My answer to that question was along the lines.

You want us to do your work and then pay for the privilege.

For nigh on 60yrs now I have held a current DOC/Forest Service or Crown land hunting permit and not once have I been asked to produce a permit.
Not that I minded the writing in etc that was required it's just I'm the type of guy that likes to cover his arse.
More so now than ever.
But a charge is just out of the question.

If it's not broken, don't fix it.

Hey, Here in Aus, whenever they put the hunting licenses up , it is never in the gain of the hunter or of the animal being listed in a more positive light. Dpi / Parks just put the choppers in the air for longer hours in spots that recreational hunters can access the easiest. You guys have it great over there, I hope it stays as it is for you all.

Where would the dollars be spent? Would the funds be used to benefit hunters/hunting? I very much doubt it. I ticked NO.