Thread: East Kaweka 1080 info

Info here re search and destroy map2

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

If they are heli culling why the hell would they use deer repelant? it raises the cost of the operation by a third we were told by nick smith when trying to convince him our Iconic fallow herd should not be exterminated.

Correct, an additional $8 or so per hectare it costs to keep the pressure from hunters off.

Great, there goes the easy meat for the winter

I was in at Mckintosh hut few months back some trapper had been all over that area with traps and I didn't see too many possums around to be honest only 3 on whole weekend trip and one pellet per 60m2 seems crazy . It's disgusting really

Thank you for that info.

I think the key is to get clubs together to fight for repellent cos it will go on regardless so best with repellent than not

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Originally Posted by HNTMAD

I think the key is to get clubs together to fight for repellent cos it will go on regardless so best with repellent than not

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It's been tried before and can be done, BUT half the cost of the drop is funded by the Regional Council. BOTH AHB and the Council need to agree to the additional cost. At least it was last time Hastings NZDA tried. AHB were really good to deal with in this regard.

Originally Posted by kiwijames

It's been tried before and can be done, BUT half the cost of the drop is funded by the Regional Council. BOTH AHB and the Council need to agree to the additional cost. At least it was last time Hastings NZDA tried. AHB were really good to deal with in this regard.

Yeah when we got together and threatened to fight they knew it would cost more to fight than to put repellent on, so repellent went on.

I see this drop has repellent on so that's got to be half way better than no repellent

Hamish

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There must be a simple fix to stop deer browsing 1080 baits

Why not make the baits small, say 3 to 4 millimetres in diameter, deer won't browse them at that size but all manner of rodents/opossums will eat them no problem at all

Sure some birds will eat them but surely no more birds will die than the amount that already die from ingesting bait chunks.

At the moment a large bait stays on the ground for many birds to peck chunks off to swallow, smaller baits mean that one bird eliminates one bait.

Stick to baits broadcast at the current amount per hectare.

Problem solved

The deer kill is a desirable outcome for the dept.

Yes deer are the main target.people will wake up when they start on the wapiti.

Originally Posted by H&K MAN

Yes deer are the main target.people will wake up when they start on the wapiti.

Originally Posted by H&K MAN

Yes deer are the main target.people will wake up when they start on the wapiti.

Buddy no disrespect but they started on the wapiti way back in the 80s and haven't stopped!

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Buddy no disrespect but they started on the wapiti way back in the 80s and haven't stopped!

Both, no disrespect. But this why hunters aren't taken seriously.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Both, no disrespect. But this why hunters aren't taken seriously.

Hey Tahr just done some research and see that all deer were classed as pests in 1930.

Here's me thinking 1980

Is the crown herd still farmed in Te Anau? Can't really find anything of resent on it?
Sorry I know this is a little off topic