Thread: First Helicopter Company pulls The Pin On The Tahr Cull

Boar Freak......you fellas dont realise just how good we have had it for last 10 years.... during the 80s and 90s when I was teaching myself to hunt...spooking a deer every 3rd trip was good going..... when you remember how many tahr were originally released,you will realise that if only a few survive they will breed back up again if the slaughter stops...and if it doesnt they will go bush,and stay there..... Greg Duley made comment in magazine last year that the chopper operators targeting deer were amazed at how easy it was as they were targeting 2nd generation of animals who DIDNT know to run away or hide from machines....you can bet it wont be so easy next spring,the oler hinds will have learnt and lead others to safety...... the tahr will learn too.
not sure just how low the numbers of these big hairy goats got before Andersen and co got moratorium sorted to save them last time...but pretty sure it wouldve been below 10k