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

Carry on with your witch hunt fellas.
I have nothing to do with Alpine but know the operators well.
Was told today, they hadn't started as of yesterday by another operator that should know as he heard they were going to pull out.



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Originally Posted by R93

Carry on with your witch hunt fellas.
I have nothing to do with Alpine but know the operators well.
Was told today, they hadn't started as of yesterday by another operator that should know as he heard they were going to pull out.



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What were they doing in there in the first place then..?

Im going to go against the grain here it seems and say good on Alpine. And I also think all those people who sent them emails, should now send them emails and thank them for seeing sense and taking a stand.

They support the cull, but dont support zero densities, and isnt that what we as hunters want?

So what if they flew their hours (if they even did), if they knocked off some to reduce the numbers and then say thats it, surely thats better than killing to extinction. Alpine (Tim Wallis - and now his boys) have been in the game a very long time, they were flying Tiger Moths in and out before they even had choppers. They have always supported hunters that Im aware of, I would have more faith and trust in them than many of the flying cowboys of todays era.

For whatever reason Alpine say they are done, good on them.

If that's the case they need to openly say so , why wouldn't they come forward and say we did not partake in the cull ? , im sure they would get a lot of support if this is the case

Maybe politicians may now realise the power of tax paying voters who are sick of lies and the TAHR LIVES MATTER campaign will haunt them in November. Heard ACT person from Invercargill was at the rally and got a good recetion saying I wont get elected but give me your party vote.

Originally Posted by R93

Carry on with your witch hunt fellas.
I have nothing to do with Alpine but know the operators well.
Was told today, they hadn't started as of yesterday by another operator that should know as he heard they were going to pull out.



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Interesting, I was looking at an app from a mate whose a pilot showing they were shooting in the Murchison I think and had the flight path from there base, this was on Saturday. Could possibly been the 4.5hrs that’s been spoken of

Originally Posted by High Country Boy

Interesting, I was looking at an app from a mate whose a pilot showing they were shooting in the Murchison I think and had the flight path from there base, this was on Saturday. Could possibly been the 4.5hrs that’s been spoken of

Unless they were refueling somewhere, thats a fair way from Wanaka.

Originally Posted by R93

And you know this how?

Alpine were the only ones who didn't start as a matter of fact.


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That's completely untrue, Alpine Helicopters shot the Murchison valley last week. The Bull in the tahr foundation still kicking after 30mins was shot by Alpine, The video shows Toby in the 500 shooting bull tahr.

They have pulled pin because a local cocky rung them to tell them to shove there annual agr work up there arse. They have realised that there actions and this cull is going to follow them forever now. They are now trying to save face. You'd have to be very naive to see it as a good will gesture.

They have pulled pin because a local cocky rung them to tell them to shove there annual agr work up there arse.

We need to find out who it is so I can buy them a box.

Originally Posted by Mr300WSM

They have pulled pin because a local cocky rung them to tell them to shove there annual agr work up there arse.

We need to find out who it is so I can buy them a box.

I'm on board, make it two.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Why are you guys giving any kind of kudos to these guys? They got in there first, done their hours, got their paycheck and now they are playing the oh we have had a change of heart card.

I'm not turning this thread to religion, but you simply MUST leave room for people to change sides AND welcome them back to the fold... or you will forever have the status quo. Can't have it both ways.

Consider the wisdom of Jesus, addressing the uber-religious who would not welcome less respectable people back into fellowship, and think of the first son as a chopper operator mending his ways:

But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.i
Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing.
‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.
Which of the two did the will of his father?”
“The first,” they answered.
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you. For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him."

https://i.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/...tions-doc-says

There is a clip from parliament today , Jackie deans vs Eugene it’s on Vimeo but I can get the link , anyone got a link ?

Saying they have been threatened has become a standard ploy of DOC’s to discredit anyone who disagrees with what they are doing.

To be honest, when was the last time DOC did something we find unpalatable, and have tried to take a stand against, that they didn’t claim to have been threatened? And of those times, how many have they actually come up with any proof of a threat being made?

Originally Posted by berg243

i hope no one has threatened any person involved in the Tahr cull . telling them they will get no business from them for participating is fine but any threats or violence is unaceptable.

+1

In media speak saying "I will no longer use your business" sounds more dramatic as "Chopper companies threatened".

Originally Posted by Joe_90

+1

In media speak saying "I will no longer use your business" sounds more dramatic as "Chopper companies threatened".

My thoughts too - the threat would have been ‘I’ll never use your company if you take part in the tahr cull’