Thread: FWF Ban for Non Attendance

From reading on the venison hunters its more the issue that because they didnt make the trip south giving no chance of getting in if / when the weather broke.

We all know how good and bad the forcasts can end up being and with them not attempting to get in results in the 4 year ban.

Originally Posted by 199p

From reading on the venison hunters its more the issue that because they didnt make the trip south giving no chance of getting in if / when the weather broke.

We all know how good and bad the forcasts can end up being and with them not attempting to get in results in the 4 year ban.

Exactly, there’s hundreds of other parties that would have gone or at least tried. Hence there is the rule to keep it fair and give maximum opportunity for the ballots to be used and to get people in. Had they followed the rule and withdrawn prior to 20th Feb, another party would have been able to use their slot and would have turned up and got the opportunity to hunt Wapiti country. Instead they didn’t even try and no-one else got the opportunity because of it. Seems pretty simple to me and it’s only a matter of reading into why things are done to understand them.

The only complaint I have is communicating with the foundation can be bloody difficult (email) with delayed response times (if you get a response) and trying to get things done like changing a party member can be difficult. It was frustrating but I do understand they are volunteers doing a huge amount of work to make it all happen. This is also why there is a deadline, the administration involved in changing parties at late notice would just not be feasible for them. Especially if every second party decides they are a bit scared of the wet.

This matter / issue / concern was first posted here on 21st April 2021.

Plenty of time has gone by. Will or is the outcome of this matter to be publicly known?

Originally Posted by Dusty Fog

my take is that its not hard to manage the wapiti area,,any good farmer with skills could do the job
first nzda and now fwf they are both suffering from human nature,,no different to pollies
up the payments to triple or more n hammer the rubbish with the money,,send in ground parties after ballot and shoot all reds
no pucking molly coddling the wapiti

I disagree because a good farmers focus on a completely different goal and typically dont deal well with politicians which is a necessary evil of all endeavors on public land. Im not sure what you think needs improvement people can already hunt the ballot blocks outside the ballot periods but its a remote place with severe weather.