Thread: Guided Hunting

I have been on a few guided hunts on private property and have paid for the guiding etc. I have learnt a lot from the guide and do not consider this a waste. I would be unable to hunt this area without the guide, as due to the new ACC workplace laws, if anything was to happen to us then he is liable for it. By guiding all hunters on the property, he gets an income stream that would have not been there otherwise, he is able to control the safety aspect of behaviour on the property and reduce hazards, and as he is with the hunters he knows where they are and what they are doing so there is no issues around other hunter splitting up and getting into each others firing zone. It works well.

It is not the be all and end all, but it means I have a better idea of all these aspects of hunting when I go to hunt elsewhere. Especially as I did not grow up in a hunting household and only came into it after I left college.