Thread: Hawkes Bay Today wild deer article

Its a double edged sword. @7mmsaum's questions are correct. Yet also animal populations get very quickly out of control after they reach a certain point. I had to devise a system where I allowed trusted friends access without me, and also I charged for meat hunts for people I didnt know, which slowly let me filter some of those guys to also let them hunt by themselves. The biggest one was safety. You had to know that guys would choose safe shots and also that they would stay in the area you wanted them in.
The other issue I had was I was trying to improve the trophy potential of the herd by leaving the good bucks and shooting the poor ones. Peoples assessment of what is poor, what is just young, seems to deteriorate when you are not around. I also, despite explaining what I was doing, had quite a few guys just offer to pay more to shoot the big guys. When really what I wanted shot was doe's.

there would be nothing stopping a group of hunters getting together and offering their services - but it would be helpful if they knew where to door knock first - the issues involved can all be addressed - they are certainly not insurmountable