Thread: Hunting in NZ, is it too easy?

right I had a cup of coffee.
I also just used internet to get a permit online using my Zambian address.
I now have a permit to hunt on Public land as a non resident.
I are a kiwi and I have always used my NZ address to get permits for trips home .
Should a non resident be allowed to come onto public land and hunt for free with no restrictions?
In my eyes no way should it be allowed.
Doc and the Govt see our induced animals as a pest .
But we as kiwi hunters see them as a natural resource.
I also do not rate a meat animal to be a lesser resource than a Trophy animal so to suggest that Non-Resident should be able to have free access to them is not a option.
Non-Residents are welcome but use a guide on private land or pay for private land hunting and leave our resource for Kiwi,s.
I cant just help myself to public land hunting in overseas country's without a permit and a guide and I respect that.
If a kiwi hunter invites a non resident on a hunt I respect that and it should be done.
No way should any ballot be open to non-resident.
If it has got to a point where we have to restrict the freedom of Kiwi at a certain time of year from doing what is there right ,Why the hell would we let a non resident in on the ballot as well?

I can see some merit in a couple of blocks in Wapiti country being put up for lease for overseas hunters but the price would want to be high to offset the loss to South Island hunters who have hunted there all there lives if the money was being used to help the foundation but the price would have to be high to make any real advantage and again if you were a local hunter down that way you would be asking the question of what right do you have to sell my hunting rights and ground out ?