Thread: Hunting in NZ, is it too easy?

yeh R93 i think you've hit it. i was gonna say, i think you guys are missing the point.

I'm not looking for answers to the problem, the intention of the post was to find out if "we" think there is or is going to be a problem with non resident overcrowding in the backcountry- possibly affecting our historical options. I don't necessarily think paying is the answer, but may be part of it.

I think the questions being asked and a potential problem being identified is important first.


in reference to some of the other points raised.
I accept that in a lot of countries you have to pay- or ballot- or stick to seasons for hunting.
I accept that if I'm in other countries i should "do as the Romans do " etc.
I accept that when i visit another country i am the visitor, and i am the "alien" entity, and that i should try to assimilate myself with that countries ways/laws etc.

Is it not bad enough already that there seem to be more spotlighting deaths? Poaching in the media-prosecutions? (correct me if I'm wrong).
In say ten years i imagine there may be a lot more freedom hunters, following in the footsteps of Remi Warren and others, who may very well be good keen hunters, bought up on public land fair chase hunting just like us.Will it be the norm in twenty years to turn up to a favorite road end and run into more Americans than Kiwis here for 4 weeks?(btw i like Remi Warren- it appears he is a cool guy, and very much like us Kiwis with Hunting.)