Thread: Hunting permits

Originally Posted by SiB

I'm happy to get my permit on line. I make a point of setting up the expiry date on my ph so I don't forget to renew it. The frustration is obtaining clear boundary mapping...

Bloody good idea that!!! Cheers.

I've been asked for my permit once by somebody pretending to be a DOC ranger.

Originally Posted by Toby

Why cant we get closed blocks permits online anyone know?

I dont mean closed as in its shut down either smartasses. The closed ones from online that you have to see the doc office to get a permit

If they are like ours its because only one hunter is permitted at any given time... so how long is the waiting list etc, that's why we ring and book then when our time comes up the permit is posted
Permits are 2 week blocks, so 20 guys on the list book up 40 weeks worth, and as it is more than half the permitted hunters never turn up

So while the concept of block management is good Moonhunt, it's failing miserably because there is a ballot/scheduled permit system, that often doesn't suit the applicants, so they either poach when it suits them, or the block is vacant when someone who actually wants to be there can't be due to a block ballot system?
Hopefully this is one of the problems the Game Animal Council might be able to fix up.

Our blocks up here are small, that is why one permit at a time, letting multiple hunters in at one time is a disaster waiting to happen

I cant see how it fails, you either commit to your given dates or don't go, you can get an idea of waiting times and dates when talking to the DOC guy so you are not in the dark, and as for poachers, there are conditions in place that help weed them out quick and busy

Some of these blocks are more trouble than they are worth for DOC, it would be far easier to close them to hunting and have pros hunt them

I Went up camping in the doc camp ground on Nokomai station a couple of weeks ago. I had a permit for some doc country that was accessible via station land. I asked permission to do so and was turned down due to the station managers poor attitude towards hunters. The attitude recieved was probably justified due to the amount of low lifes either poaching the farm land directly or crossing paddocks without permission. (And if they were doing that im sure they wouldnt have had a doc permit either)

I was told to go hunt mid dome instead because it was accessible from the road. Pity I didnt have a permit for there and it was the weekend! Made for a good climb without the rifle none the less. And as a conciliation found a few likely spots.

But my thoughts are if those people who weren't permitted to hunt in or around the station didnt trespass my odds of gaining permission for a hunt would have been far more likely.

Moral of the story. Pull ya finger (s) out and jump on the net and grab a permitt and ask farmers permission before crossing their land for cripes sake. Its that easy!

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Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie

Went up camping in the doc camp ground on Nokomai station a couple of weeks ago. I had a permit for some doc country that was accessible via station land. I asked permission to do so and was turned down due to the station managers poor attitude towards hunters. The attitude recieved wss probably justified due to the amount of low lifes either poaching the farm land directly or crossing paddocks without permission.

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That is exactly what happens up here, guys go straight through the DOC block and target the cockys farm, the goats are easy out in the paddocks, then when bored they shoot sheep
I thought for years the cocky was just out to spoil it , but learning all that goes on I don't blame him one bit, and again it is the honest people that loose out

Originally Posted by moonhunt

That is exactly what happens up here, guys go straight through the DOC block and target the cockys farm, the goats are easy out in the paddocks, then when bored they shoot sheep
I thought for years the cocky was just out to spoil it , but learning all that goes on I don't blame him one bit, and again it is the honest people that loose out

True that

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Ive always gone about getting a permit for doc land and permission for private. Only ever once been challenged and it was on a private forestry block which we were harvesting at the time. We'd seen a number of deer so sought the permission of the elderly land owner who was happy with us taking a deer and also from the forest managers.

Thought we'd covered all our bases, did some practice shots at the opposite end of the block to make sure the gun (fresh out the safe after 10 years) was shooting straight, then drove down to our likely spot right on dusk. Just about got to the edge of the skid when a wagon pulled up an some fuck wit jumped out with his rifle demanding to know who we were and what we were up to. Carefully explained that we had permission from everybody concerned (except him the self appointed mayor/security for the block), he fucked off we went to the edge of the skid to find 2 stags on the bush line.

I cant see why anybody wouldnt go about gaining permission/permits after all its one of the easiest aspects of our sport and if your not complying with that then what else are you failing to do???

Exactly... The seven basic rules of safety must be optional too?

Always print off a permit for the forest im going to hunt in, print off a topo map with emergency info on it in 'highlight pen', then laminate them together to make it waterproof.....easy peasy

Originally Posted by JP100

allways get one printed out . but keep loosing them. its in the glove box some where.
Has any one ever seen a DOC ranger? haha

Yes! Saw one on Monday who told me to stick to hunting the other side of the track.

Which was completely the opposite information that I found online after going to great lengths. I told him this but he got pretty defensive, so whatever, did as I was told. Pretty much ruined the trip though as I didn't want to hunt that ridiculously thick shit.

Boundaries are a real fucking problem - they need to sort their site. All I want is to be able to click on the various areas and get the rules and boundaries for hunting. Some areas you can, but others you can't and get vague as fuck information.

Yeah i always apply for permits online, but it is really frustrating how bad some of the "hunting maps" are. Its no wonder people end up hunting on private land, and no hunting areas the maps are shocking.

Originally Posted by SiB

I'm happy to get my permit on line. I make a point of setting up the expiry date on my ph so I don't forget to renew it. The frustration is obtaining clear boundary mapping...

+1 And also download it to my ph so I don't have to carry a piece of paper with me - I take my ph with me everywhere. It's so easy so why not.

Originally Posted by deepsouthaussie

I Went up camping in the doc camp ground on Nokomai station a couple of weeks ago. I had a permit for some doc country that was accessible via station land. I asked permission to do so and was turned down due to the station managers poor attitude towards hunters. The attitude recieved was probably justified due to the amount of low lifes either poaching the farm land directly or crossing paddocks without permission. (And if they were doing that im sure they wouldnt have had a doc permit either)

I was told to go hunt mid dome instead because it was accessible from the road. Pity I didnt have a permit for there and it was the weekend! Made for a good climb without the rifle none the less. And as a conciliation found a few likely spots.

But my thoughts are if those people who weren't permitted to hunt in or around the station didnt trespass my odds of gaining permission for a hunt would have been far more likely.

Moral of the story. Pull ya finger (s) out and jump on the net and grab a permitt and ask farmers permission before crossing their land for cripes sake. Its that easy!

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You sure it was the station manager you talked to? He's a real good bloke.