Thread: Kaimanawa Forest Park.

Originally Posted by Snoppernator

Yeah that's a big call saying they are "deer dogs". Most deer dogs are trained to stay within 10-20m of their owners, and definitely not bolt after deer. I guess there are some that use dogs to chase deer down, so it's feasible. I was down there about two months ago and a guy from Helisika kindly drove me and the pup from the stone gate literally to the fence line. He said there were two pig dogs that had made their way down from Taupo and to shoot them if I saw them. A bit uncomfortable with this - but strange that neither would have a collar on? My two other mates that use their dogs deer hunting use collars, mine's got a garmin e-collar on. He did mention a black and white dog.

A few mates were in the Kaipo a week ago and found four dead deer with no obvious wound marks, and found one other a trip a few weeks prior. They met some other hunters that had found 8. Not good. Not good.

There are plenty of deer dogs that aren't used as indicators. Seen a few people online that go to the Boyd with greyhound crosses and dog plenty of sika.
Hadn't thought of pig dogs from lake taupo forest but that would make sense. Let's hope they aren't capable of breeding