Thread: Ministry for Hunting and Fishing confirmed

National's Todd McLay will be the minister along with Agriculture and Forestry.

he need to tell DOC twig& tweet and F&G to pull their heads in -a new broom sweeps clean.

Originally Posted by kotuku

he need to tell DOC twig& tweet and F&G to pull their heads in -a new broom sweeps clean.

Yes to DOC and F&B. I don't see F&G as the enemy, somewhat impotent on occasions (there's some real funny stuff going on up here with them), but I've always thought their heart is in the right place. Naive?

[QUOTE=kotuku;1520672]he need to tell DOC twig& tweet and F&G to pull their heads in -a new broom sweeps clean.

yes but look at who we get as Conservation minister - that to me as a hunter is a real worry

let us hope so!

It's a govt. They'll find a way to screw us over or tax us. Probably both.


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Originally Posted by Rn-85

It's a govt. They'll find a way to screw us over or tax us. Probably both.


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This one (Gov) likely less. They have appointed the Minister, now it's up to us to mine it. If we take a negative approach we certainly will get more of what we don't deserve.

Originally Posted by Tahr

This one (Gov) likely less. They have appointed the Minister, now it's up to us to mine it. If we take a negative approach we certainly will get more of what we don't deserve.

100% agreed

Originally Posted by Tahr

This one (Gov) likely less. They have appointed the Minister, now it's up to us to mine it. If we take a negative approach we certainly will get more of what we don't deserve.

110% we must make as much as we can from this.

How is he going to manage the conflict when on one hand hunters want game to shoot and on the other forestry and agriculture are in his ear about the amount of feral animals around?

Originally Posted by Ned

How is he going to manage the conflict when on one hand hunters want game to shoot and on the other forestry and agriculture are in his ear about the amount of feral animals around?

Perhaps by encouraging forestry and agriculture to welcome recreational hunting and improve access???

Originally Posted by Shearer

Perhaps by encouraging forestry and agriculture to welcome recreational hunting and improve access???

yes a soultion that benefits all -controls pest levels ,doesnt cost farmers an arm and a leg ,less work for politicians .Not more whining academics .overall an application of good old fashioned commonsense .mind you we as hunters must also step up to the mark "use it dont abuse it "tell people what you want and how youllgo about it .lack of simple communication is one of the biggest pitfalls.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Perhaps by encouraging forestry and agriculture to welcome recreational hunting and improve access???

It's worth considering what might happen if that isn't enough

Originally Posted by gimp

It's worth considering what might happen if that isn't enough

Yes. Recreational hunters don't have a snowball's chance of controlling numbers now. The Game Council will have a role to play in an integrated approach. NZDA too.

- A management approach using recreational hunters in targeted areas (the RHA's are an example of this not working up to now).

- A management approach using pro cullers and aerial selective culling in targeted areas

- A straight ground and aerial gunship culling approach in targeted areas.

- It might even mean subsidising private land owners adjacent to the DOC estate and other high population areas to get them to participate in aerial/pro culling.

Originally Posted by Tahr

- It might even mean subsidising private land owners adjacent to the DOC estate and other high population areas to get them to participate in aerial/pro culling.

but if they dont allow access they get zip.......