Thread: the OFF TOPIC to Stags shot 21 (discussion of wild animal management)

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Sorry for double post above. The delete button never works and removing all content from the double post doesn't work.
But back on topic, Waro can make a justifiable argument that each deer they take has a nett export income value of five hundred dollars for the country, whereas each animal taken by recreational hunters results in no nett gain apart from the offset of meat not bought at the supermarket by hunters being available for export.
What the above means to me is that recreational hunting needs to result in a better outcome for the country than Waro and that the Waro income is a baseline for setting a trophy fee for overseas hunters.
Those readers opposed to any fee might consider that the stags they want to shoot are already being sold to overseas buyers anyway - via Waro

yeah fair points there too mate,
here , illegal thermal an spotlight shooters are also taking more than a fair share of trophy deer in our 'back country' as alot of it has 4x4 tracks through it, over time it does take its toll.

the heli culls here were just shot an left.... so no gain just major expense from the govt, which if you read any number of books on NZs history its very clear that without a buyer its Stupid to heli cull deer... period.
an recreational shooters, or actual legit, harvesters for a meat trade, if conservationally were only allowed to target an weigh in Female deer, a boom an bust industry (no different to any of the other attempts) would do a huge impact on deer numbers particularly private land/fringeing forest land.... back country, well same as NZ AU needs someone to be studying more the effect or lack of it these deer have and what it is they impact etc, not just try and eradicate them all in 12 months worth of heli culling fire regrowth herds..

like its all backwards, but perhaps someone who reads these sorts of things is in a higher place to throw another idea into the mix toward that Sweeter happy medium outcome.