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Someone tried to set up a game park type arrangement in Landsdowne Valley around the early 90’s. I believe this turned out to be a flop so the animals were released (or fence cut) into the scrubland/gorse in the valley. I was told back then that Fallow deer and pigs were released.
A guy I trained at work used to shoot Fallow on his girlfriends parents farm in the valley, and that would have been pre 97 as I left that job then. Pigs on the eastern faces of the Port Hills weren’t necessarily recent releases, and are more than likely descendants of those from Landsdowne Valley.
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Originally Posted by Sauer

Someone tried to set up a game park type arrangement in Landsdowne Valley around the early 90’s. I believe this turned out to be a flop so the animals were released (or fence cut) into the scrubland/gorse in the valley. I was told back then that Fallow deer and pigs were released.
A guy I trained at work used to shoot Fallow on his girlfriends parents farm in the valley, and that would have been pre 97 as I left that job then. Pigs on the eastern faces of the Port Hills weren’t necessarily recent releases, and are more than likely descendants of those from Landsdowne Valley.
Just another fairytale from Stuff.

Exactly this ^

I know a guy who shot a fallow deer on the summit road, must've been around 2003ish.

Was it PT?

Originally Posted by Sauer

Was it PT?

No it was a maniac tradie who slotted it from the truck window, with a solid slug from a shotgun.

Originally Posted by Sauer

Was it PT?

Ask Simon as he took him, was further around towards Akaroa from memory?

Originally Posted by Sauer

Someone tried to set up a game park type arrangement in Landsdowne Valley around the early 90’s. I believe this turned out to be a flop so the animals were released (or fence cut) into the scrubland/gorse in the valley. I was told back then that Fallow deer and pigs were released.
A guy I trained at work used to shoot Fallow on his girlfriends parents farm in the valley, and that would have been pre 97 as I left that job then. Pigs on the eastern faces of the Port Hills weren’t necessarily recent releases, and are more than likely descendants of those from Landsdowne Valley.
Just another fairytale from Stuff.

I was talking to a hunter over 18 moths ago who would get both deer and pigs up there. Some very easy to get to-some not all. I got the impression they had been there for a while.

The deer and pigs swam / washed down the Selwyn river in flood to lake Ellesmere along with Fallow deer, all from Selwyn plantation Board land up by 13 mile bush. Then they followed the Halswell river to the foot of the port hills. Nothing to do with hunters
The Peacocks were released by a woman who makes hats for NZ trotting Cup at Addington Raceway. Again nothing to do with hunters