Thread: A question for NZDA members

I'm a pretty new hunter and joined the NZDA taupo branch about 3 years ago. Primarily to do the hunts course and to join up and meet some like minded people and learn from others. I don't come from a family of hunters so I need all the help I can get. I would love to be able to commit more time to the NZDA and hunting but I have two young boys and a busy job, unfortunately life is busy for everyone and the demands on time are huge. Once the kids get older I fully intend to get out more and introduce them to hunting and try to bring them along the journey with me.

I know the local branch here are struggling to get engagement to meetings and ideas to grow participation. They are doing a great job of organising fly in hunts in conjunction with DOC. I've been lucky enough to partake on a couple of these trips and loved them. I'm happy enough with the magazine, yes its not as well polished as NZhunter which I also love. but I don't really understand or take much note of the politics at the moment so cant comment on those. I do enjoy the articles on historical cartridges or firearms.

I agree with Stewart H and if you're not happy with something, stand up and make a change. I'm currently a reasonably silent subscriber to the NZDA but can see myself getting more involved in the future.

Cheers
Dan