Thread: Ruahine deer control

This is going to ruffle some feathers but, rec hunters need to be doing more shooting of hinds. Simple. Stop shooting cull stags for “the betterment of the herd”. The waro guys won’t get them all as, they need a 2k buffer from farm land if they can’t get a poison declaration off the cocky

Originally Posted by Fat ninja

This is going to ruffle some feathers but, rec hunters need to be doing more shooting of hinds. Simple. Stop shooting cull stags for “the betterment of the herd”. The waro guys won’t get them all as, they need a 2k buffer from farm land if they can’t get a poison declaration off the cocky

I wonder if sometimes, with the dramatic increase of Youtube hunting content, people feel compelled to appear as more 'ethical' hunters by being more selective.
This however starts to shift the focus away from the reality of recreational hunting being largely a pest-control activity (or at least, the majority of hunted species are considered pests).