Thread: Shooting to waste

Originally Posted by outdoorlad

I heard the other day a Canterbury station put a chopper thru on S&D, 500 pigs and 268 deer, another station had 700 deer shot off it, all left to rot. Unfortunately recreational hunters aren’t going to smack that many even if they were allowed on.

but thats the thing...IF they are let on,numbers dont get that big to begin with or build up that quickly again.....

said it before,the reason deer numbers got so big early on was they were in isolation,the back of big stations was a two day horse ride and wouldnt see person for months...now its hour on motorbike/quad/4wd and 5 mins in chopper...so they arent all hidden and breeding up overniight,the numbers have been slowly building up,if recreational hunters were given fair whack....those 20 deer breed 20 more so its not a huge number needed to be shot... those 700 deer make another 700 =1400 deer a LOT to be shot...its all about balance.....
let enough people in and instruct to shoot X amount and keep coming back or else access will not be granted Vs pay for chopper.....
I saw 17 deer and 12 pigs on station 2 years ago..shot one of each as allowed,havent been back yet as its a hassle to get access.