Thread: Skunked AGAIN

Originally Posted by SanDiegoHntr

WHAT?!? So I'm guessing that not a high percentage of the population hunts? We literally have (in some zones) thousands of ppl applying for tags where only less than a hundred are given. I'm sure that since we have a lower animal density that's part of the equation, but you don't have any restrictions for public? Even in the eastern states where there's many many whitetail, they have limited seasons and tags.

No season
Ballot system on Wapiti which is same as Elk (I thinlk)
Mostly public land
No tags
There is a duck season and some gamebird seasons

Public land is a huge percentage of the total country area compared to US
Wild sheep, goats, red deer, sika, pigs, go for it

Plenty of hard country that will need to be treated with respect

No bears, no poisonous animals to speak of (a spider that lives on beaches and has killed 1 person ever IIRC)

Fuck all people

The bush here would be best described to a Statesider as a coldwater jungle but it varies a hell of a lot, open toips and mountain goats (tahr and chamois) down south with ice down to tussock ciuntry and bush below that
Wallabies too (small kangaroos)
North Island less open generally, more bush stalking
Have a nosey around the DOC (Govt department which administers public land) site it will give you an idea of scenery and animals each region if you're interested
Go online, get your hunting license to go on public land and you can run a suppressor without asking the govt first

https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets...s-brochure.pdf