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Thread: Stewart Island deer pose threat to critically endangered southern dotterel

  1. 15-12-2019, 07:24 PM #1
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    Stewart Island deer pose threat to critically endangered southern dotterel

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-ti...aland-dotterel
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  3. 15-12-2019, 07:29 PM #2
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    I can hear the green rain from here.
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    load of horse shit.
    I would imagine that the poison they drop to get the deer would be more of an issue than the deer themselves
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    Quote Originally Posted by DavidGunn View Post
    I can hear the green rain from here.
    Will it nuke the Dotterels as well?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Headroom View Post
    Will it nuke the Dotterels as well?
    To stop dogs raiding chook nests we use mustard injected into them, curry would be a good deterrent for deer raiding nests...and adds nice flavour to offal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Max Headroom View Post
    Will it nuke the Dotterels as well?
    Of course it will but there are 170 of them and DoC will probably be happy killing 100 to prove a point.
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    Please tell me that the DOC man has one hand down the front of his trousers when he states " the deer eat Dotterel chicks"
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    Quote Originally Posted by tetawa View Post
    Please tell me that the DOC man has one hand down the front of his trousers when he states " the deer eat Dotterel chicks"
    He would definitely have been making hand motions as if feeding chooks when he said it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tetawa View Post
    Please tell me that the DOC man has one hand down the front of his trousers when he states " the deer eat Dotterel chicks"
    No, it is a strange but true fact that deer will eat chicks to get the nutrients they need for antler growth.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    No, it is a strange but true fact that deer will eat chicks to get the nutrients they need for antler growth.
    Gee, after 60 years of hunting it's the first time I've heard that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tetawa View Post
    Gee, after 60 years of hunting it's the first time I've heard that.
    I saw it on some documentary a few years ago.
    It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
    What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    No, it is a strange but true fact that deer will eat chicks to get the nutrients they need for antler growth.
    For fucks sake don't tell the Koreans, they will bypass the velvet and go for the dotterels
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    I have seen red deer eat ducklings and a hedgehog eat baby turkeys that had been mowed with an orchard mower
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    I would like to see the video or photos. Crock of shit.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rushy View Post
    No, it is a strange but true fact that deer will eat chicks to get the nutrients they need for antler growth.
    Instead of the green rain DoC could do a flyover and dump a load of day old chicks...yellow rain
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