Thread: Tahr cull doc betrayal

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so if we flip that one around ...it means we have been controlling 20-25% of the population each and every year?????? 1/5th -1/4 that a hell of a lot of animals even at 10,000 its 2,500 if you go to higher figure its closer to 8,000 so we ARE now shooting 80% of the allowed population per year???????

It won't be a constant percentage per year increase in population, just works out to about 5% average per year over the 25. There will be ecological variations - population increase will slow in areas with higher populations etc, and as the population increases the % increase per year will be higher when the absolute number harvested remains constant (e.g. 3000 shot per year)

or are we missing mark by only 5% of what we should be shooting and have done so for 25 years...I would suggest there is a hell of a lot more being shot now than 25 years ago so we are possibly now already shooting more than that 5% over and above average figure????
or am I missing something

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

or are we missing mark by only 5% of what we should be shooting and have done so for 25 years...I would suggest there is a hell of a lot more being shot now than 25 years ago so we are possibly now already shooting more than that 5% over and above average figure????
or am I missing something

Possibly that most who hunt them are hunting for a bull......but it is the nannys that increase population.