Thread: Tells its own story

Seems to be more people hunting public land now than I can certainly remember compared to when I was starting out hunting. Spots in the Ruahines would often only have 2 to 5 vehicles in the carpark on any given day in the roar. Now sometimes they are so full it is almost ridiculous. 16 vehicles worth of hunters up one small catchment.
Outside of the popular hunting times of the year many spots in the Kawekas and Ruahines it was rare to bump into a person. Now often midweek you can bump into people.
In general the deer numbers are the highest they have been possibly for decades, and I reckon hunter numbers are up there too.