Thread: Time to re-introduce a paying for deer/goat tail scheme?

Been following this thread with mild interest. Since April 2014 to present day I have been shooting mainly goats over an area of approx. 520 ha of DOC estate, all but a ha or so bush, and over this period have shot over 3000 goats, numerous pigs, a few dear and more than a few cats. I started doing this when said goats were making a nuisance of themselves at a DOC motorcamp. As time progressed, the area I cover slowly increased to present size.Originaly I could shoot up to 50 animals over maybe 4 hours. These days it's sometimes just an armed day walk, maybe 8-12 km loop, in the bush. As @Barry the hunter and others have noted, it's easy to get good numbers when there is a big population of animals, but when numbers get down thats when the serious work begins. And it is hard (impossible?) to get them all, especially when there is infiltration from border areas. So, even with a bounty, I'm sceptical there would be enough dedicated hunters out there to get the job done. But, as MD has said, 'a dead goat is a good goat'. Just my 2c.