Thread: Upcoming Tararua 1080 Drop

Originally Posted by 308

They have the technical ability to add deer repellent to the 1080 bait but usually don't because it costs extra money. I believe that they need commercial ovens to bake it into the baits somehow but I got that bit secondhand so don't quote me on it.

I think that 1080 isn't going away anytime soon so if we as a group of hunters want to be effective perhaps we could try influencing DOC in the direction of adding deer repellent to their poison drops?

I believe that this is being done in the Haurangis? Others on this forum will know more

I wonder if the deer repellent works the same as the bird repellent they used down south the other week and killed 10 kea