Thread: West Coast Thar Ballot.

6 ballots in and I drew nothing! !!!! Looks like the drive down to haast on the 17th of March for me

How everyone else get on?

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Don't worry @tui_man2 I'm sure @R93 will be happy to have you and us aussies along on his tahr block he drew

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Don't worry @tui_man2 I'm sure @R93 will be happy to have you and us aussies along on his tahr block he drew

I have not heard if I have a block yet.
Maybe I got one and all the missed ballot went first??,



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This is that age-old argument of commerce/tourism $ vs lifestyle for resident citizens. I support R93 wholeheartedly and want this BS to be addressed by the GAC.
We have areas in NZ which are not hunted intensely and animal numbers become concerning, so DoC's response us to aerial drop 1080 and claim it as possum control. Why not communicate with stakeholders and "sell" the culling opportunities to foreigners and commercial guides instead?
I will pre-empt responses... "Because the country is probably rough, steep and hard to hunt". So? Why should guided tourists get the easy (especially balloted) areas instead?
Kiwis first in kiwi land!

Brother got Perverse Creek 3rd Period so that's me sorted unless I get better news in the mail tomorrow...

You can draw Barlow 3Rd to haha

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Originally Posted by tui_man2

You can draw Barlow 3Rd to haha

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Don't even think I had it on my list? Way I figure it, I could only have Mahitahi, Poerua or Shelter Hollow. I had Perverse Creek as my 1st choice and Bubble Creek #2. Brother had Bubble Creek as his first choice & Perverse 2nd choice...

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Apart from one success I have only heard of rejection letters today.
Hoping the majority of successful ballots arrive in the mail tomorrow.


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Dave, while I hold with your opinion on the guided hunts in the ballot area, I do wonder how objecting to international hunters taking a punt in our ballot blocks is any different to the attitude of certain locals in Whirinaki ...

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...s-mates-12404/

Surely we're not that hypocritical?

Originally Posted by ishoot10s

Dave, while I hold with your opinion on the guided hunts in the ballot area, I do wonder how objecting to international hunters taking a punt in our ballot blocks is any different to the attitude of certain locals in Whirinaki ...

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...s-mates-12404/

Surely we're not that hypocritical?

FFS. I have nothing against anyone hunting anywhere.
I do have an issue with a ballot for an area I live and play being flooded with overseas applications and preventing Kiwi hunters a fair whack at hunting their back yard. It is literally flooded with Australian applicants.
I haven't painted any signs.
Maybe if a few more people had their favourite hunting areas balloted and missed out to overseas hunters all the time they would view it differently.

Try and hunt in Canada or the Us as a foreigner. They have it right.

We do it all wrong in NZ. We literally give away access and rights to our animals in NZ when we can't really afford to. Our guiding fraternity is allowed to undercut each other killing any value in the industry. We are simply to cheap compared to the rest of the world.
If the Aussies had a ballot system I bet ya a thousand they would not allow applications from overseas.
Especially from Kiwis.



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Originally Posted by R93

If the Aussies had a ballot system I bet ya a thousand they would not allow applications from overseas.
Especially from Kiwis.

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+1, look how many years it took to get our apples sold over there! It's not too much to ask that we get first crack at hunting "our" land.

4th year in a row I have personally missed out on the ballot. Got my letter this morning.
The system is fucked.
Still have a couple mates that have not heard yet. Still may get a second chance.



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Originally Posted by R93

4th year in a row I have personally missed out on the ballot.

All those aussies stealing your spot huh? hahaha

We have several ballots such as RIDGE roar and Hog Deer ballot, kiwis can and do apply.

Just stop fucking whining, you guys have some of the best hunting in the world 24/7 and if someone wants to come across from another country for a week to have a crack why not let them. Someone shouldnt not be allowed to hunt something because they live in another place.
A part of me wishes that only Victorian's could enter the hog deer ballot let alone other states or internationals but that would be hypocritical because I do believe anyone should be allowed to hunt any animal without having to pay huge dollars so I don't complain.

And whats the difference anyway, if I got a spot in the ballot this year you'd hate on me, but if the missus and I moved over end of the year and I got it next year that'd be fine?

I know a lot of cunts of Australian's I'd rather see get a hog deer ballot spot well after some of the kiwis I know. I don't care where someone is from I'd just rather see a good bloke get a crack over a fuck wit (which didnt happen this year. I know a bloke who got drawn on the hoggies and if he takes one it'll be the first legal deer he's ever shot - would much rather see a good kiwi in that spot)

Because foreign hunters fucking flood the ballot preventing kiwis like me a fair go. Fuck!! How many times do I have to say it?

It is also peak trophy season in those areas.
Where can I have a better than 50% chance of harvesting a trophy on public land in Australia?
Foreigners should have to pay more than 20 bucks to prevent me a chance at hunting where I fucking live.
Whining maybe. I don't really care what it sounds like to you because you don't factor in or in any way contribute to my ties, to my back country.
Again, I also don't give a flying fuck what I can and can't do where, I will never go.

Have a think about it. How would you like to miss out every year for 4-5 years to a kiwi or the like hunting your favourite spots?
Quite happy for that to happen are ya? Bullshit!!!



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