Thread: when is cattle feral?

Depends.

Its not about taking sides, I'd just hate to see a hunter (Forum member) get prosecuted by following some bad advise gleaned from the internet.

Cattle and sheep are not considered wild animals and come under different laws to deer/pigs/goats/tahr/chamois etc. The law dates back to when fences were not so great and it gives the owners a chance to retrieve their livestock from the neighbours place (at a cost) if they cross a boundary.


kj

If you go onto the doc website hunting section. The Gisbourne Raukumara area, it says "Hunting opportunities within the area include deer, pigs, feral cattle and goats." So there is no issues about shooting cows there.

DOC must be claiming the rightful ownership of those cattle, so then with permission of the ''owner'' you can shoot as many as you want to no problems. Most likely the cattle were on a land acquisition - Its the exception rather than the rule and would only apply to certain areas

kj.

Can't say I have ever seen an obviously wild cattle.
But i have seen wild sheep.
In fact the cocky whos property i was gaining access to doc mismanaged land threw said there is some wild sheep hanging out in x spot, if you can get a few i wouldn't mind one. No bloody problem:thumbup:

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What about when they are on your own property ?



Helped the farmer put these back in his paddock the other morning, Thankfully they didn't run out onto the main road !