Thread: Stuff that I've learned about deer control

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

In line with flyblowns original post, the result of a mornings shoot on a wanganui farm, by the end of the weekend we had recovered 13 of 22 deer shot, also 3 pigs( recovered) and 4 goats plus a few possums( left).
Yes the deer are small, a mix of yearlings and fawns, 50/50 male and female but they need to go as the trees planted last year have been taking a thrashing.
The place has regularly been shot by others but there are still significant numbers around that need reducing.
The mindset needed to shoot the "young unns" certainly is different.

The young unns are the tender tasty ones.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

The young unns are the tender tasty ones.

And easier to carry out

handbag deer LOL

Good read mate.

@Rees

Good for the farmer and yr freezers,makes sence.

Good on ya!
At least its possible to shoot browsing animals that threaten your new forest. We have had a bunch of hares getting stuck into some recent plantings. Trying to tart up a Pine bush edge with some Eucs and Blackwoods. The hares took offence and nipped them all off.
Have now piled most of them up, but there's still the odd sneaky one about doing the deed, so spotlight it will have to be.

Last week's hurricane force winds have decimated our newly planted trees. About 10% of 15 thousand trees have a 30degree lean on now
I have tried shooting at the wind...but it just laughed at me and blew harder

Originally Posted by XR500

Good on ya!
At least its possible to shoot browsing animals that threaten your new forest. We have had a bunch of hares getting stuck into some recent plantings. Trying to tart up a Pine bush edge with some Eucs and Blackwoods. The hares took offence and nipped them all off.
Have now piled most of them up, but there's still the odd sneaky one about doing the deed, so spotlight it will have to be.

Last week's hurricane force winds have decimated our newly planted trees. About 10% of 15 thousand trees have a 30degree lean on now
I have tried shooting at the wind...but it just laughed at me and blew harder

No worries mate, only 1500 trees to ram up straight! Shouldn't take more than week or two... actually it will not take long, I've done my fair share of tree straightening in my time. Sounds to me like you need a P endorsement for those hares.

Well! Just been out filling trenches by hand and had a Kaka fly over me! And go straight into our Gum block. Nasty introduced tree species! Ha!!
They seem to come here mid Winter when the Pureoras has run out of native tucker.

And if you want to see the benefits of planting introduced species to foster native species, I'll go and take a pic of our Larch block. The natives were completely chewed out by a past grazier prior to us moving on 16 years ago. Natives are now 30 foot tall and blossoming