Thread: Thermal Optics under scrutiny?

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

If you believe it hasn't been used to target deer you need to look a bit harder. It has been. This is just another "balancing act" in the constant juggle of animal numbers,human wants for sport,recreation and food Vs what's deemed best for the land and vegetation. Tahr is onto it. If it's legal it's legal,entirely up to you if you use it or not.

That misses the point. Its not legal to target deer or other large mammals with it. You can beleive its been used in that way, sure. But if you beleive our game animals are pests, do you want to see the illegality removed so they can be directly targeted with, say, Higher dose and more attractive to deer, baits?

Originally Posted by whanahuia

That misses the point. Its not legal to target deer or other large mammals with it. You can beleive its been used in that way, sure. But if you beleive our game animals are pests, do you want to see the illegality removed so they can be directly targeted with, say, Higher dose and more attractive to deer, baits?

Greenstone valley in????60s,70s got done. Stewart island was done,hand applied to broadleaf in 90s. I hate the stuff,it's indiscriminate and fucking terrible way to die,dogs extremely vulnerable to it... So to stop the need for poison we SHOULD be able to use safe legal means of control.