In regard to possums only: rather than just keep numbers down, bureaucrats and bean counters can opt for aerial application that can approach and sometimes achieve statistical 100% kills. Post...
Liked On: 08-09-2022, 09:10 AM
Yup exactly same thing for me in the king country.. Seeing a wood pigeon was a rarity but now we see mobs of up to 25. Unfortunately for me it's a necessary evil. It's not the poison it's the...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 03:27 PM
spring Waikaremoana - was senior Ranger there for 8 yrs so know it well - spring will not happen there until about second week of November - at present will be frosts and damn cold lower valleys -...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 03:26 PM
after nearly 35 years in the industry I can clear up some of the ideas put foward here 1) a bounty - will never work why a) cannot be specifically targeted to where its needed - lets say you have...
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 09:43 PM
And here it is "back in the day" long before DOC cut down Alex's pine trees and fruit trees 204017
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 12:08 AM
Exactly https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/300535889/pest-control-efforts-in-te-urewera-have-changed--some-conservationists-worry-about-the-fate-of-native-species
Liked On: 05-09-2022, 05:48 PM
OSPRI are not far off (still a few years though) from having 'possum populations at the level where TB will not be able to be sustained in the remaining population. That will lead to NZ actually...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 07:54 PM
Rang a local farmer a couple of nights ago,see if i can get a early spring fallow deer.No problem he said,take a couple if you like.So heres the result,one only. 205110
Liked On: 01-09-2022, 03:34 PM
And this is why I signed up. Random shit like this that solves a problem. Have a pruning saw similar to that one in the shed for years, unable to find a replacement blade for it. Problem solved!!
Liked On: 29-08-2022, 04:52 PM
Lovely fine day for a change so decided fo give my knees a bit of work. Mrs and I drove in there. Counted 18 vehicles spread along the road. Spoke to one lot who told of a man who had scored a good...
Liked On: 29-08-2022, 03:31 PM
F180 is my one for what it's worth... https://silkystore.co.nz/products/f180-with-tabs
Liked On: 25-08-2022, 12:51 PM
80 grain Targex. 20 to 250 yards. All chest - shoulder shot. 5 shots for 4. One high shoulder shot needed a fixer but it wasn't going anywhere. Breaking them down today so it will be interesting...
Liked On: 25-08-2022, 12:22 PM
Good going Grandpa Mac. It difficult to loose weight when older, and easier to put it on. I find I loose fitness quicker if no activity than used to 20 years ago. so feels like have to lots more...
Liked On: 24-08-2022, 12:04 PM
This post bring back some awesome memories. In March 1989 my wife and I were in there hunting....got a nice stag up behind the hut. I carried the stag out to the car and she carried the pack,...
Liked On: 22-08-2022, 07:25 PM
All bush hunting those two blocks. Plenty of better blocks around if you are wanting to sit around all day and glass.
Liked On: 20-08-2022, 06:39 PM