Don’t get me wrong, I don’t like anyone, freedom campers or not, shitting at road ends, dodging DOC campground fees etc. To some extent they’re low hanging fruit, and an easy target, but the...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:59 PM
Na that's already fubar nothing for him to do there.
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:58 PM
Lake Taupo trout fishery is managed by DOC. Rest of NZ is fish and game. Sent from my LM-G710 using Tapatalk
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:32 PM
So hey kiwi hunter you shoot all the females but can you leave any heads/horns with potential for some foreign to come shoot, hold on wasn't it foreigners that all so pushed up house prices and...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:30 PM
There is some irony there. I recall that DOC changed the survey technique they used in lake Taupo and all of a sudden thought there were less trout. Hence the bag limit reduces from 8 to 3. Then the...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:30 PM
It's difficult to overcome 90 years of distrust and poor relationships between hunters and the various agencies culminating in DOC that have been charged with managing wild animals. Hunter led groups...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:24 PM
I have no idea to be fair would be good to know I usually just base it on waiting till post the roar as I often see last year's crop wandering alone that time of year. It would be good to know.
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:17 PM
I'm really impressed with the ethics of the US elk (and moose) hunters. I know they're required to take out all the meat by law. But that seems to have turned into the ethic that it should be done;...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:09 PM
Yep I understand . And as I mentioned I generally only shoot hinds anyway as where I hunt doc there's a shit load of hunters (7 at the hut a few trips back not inc my lot) there's few stags around...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:09 PM
hey no problem with that . We all have our limits as to how much we can carry and I would not expect mere mortals as ourselves to carry out an entire stag . Obviously size and weight limits apply ,...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:02 PM
Definitely won't find an argument from me. It's happens in the states with non resident hunters. Montana for example make non residents pay 10x the amount to hunt the same things. They often also...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 12:00 PM
I for one , and have also drilled into the kids , shoot only what I can recover.... regardless of the target species , from goats to deer. In fact the only thing we shoot without abiding that rule is...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 11:58 AM
A comment some where about "look at the wapiti" and how that's been managed. The deer side of things is been managed well with culling of hinds and poor genetic stags. The people side of things is...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 11:52 AM
Good call RE the bush hunting, it can be argued too because some guys are calm as an seen plenty up close, others, it is a complete buzz, everythin goes out the windows when ya see those gold sticks...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 11:52 AM
Completely understand. Grew up in Rotorua and learnt to hunt up in the Kaimais and Paeroa range. I get it but in the roar its definitely alot easier to be selective even in the roar as we hunt...
Liked On: 15-04-2021, 11:51 AM