All of this is a bit beyond me, I'm afraid. I love guns, and hunting. I shoot for meat, and to destroy pests, and I'm not really into trophies, but I do understand that others do enjoy the...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 02:04 PM
Haha I was waiting for this one to come up:ORLY: In terms of "paying" to hunt a block, Every so often I have to "spend" a couple of minutes of my time plus a peice of a4 paper and some printer ink...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 02:03 PM
I buy 'free range' eggs from the cobber down the road. They've got a wee paddock they cruise round in. Could probably leave if they wanted to, but the feed and shelter are too good. Im yet to come...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 02:01 PM
If he/she shoots the stag, do they have to pay for it?....or are they choppered into DOC land like loads of hunters are at present for the roar, im not going on about 'access', im going on about...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:59 PM
Dont really want to wade in on this but.... my two cents. I hunt public, private and public that borders private that i can also access, I work just as hard for most of the private stuff as I do for...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:56 PM
Hmmm.......I think you twisting my words a bit here...........'By your definition that means he's no longer free range'..............there is no guarantee that the 'good bugger' will 'bag him' next...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:55 PM
Yep. That is my opinion. I acknowledge that others feel differently and I am comfortable with that. For the record, if I am after venison, I will shoot deer anywhere I find them, that is legal for...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:52 PM
Speaking for myself only. For me to class an animal as a trophy it must have been able to be taken by anybody else. Not paid for and taken on private property where only a select few have access. ...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:52 PM
Hmmm, clearly we have completely different views on the matter and as Barnes Lady generously acknowledges, it is fine for that to be the case. It comes down to which definition you subscribe to...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:51 PM
Barnes Lady, Fiordland next April, consider this an official invite. :D The heads are crap, but man alive do you earn them, and everything is pretty well shot at bow range.
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:50 PM
In the US there is a sizable amount of public land that is fenced and used for grazing. There is public land interspersed with private land. There is no way of knowing whether your trophy jumped over...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:47 PM
There is nothing free range about that animal at all. It was taken in an area that has never produced a stag close to that quality until deer farming or game parks started showing up. Shoot one...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:46 PM
Barnes Lady, it is a sign of maturity that people can hold differing opinions and agree to disagree and then get on with it. In the instance of SCI's definition of free range I happen to disagree...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:44 PM
BH, your opinions are indeed strong, and frankly I very much appreciate your honesty. I completely agree with you that SCI is pretty much America's own scoring system, but again, I have always been...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:43 PM
The other thing is that the guide also offers estate hunts, so what, he's got this little mecca of free range 100's of miles from his farmed stuff and anyone elses? I'd think it'd be more likely he...
Liked On: 11-04-2014, 01:37 PM