Thread: NZFS ammunition article by Lynn Harris

Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

@Barry the hunter I've heard it said that the NZFS culling was actually not keeping the deer population down adequately, and it was the helicopter guys who saved our forests (yes this is from a conservation person, not a hunter). Do you have any comments about this? I was speaking to a HBRC Councillor last week who mentioned seeing hundreds (literally) of red deer around Tutira post-cyclone, the numbers are getting huge in some areas.

One of our local farms that got the carbon farm treatment Ben had a chopper come in and shoot just over 900 reds!


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