For all the farmers complaining about deer, goats and other pests

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Maybe this is a bit cheeky but I think about anyone on this forum will offer this service haha.

So basically private land hunting as you keep meat and fur.

And then you charge the farmers. . .:wtfsmilie:

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Originally Posted by Allizdog

So basically private land hunting as you keep meat and fur.

And then you charge the farmers. . .:wtfsmilie:

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Its says at no cost

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Originally Posted by Allizdog

So basically private land hunting as you keep meat and fur.

And then you charge the farmers. . .:wtfsmilie:

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I haven't had time to touch a gun in 4 months apart from euthanising stock. It will be a worthwhile service for some farmers.

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Originally Posted by Phil_H

Hell, I already provide that service to three farms here in my area plus I also provide a beast of their choice whenever they want one and as it becomes available. Of the last five animals....deer and pigs.....we have only kept two....our freezers are full :thumbsup:

Cheers
Phil

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Phil if you ever move to HB let me know:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by thatguy

Maybe this is a bit cheeky but I think about anyone on this forum will offer this service haha.

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That is true, difference for us is that we have references available which may or may not aid in comforting a landowner that we aren't a bunch of fckwits, and we do search and destroy (or recover) not leave a few for next time.

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Originally Posted by Allizdog

So basically private land hunting as you keep meat and fur.

And then you charge the farmers. . .:wtfsmilie:

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We don't charge anything.

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Originally Posted by Kopua Cowboy

I haven't had time to touch a gun in 4 months apart from euthanising stock. It will be a worthwhile service for some farmers.

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Thats my thinking, most people whether you are door knocking or posting online (we do both) will not want or need you to shoot animals on their land, but you only need 2 or 3 places to want you to come on to get very busy very quickly for a period of time.

Well if you need a hand in future @Phil_H I would be most happy to come down for a drive and help out .;)
Rather 4hrs driving to a spot with animals than a 4 hr walk into DOC with no success .... which is situation pretty normal for us (unless goats count)

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Originally Posted by Phil_H

I do appreciate the “get very busy very quickly”. We have nothing like the problem you face up north in warmer climes, but even here with a burst of spring feed on the farms, milling of some forestry displacing pigs to a new locale we have suddenly had three possibly five new sounders move into an area of only a couple hundred acres. Then with newborn lambs being eaten farmers suddenly think they are facing
“The Four Horsemen and the Apocalypse” and want immediate action. Thank the lord I am giving up work soon and can put more time into it....:)

Cheers
Phil

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Congrats on giving up work, which I can recommend, but you will need more freezers.
Regards Grandpamac.

Good on you @NewbieZAR for setting yourself up anyways. If you ever need to expand your team, happy to come for an interview 😋

Hunting HQ from Christchurch is actively looking for farms at the moment ourselves and all the neighbors have been rung this week.

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Originally Posted by Ftx325

Rather 4hrs driving to a spot with animals than a 4 hr walk into DOC with no success .... which is situation pretty normal for us (unless goats count)

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It would probably be best not to mention that if applying for a pest eradication position 🙂🙂😜

It does to be fair say 'no cost to you' implying no charge to farmers. But I agree everyone here would happily offer this service and probably even split the meat lol

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Originally Posted by Ormyr

It does to be fair say 'no cost to you' implying no charge to farmers. But I agree everyone here would happily offer this service and probably even split the meat lol

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Propably, and if you get yourself onto a block then good on you.

Benefit in using us is we come with references from other farmers that can vouch for us, it builds trust to the point where we have had some farmers let us on their block without even meeting us. just all over email & Phone, we have formal processes around H&S and documentation covering what we can and cannot do to make sure its all above board and safe.

I too am a newbie and from ZAR. Can I get in on this too? DOC got rid of the goats on the land belonging to the only farmer I've made friends with:(

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Originally Posted by DCN808T

I too am a newbie and from ZAR. Can I get in on this too? DOC got rid of the goats on the land belonging to the only farmer I've made friends with:(

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ZAR = South African Rand..?

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Originally Posted by outlander

ZAR = South African Rand..?

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South African Republic (Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek)

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Originally Posted by outlander

ZAR = South African Rand..?

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Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. Kind of the Equivalent of saying your from Van Dieman's Land instead of Tasmania or Nieu (new) Zealand instead of Aotearoa. Well, i thought it was funny...

DCN808T

Unfortunately i cant help you there mate. Feel free to PM me if you need any advice on doc land hunting. Plenty animals down on your island

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Originally Posted by DCN808T

Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek. Kind of the Equivalent of saying your from Van Dieman's Land instead of Tasmania or Nieu (new) Zealand instead of Aotearoa. Well, i thought it was funny...

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im assuming from your username that you are from Transvaal :)

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Originally Posted by DCN808T

I too am a newbie and from ZAR. Can I get in on this too? DOC got rid of the goats on the land belonging to the only farmer I've made friends with:(

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@DCN808T there is good hunting on public land DOC controlled within 2 hours of CHCH....3 hours will see you shooting wallabies to your hearts content.
private land "harvesting" is great when you can get it,great to fill freezer..but public land hunting is the bees knees.

I think this is a great idea. Hope you can educate the cockies who won’t let anyone on yet they have so many deer on their places it’s insane.

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Originally Posted by 7mmwsm

Got your flyer in the mailbox a couple of days ago.
Good luck.

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Hmmm….not that it’s ‘my’ area but certainly localish to me…working on establishing networks/relationships around the area. Slow n steady wins the race….I hope..


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The deer issue needs to be regional, not per farm. Last week I found 13 flattened spots in one of my hay paddocks, then again the next morning. So not trusting my shooting abilty to take out 13 reds in a single shoot up I grabbed a local guy to give me a hand the following morning. We did the 1k walk to the site in the dark, all set up looking into the area at 5.30 dawn. But nothing there. And no sign they have been back since.

So the properties with very high numbers can be hunted easily but a lot of us farmers have transient populations and can spend many hours looking without seeing anything, then other times seeing heaps of deer (almost exclusively when the rifle is still in the safe). I've had lots of people (including forum memebrs) come look over this place but so far not a single one of them has shot a deer here. Blaming farmers as such is not really fair either. We can all tell stories of losing stock (or farm gear) to poachers, and once people know there are deer about I'm told this poaching problem just gets worse, not better.

I BELIEVE a survey was done many many many moons ago..by sitting at vantage point with good binoculars for X amount of time Y amount of local deer population will be located...the longer X is the greater Y becomes.
my experience nearly 2 years ago over Christmas break on mates wee farm confirmed this....in 3 years they had spotted deer half dozen times,never consistant or regular...after 2 weeks I had 14 deer named.....I had watched them for that long can pick out individual animals....and the fat spiker tasted GREAT.Attachment 182360 this is peeky and po.

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Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

The deer issue needs to be regional, not per farm. Last week I found 13 flattened spots in one of my hay paddocks, then again the next morning. So not trusting my shooting abilty to take out 13 reds in a single shoot up I grabbed a local guy to give me a hand the following morning. We did the 1k walk to the site in the dark, all set up looking into the area at 5.30 dawn. But nothing there. And no sign they have been back since.

So the properties with very high numbers can be hunted easily but a lot of us farmers have transient populations and can spend many hours looking without seeing anything, then other times seeing heaps of deer (almost exclusively when the rifle is still in the safe). I've had lots of people (including forum memebrs) come look over this place but so far not a single one of them has shot a deer here. Blaming farmers as such is not really fair either. We can all tell stories of losing stock (or farm gear) to poachers, and once people know there are deer about I'm told this poaching problem just gets worse, not better.

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I agree with this, people need to work together. One property we have shot over 500 goats, and there is still the odd mob that comes through problem is that neighbours dont want shooting, and one even tries to keep them as pets and we often see big mobs on the next door. Without everyone working together the numbers will never really reduce in a meaningful way.

This thread annoys me as I will pay to shoot deer! Being from another Island and having no contacts, unless you have connections here you are stuffed.
I'm a 60 year old, somewhat physically disabled, buggered shoulder. Whom doesn't collect off the government, as other half still working. Putting some meat in the freezer would be huge. Frustrating.

Numbers aren't high around here as we still have waro

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Originally Posted by Happy Jack

Numbers aren't high around here as we still have waro

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U mean u have hale haha

PM sent flock....

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Originally Posted by Padox

U mean u have hale haha

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Sure do just over the road, can't quite see his place fro here but that's only because trees block the view.

Yip thought as much

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Originally Posted by Ben Waimata

The deer issue needs to be regional, not per farm. Last week I found 13 flattened spots in one of my hay paddocks, then again the next morning. So not trusting my shooting abilty to take out 13 reds in a single shoot up I grabbed a local guy to give me a hand the following morning. We did the 1k walk to the site in the dark, all set up looking into the area at 5.30 dawn. But nothing there. And no sign they have been back since.

So the properties with very high numbers can be hunted easily but a lot of us farmers have transient populations and can spend many hours looking without seeing anything, then other times seeing heaps of deer (almost exclusively when the rifle is still in the safe). I've had lots of people (including forum memebrs) come look over this place but so far not a single one of them has shot a deer here. Blaming farmers as such is not really fair either. We can all tell stories of losing stock (or farm gear) to poachers, and once people know there are deer about I'm told this poaching problem just gets worse, not better.

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A drone could probably cut half the amount of time looking and put more hours into shooting.

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Originally Posted by Rusky

A drone could probably cut half the amount of time looking and put more hours into shooting.

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A drone with a thermal would be good. A drone with a mounted SLR maybe even better....

Thanks Phil Know what you are saying, not into building an empire, just a meat animal a year.
I'm easily satisfied, same goes for sex no wonder I get so excited.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by thatguy

Maybe this is a bit cheeky but I think about anyone on this forum will offer this service haha.

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100%

Happy Jack, how much WARO is happening out of Hanmer? I didn't think there had been any for quite a while.

I think there is a significant difference between quality pest control and causal hunting access. The former suggests you will put significant effort in when the farmer needs you rather than the odd Sunday arvo when family and work permit. I have had a standing request to rid an Otorahanga area farm of turkeys for the last 18 mths. And yes shoot all the rabbits and hares you want, bed and breakfast provided and by the way we also have a block with a goat problem. I've managed to get there twice from Auckland. Lockdown, family and life intervenes.

So I am pretty careful as to what I commit to. I have an offer to help deal with a deer problem "out the back of the farm " in Taumaranui area. 15 mths ago. Have not been able to get there yet. Next year I intend to change that. But I won't be offering a pest service. Just respect, safe practice and hopefully some meat in both freezers.