Thread: Anyone Else Hunted with Outdoor HQ (formerly Hunting HQ)?

Interesting to hear such bad press on this because the concept is sound. Put hunters who want an access to hunting areas in contact with people who own those areas and are willing to come to an amicable arrangement. Paying for your hunting is nothing new, you do the every time you hope on a chopper. Its a shame that this concept cannot get past the teething stages, I think it has merit.

Originally Posted by zeropak

Interesting to hear such bad press on this because the concept is sound. Put hunters who want an access to hunting areas in contact with people who own those areas and are willing to come to an amicable arrangement. Paying for your hunting is nothing new, you do the every time you hope on a chopper. Its a shame that this concept cannot get past the teething stages, I think it has merit.

The concept isn’t sound

There’s no guides to ensure the “hunters” treat the animals in a manner fitting a hunting asset

The animals are shot at in every conceivable situation, ending in wounded/lost/ terrified animals

Numbers dwindle due to unregulated attempts and the situation declines to one’s described above

It’s bad enough when there’s guides keeping an eye on everything let alone when random people are set free on new properties

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

The concept isn’t sound

There’s no guides to ensure the “hunters” treat the animals in a manner fitting a hunting asset

The animals are shot at in every conceivable situation, ending in wounded/lost/ terrified animals

Numbers dwindle due to unregulated attempts and the situation declines to one’s described above

It’s bad enough when there’s guides keeping an eye on everything let alone when random people are set free on new properties

From an animal welfare perspective, how is this different to public land hunting? From an economic perspective, it's up to the land owner.

Originally Posted by MB

From an animal welfare perspective, how is this different to public land hunting? From an economic perspective, it's up to the land owner.

Yes agreed, Everything you have said is not unique to Private land, it applies to Public land also.

Originally Posted by zeropak

Yes agreed, Everything you have said is not unique to Private land, it applies to Public land also.

Yes I agree
A reasonable number of animals in any area will always command a lot of pressure. Doesn't matter if its private land or public. What does matter is paying for something described in the advertising, and then finding out that reality is quite the opposite.
On top of that, some hunters aren't actually hunters, they're just shooters with very few hunting skills, so they're gonna whinge about the lack of animals. Secondly, animals are affected by seasons so a pic of several deer munching on fresh spring growth might be quite different to the situation in the middle of winter.