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Hey team,
Quick question, it's been on the bucket list for a while, and I thought I'd do some research.
Is there a healthy population of them on doc land? Even available? I hopeful for some on doc land. I don't want to pay to shoot one on private land.
Cheers Bevan
Call doc offices about them. They're not very common and no one is going to tell you shit as every man and his dog will thrash the place if publicly mentioned
I looked on the doc website a while ago not much info most seem to be on private land. Make it a bucket list trip and go to the Chatham Islands or Pitt island make a trip of it.
Hmm I may need to look into that, will just need to convince the wife. I'm in no rush to get one, just think about it every now and againQuote:
Originally Posted by Mr300WSM
There is a slightly crazy person that raises them on private land on the west coast. Apparently this person was dismayed to discover that these beloved pet sheep were ending up on people's walls instead of living our their days as pets...
My brother has some down South Otago way on his property. He's very careful to make sure they are not in the roadside paddocks in case some over enthusiastic 'hunters' come and grab a trophy or two in the middle of the night.
I could transport one from private land to next to DoC land if you want, we have Arapawa sheep on private land and we have a block backing onto DoC land...you chase it through the fence and shoot it
I had one at pit road..... he now at "the shearers quarters" cafe...getting fed sheep nuts by the tourists.... great hardy sheep,low maintainence with bonus they taste good. they are smaller bodied than most other breeds of sheep.
a lot of safari farms offer them as a bonus animal...couple of hundy $$$$ and you get something different to the norm.
Hunting then on the island is a no go at the moment
You shouldn't be able to get permission from DoC or any of the land holders
@tetawa there's a few in Waitomo isnt there??
Na, extinct like the Kaimai deerQuote:
Originally Posted by charliehorse
Arapawa Island sheep dont have splotches either, occasional with nose or tail tip.
Pitts are all black finer sheep
Chathams are heavier than both and white
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I bumped into these on the Island aways back...they were no go at the time.
arapawa sheep are MOSTLY brown/black.... cross them with white and you can get any combination of markings you can imagine... a lot of our ewesAttachment 167477 had face markings of light color almost like you see black stripes on baseball players...
Almost sounds to easy mate hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by DavidGunn
Bloody cool looking animals, might look even better on the wall and in the freezer
@ocean-hunter i done little work on the subject couple years ago, numbers on public land weren't high and location was top secrete.
It was about $4500 to go to Chatham Island if my memory serves me right.
There a few farms down south that they run free range but its finding that guy in the know.
Then you have your paid hunts and prices vary.
Shame really as Ive always wanted on for the wall myself.
As said you can't hunt Arapawa Island atm
Chathams cost 1k round trip on air chats
Easy to orgainise a hunt there and happy to give people names
Once there can stay at pub or hotel or private
Pitt can fly or boat
Wild sheep also hokinui, kaikouras and a few other places. Most mainland flocks are white as based on early Merino
Rare Breeds Association are trying to conduct a survey of each breed in its feral range
Anyone know much about the Waianakarua ones? I assume they’re merino in origin. Bloody delicious things.
I think those are classed as the Herbert flock or type.
if you go back in time the arapawas were saxton merinos...so were the chatham island ones..... the arapawas are unique because they had so long in isolation to fit into that enviroment....they LEARNT through survival of fittest/best suited to enviroment single lambs that dont get stuck on way out are good,lamb gets stuck ewe dies end of bad trait.
in good feed times multiple lams good
worms n lice dont worry some so they are healthier and breed more and pass on trait.
smaller body takes less feeding
clean legs n bum reduces fly strike and getting cast
wary of anything different,alert to danger and good at fleeing and hiding...awesome in wild,pain in the arse in paddock
DARWINISM at its most simple
There was a lot of debate going on aways back about the wild sheep around the Waianakarua areas..lots of different suggestions etc but nothingQuote:
Originally Posted by Boxton
positive. No doubt there has been something since.
Mainly white there were however brown and brown n white ones. They are really nice eating and there are/were some ok Trophies about.Attachment 167558Attachment 167559Attachment 167560
