Thread: Bloody DoC (Maybe)

If there is carcases left on or near a public walking track or hut, it only needs the next vegan fitness freak weekend warrior to tramp past and stir up a load of media about dead animals etc....

I wouldn't just assume it was DoC. Most likely a Muppet who has decided to leave them on the side of the track. As said above DoC or contract shooters will be required to remove any carcasses away from tracks. I would be proactive and report it to your local office. If it was in fact their own shooters then they will be talked to.
As to @Bush Basher people are all different. If someone doesn't take all or any meat it doesn't mean that hunter has shown less respect to that animal than someone who has taken all the meat.

no bite I am not going to dignify that with an argument some learn hunting the hard way

Originally Posted by 16Tontovarish

well I don't know who'd been through but over the course of about 2 hours walk in I counted 7 goats and 2 deer shot and left by the side of the track.

So the shooter had walked for 2 hours and killed 9 animals, that's one every 13 minutes! Sounds like high numbers in that area.

I've taken some time off work over the last month and done a heap of day trips in Golden Bay and Westhaven Inlet. Seen an abundance of deer,pig,goat sign, from the tidal flats to the high ridges.
So much country, so few hunters. Easy deer on the farm boundaries for recreational hunters. No funding for DoC hunters unless the area has unique conservation values.

I seldom take meat from animals shot on control work. I don't think the animal cares either way.

and thats the problem -many hunters in the roar dont realise that excessive roaring will simply shut stags up -especially mid day - to just walk around roaring constantly just shuts up more deer that it will start - a few early morning or evening if nothing going fine - but fine even hot mid day as it has been no

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

and thats the problem -many hunters in the roar dont realise that excessive roaring will simply shut stags up -especially mid day - to just walk around roaring constantly just shuts up more deer that it will start - a few early morning or evening if nothing going fine - but fine even hot mid day as it has been no

Totally agree, the odd young lone one might give a reply but 90% of the time you are right.But everything is worth a try when learning on the hill.

And I've had plenty of stags start up to a roar during the day. So if there's no action and I would like some, I'm going to roar during the day.
If the guy in the next gully (who I quite likely won't even realise is there) doesn't like my hunting style, then bad luck.