Thread: Buller /Tasman biggest 1080 drop in history this spring

Not everyone who dislikes 1080 is a hunter or is even bothered about the loss of a few deer/pigs/cham/thar other than the extremely inhumane way they die.

It is incredibly ignorant to assume any hunter is anti 1080 because it may kill some of his or her targets.
As a hunter I enjoy the outdoors, the birds if there is any, the peace and quiet, the views. Really shooting something is secondary to that and many other things, I dont have too much trouble finding a deer despite 1080 and when I do I rarely actually shoot one preferring to help someone else shoot or just watch nature doing its thing.

No I dislike 1080 because clearly it is not working in some areas it does more harm to the native species it is so post to protect than doing nothing.

Yes our water quality is a real concern when you cannot eat fish from the rivers due to pollution and 1080 is included in that pollution.

1080 has its place.... but none of those places are alpine areas unless hand laid into baitstations, none of those places are peoples water supplys, none of those places are easily accessible trappable blocks.