Thread: Commercial Shooting Rates

Originally Posted by Nick-D

Yep. A bunch of people either don't know this or dont like the idea of letting a hunter on to shoot their land. Remembering that the majority of people in this country are 2nd gen urbanised now.

The demand is there for him so he might as well take up the work. Good excuse to get the company to pay for his gun license too. He's pretty keen on the old hunting malarkey after a couple of good trips

Well to me the only difference between a hunter and a pest controller is the fact that you pay the last guy and he usually gets more.

Originally Posted by timattalon

The biggest issue with that solution is persistence. The recreational and casual hunter will take the easy ones but usually gives up well short of challenge levels.....When it gets difficult to get the last few that is when it show s up as when they re-establish, they are generally smarter and harder to get (Gunshy/ baitshy) I recently had a mate approached by someone who wanted to knock over some of his pesky piggys. To which he replied " Yes IF you get ALL of them." Dont just take the first easy ones then give up on the rest. He has seen what "educated" pigs will do and how hard they are to remove. He used to be a commercial / professional culler and knows how hard it can be to get levels down to non sustainable population levels. And it aint easy.

True. Depends on the end goal. Most situations it's only realistically controlling and not eradication