Thread: Commercial vs Recreational Hunting in NZ

Geez and here I was thinking we would both agree on what I wrote @R93.... Just remember what I write is not based on fact, its mostly emotion. And it is only my opinion and if you ask my wife she will confirm that I am usually always wrong.

This thread was just called commercial vs recreational hunting. I have taken the title of Commercial hunting to mean guides taking paying clients out onto DOC land to shoot deer. I have not mentioned or commented on WARO. That is a topic for another thread......

Originally Posted by R93

Hunting guides are using public land for commercial gain.
A huge % of tourism ventures are using public land. What is the difference? I believe the main difference is that deer are a resource and can theoretically be removed 100%. i.e the last one in a herd could be shot. A tourist operator say paying a concession to use a river for a rafting business is not removing the resource he is using, unlike shooting a deer. And it is there for the next person. So that is what I believe the difference is. And for the purpose of this thread what is your stand on commercial hunting? Like in the case of the mainland whitetail herd?

I also have to ask if waro is ceased completely how do we manage the animals?
Search and destroy?
Poison?
Government funded hunting?

Please dont say recreational hunting.

Waro can possibly be done sustainably to appease all parties but somewhere along the line someone is going to miss out.

I am all for a change concerning waro but the first thing is to get the animals classed differently to what they are now. 100% Agree

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