Thread: Commercial vs Recreational Hunting in NZ

Originally Posted by stug

WARO should be used to manage deer numbers. To manage numbers you need to cull the breeding animals ie hinds. They are the ones that increase numbers. One stag can service a large number of hinds.
Shooting stags will reduce numbers in the short term, but not the long term.
We need to move to a better form of managed WARO, where areas are allocated to a single operator and they can shoot hinds only. They should not be areas easily accesibe by the weekend meat hunter.

Good suggestions but have you seen what happen to the Thar when only nannies are targeted?

Allocating areas to operators and hinds only policy would stop waro in a heartbeat as no one could afford to do it in today's market.

I am not rubbishing your ideas just stating what would happen if it happened today.


I think they should bring back RHAs in force and have them in known trophy areas.
Numbers get monitored and if they get too high, only approved operators are allowed to thin them out.

Have a mandatory punishment if anyone breaches the rules. Not fighting it in court no leniency.

Poach and your waro concession is gone. You would be banned from participating in anyone else's venture or part of their concession. You will never get another.





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