Thread: Decades of 1080….before and after

Originally Posted by Copelli

So from what you're saying the 1080 has been (very) effective against possums, but not against deer, goats and pigs. But isn't this what we hunters want? - i.e. poison drops NOT wiping out deer populations etc? So, has 1080 in fact been the the Bogey Man we all love to hate?

I'm confused.

I think a lot of people are pretty selective about the facts they acknowledge. Every knows about the native birds that do get killed and oh boy do the anti-1080 crowd love to talk about that. But they always forget to mention that any by-kill is more than made up by successful breeding after predator numbers have dropped.

My 2 cents.