Ministry for Hunting and Fishing confirmed

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

You must be joking !!

It can subside above our natural bushline so is one of the greatest threats to NZs alpine environment.

Obviously you don't enjoy hunting the tops [emoji23]

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I would not sweat it kukuwai just a windup no one wants wilding pines including Douglas in our hunting land no one is that silly surely

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Originally Posted by kukuwai

I wouldn't get your knickers in a knot about gorse to be fair...its actually a fantastic nurse crop for our NZ natives...

Just take a look at the Able Tasman. When I was lets say 5-10years old. Gorse ruled the coastline from marahau to anchorage. I'm almost 50 now and what a difference!!

The native seedlings have pushed their way thru the gorse having been protected by it for years. Gorse can't live without sunlight so it falls apart and dies. In the process it release's a tonne of nitrogen and the natives get a massive boost.

There are far worse weeds to worry about..

Pine trees.
Dougles fir.
Pampas grass.
Hakea.

To name a few [emoji41]

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Agreed - Gorse on the Remutakas was the same - everywhere when I was a kid but now more regen is coming through

Up here Auckland council has a full time hunter trying to keep the deer out of hunua ranges.
He’s fighting a losing battle.
He has legal access to any property around here he believes are on.
The landowners get a text message from him stating he’ll be on their property that night.
If Auckland council can do it then surely the rest of NZ can be covered by authorities for wild deer control.

I’ll laugh my arse off at all the farms that have set up businesses having hunters pay to shoot wild animals that come out of the bush when a 500 comes over the ridge and starts laying into the mobs. Far out there’ll be some crying.

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Originally Posted by Tahr

This one (Gov) likely less. They have appointed the Minister, now it's up to us to mine it. If we take a negative approach we certainly will get more of what we don't deserve.

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110% we must make as much as we can from this.

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Originally Posted by Maddoghunter

Up here Auckland council has a full time hunter trying to keep the deer out of hunua ranges.
He’s fighting a losing battle.
He has legal access to any property around here he believes are on.
The landowners get a text message from him stating he’ll be on their property that night.
If Auckland council can do it then surely the rest of NZ can be covered by authorities for wild deer control.

I’ll laugh my arse off at all the farms that have set up businesses having hunters pay to shoot wild animals that come out of the bush when a 500 comes over the ridge and starts laying into the mobs. Far out there’ll be some crying.

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I may well be wrong on this, someone else might be able to clarify. But for someone to gain such access they need for lack of a better term, a warrant from the minister for each property. From memory under the Wildlife act.

There is more then one culler around the Hunuas at the mo, yip getting a warrant gives you more legal access etc. doc will struggle with the social licence to get stuck into deer too much

It's also shade tolerant and gone grow up through a beech forest canopy and then block out the beech forest. It's a nasty beast in the wrong place. I think Forest Creek is a good example of a Douglas Fir plantation giving the neighbouring landowners a headache.