I know it's a pretty dumb question but has the idea of another liberation ever been seriously considered? surely it could be done better. Or would that not be even conceived these days?
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I know it's a pretty dumb question but has the idea of another liberation ever been seriously considered? surely it could be done better. Or would that not be even conceived these days?
DOC would be a burden.....all deer on DOC land are considered 'pests' for eradication....1080 usually......
other problem is, when the big OK for hunting them was announced, every fukin man and his gran (me included) would be out there slaying the poor big dumb bastards.......back to square one in no time!!!!!!!!
Cause they eat trees
Plenty of trees to go around surely? I mean it's not like they're elephants that destroy vast swathes of countryside?
Going by their logic vegans are pest too
I would think it wouldn't be that hard to get an import licence from MAF to bring a few in, but you would need to jump through some serious hoops to having them running round the farm.
you have to wait till after the cyclone for that . . .
There is a red on a neighbouring property that is throwing a set of antlers like a moose this year. I must snap a picture and post it up on here.
want to see or shoot a moose, hire a boat and get into the deep south,they are about and it is only time and Ken will be :thumbsup:
There seem to be buffalo in NZ because the cheese and yoghurt I get at the farmer's market is made from buffalo milk and made in NZ? I'm not sure what type of "buffalo" they are but would safely bet that they aren't Cape Buffalo.
Mmmm, cheese.
I just had a vision of trying to pull on the tits of a Cape buffalo. That would be a life changing experience. Very Short :ORLY:
Is anyone familiar with th guy in the Scottish highlands who owns a very large piece of real estate who is wanting to [ re wild ] it with animals that lived there thousands of years ago.Moose Wolves Bear etc.
Here you go Jord. Saw it this morning but only had my iPhone. Attachment 17446Attachment 17447Attachment 17448
I tend to agree Jack but unfortunately that is where farming and breeding has taken the industry.
That's freekish Rushy.
Yep saw Moose in the glen.
Holly shit Rushy! I think you'd be doing it a favour by putting it out of its misery. It must wake up every morning complaining of neck pain from holding that head up all day long.
kj
Ricochet from a gong on Sunday....
I'll bring the marmite.
I hate to see young trees browsed upon by deer. I love hunting, I love the native bush too.
regarding those water buffalo-darcy craze at barrytown on the westcoast had a mob on his farm,supplying cheese &meat to his restraunt..ive got a mate who was a good mate of his.says the steak off those buggers is superb.regarding those moose-Dundees hacienda would be ideal as a liberation point-,moose being adept in water could share his duckshooting ponds with those bloody eels outside duckshooting season of course.
young sean dundee knows a bit about rabbits ,goats etc so he'd school up pretty easy on moose.
Whats that;"no sean ,you cant take a moose to school for pet day . ......bugger me first bloody mallard i ever shot that had bloody great danglers&horns,......how the hell can I modify one of these to tow the bloody decoys round the pond"
of course every scheme has a hitch and I know youre waiting
WTF will watties taste like on moose???;)
More photos of the ugly bugger Jord. Taken this morning
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Rushy, do heads like his fetch good velvet prices or are they downgraded in anyway?
Everyone is looking in fiordland but really the main herd is in the Whitcombe, keep it quiet though.
I actually do not know EeeBees as I have never harvested the velvet from my stags. This is a near neighbours stag and he does harvest so it is interesting at he has not done so with this. I was up the back of his property this afternoon and he has another up there that I reckon is even bigger.
I sometimes ponder the reality that moose once used to roam freely up and down family farmland on the Hokitika river, especially when having a lull in the action on the duck ponds. A cow moose is said to have lived in the area quite happily raiding gardens and such till the mid 30's
One old story I was told by an old culler/hunter of the area was that a moose was killed up the Hoki somewhere by a tramper, who stabbed it with a poker through a hut wall as it was itching itself on the hut. They didn't know what it was, and shat themselves. Not sure how accurate it was, but was told to me by someone who was trophy hunting the area at the time.
A bloke, Pfahlert told me. Most likely a relly of yours TB? He is long gone now. His heads must still be around somewhere. He had shitloads of them.
Once had a drink with Percy Lyes talking the old days as well. I served with one of his grandsons in the army. The other is or was a local cop.
$100/kg