Thread: the OFF TOPIC to Stags shot 21 (discussion of wild animal management)

Kill all goats to improve deer habitat.


Shoot hinds if there are more than minimal numbers of deer.


Shoot old stags.


Take as much meat as possible but sometimes shoot to waste is necessary for management in NZ or when hunting difficult access back country walk in.

Originally Posted by gimp

Kill all goats to improve deer habitat.


Shoot hinds if there are more than minimal numbers of deer.


Shoot old stags.


Take as much meat as possible but sometimes shoot to waste is necessary for management in NZ or when hunting difficult access back country walk in.

This is pretty much my mantra nowadays.

Yeh goats breed prolifically. Deer get out of hand at low hunting pressure but evnlen with moderate pressure goats grow in population. They also graze very aggressively. Hunting the coast shows some destroyed tussocks like I have never seen in any deer country.