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

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

the idea of a subsidised flight if targeting hinds sounds AWESOME.....
the idea of being able to fly in to areas of high population needing more deer taken sounds AWESOME
being able to know WHERE these areas needing attention ACTUALLY ARE is long overdue.....
way back in 1900 and nuts n bolts..the NZFS built loads of tracks into the back country to encourage folks to get out and use it....... in out time poor modern world,knowledge is king.

I think people are pretty open about these areas ie pretty much everywhere near the divide in Canterbury, but the tendency still seems to be to target stags. Subsidized flights are hard as the extra money has to come from somewhere. So subsidizing WARO is way easier than flights for hunters as the sale of recovered meat partially covers the cost of helicopter hours whereas there is no kickback from flying in rec hunters. Heli operators aren't charity's. The best bet currently for subsidized flight are through the likes of the Sika Foundation who already do these up north.

I dont know if you saw my post about Amuri trying to do a trip for 4 groups of four all leaving from windy point to save them traveling back to base on each trip saving a bunch of flight time. I think they could get prices down to about 4-500 per person for each of the 16 people including flying out 2 deer per person for a total of 32 deer. NZDA North Canty I believe were going to subsidize half bringing the price down to 2-250 per person which is bloody good. It fell apart though I think due to not being able to organise 16 people.