Thread: The state of pest populations in NZ

Originally Posted by HOO

There’s a ridiculous amount of rabbits in Lower Hutt. Rabbits lead to stoats from what I understand which starts having a bigger effect on native birds and while there’s a pretty good bunch of people trapping in backyards and local forests the council pretty much don’t want to know about it.
I’ve tried getting in touch with local councils to see if I can take a few out with the bow using a thumper rather than a sharp point but they won’t have a bar of it.

As for deer I’d happily shoot more if I could find the bastards


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What about snares? I used them to good effect in Scotland.