Thread: Tahr control update from NZDA

Originally Posted by ethos

Farming tourists or tahr on public land, upkept with taxpayer money, so someone can make a fast buck shouldnt be encouraged.
Interesting you bring up North America as an example. Don’t think you can spot and drop or helihunt there? Must utilise the whole animal?

The point that you are struggling to digest here Ethos is that you are an ungrateful 'free-loader'!! didn't want to put it so bluntly but there it is now. Managing the Public Estate has costs, just the same as managing a farm. Your 'sport' on public land is being subsidised by the rest of the public who do not tramp, walk, or hunt. Tourists help offset that cost. If you want tourists gone then you pick up the tab for us.
No you can't spot and helihunt in North Am. But you can hunt Thar there in Texas and a friend in Idaho had some there too. The whole point in hunting them here is for the experience.
Perhaps if you had your own business you would see things in a different way and understand more of how finances work.
Regarding control,
You have two choices Ethos: 1) Regular Helicopter search and Destroy thar programs at the whim of Doc. 2) A managed trophy herd with tourist hunting as a component of the mix