Thread: Who's shot one of each deer species in NZ?

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

So far I have a tahr and Sika.

But if you accept Aussie I've got sambar, chital, fallow and red too
Not that we count roos and wallaby's but thousands of those pricks too haha

Also caught a few Murray cod - dunno if they count but they probably weigh more than some game animals haha

Those Murray cod sound awesome. I love bowfishing, but we mainly target Koi-carp her in NZ



This is my brother and old man who is now over 70yrs old. The bowfishing has allowed us to enjoy some great days out together as a family, as it can be done from a boat or by a slow paced walk along the river/lake edges.

It's only just occurring to me how lucky we are to have such a variety of game to hunt in NZ. Aussie has its share of game as well and I'm looking forward to going back there to do some more hunting (my oldest brother lives in Sydney) in the near future.

kj

Originally Posted by kimjon

they sound awesome. I love bowfishing, but we mainly target Koi-carp her in NZ



This is my brother and old man who is now over 70yrs old. The bowfishing has allowed us to enjoy some great days out together as a family, as it can be done from a boat or by a slow paced walk along the river/lake edges.

It's only just occurring to me how lucky we are to have such a variety of game to hunt in NZ. Aussie has its share of game as well and I'm looking forward to going back there to do some more hunting (my oldest brother lives in Sydney) in the near future.

kj

Awesome stuff, bow fishing is illegal here now (the head lobby group were fisherman....??? apparently its ok to use a rod or a speargun but not a bow).

Depends on where your bro hunts mate, the big stink over the past couple of weeks is that NSW have banned hunting on all public land and now that the greens have that they're pushing (and it looks as though it'll go through) to have blackpowder rifles and bows banned altogether.
Just yesterday in Victoria where I am they also made it legal to shoot deer under spotlight which has the poachers leaping for joy.
NZ is starting to look a lot friendlier!

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

Awesome stuff, bow fishing is illegal here now (the head lobby group were fisherman....??? apparently its ok to use a rod or a speargun but not a bow).

Depends on where your bro hunts mate, the big stink over the past couple of weeks is that NSW have banned hunting on all public land and now that the greens have that they're pushing (and it looks as though it'll go through) to have blackpowder rifles and bows banned altogether.
Just yesterday in Victoria where I am they also made it legal to shoot deer under spotlight which has the poachers leaping for joy.
NZ is starting to look a lot friendlier!

Oh, bugger that's no good.

kj

Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter

NZ is starting to look a lot friendlier!

You know you want to!!!

Originally Posted by Toby

You know you want to!!!

Mate if I found a job that was likely to pay what I will hopefully be on here in the next couple of years I'd be all over it!! haha
Should look into the DOC office jobs actually