Thread: Stuff that I've learned about deer control

Originally Posted by Yesmate

yea good points but the reality is virtually no farmer is going to let a random onto their property to hunt these days there are to many horror stories and the trust in a hand shake agreement these days is not what it was even 10 years ago.access might only be gained through family or being known to the farmer for years.i like going for hunts with randoms but I'm nervy about letting them loose by themselves.

Yeah nah. Mate, I see your point, but my experience suggests otherwise. There’s plenty of guys like me with long-term permissions that they built up over time. I really don’t agree with the statement “virtually no farmer...”, the last three valleys I visited in southern and northern Taranaki all yielded new permissions, in the last two years.

This is about how guys that might get viewed as a random can change their approach and give the cynical farmer reason to think twice. Some cockies do themselves few favours, in a constant state of war with everyone and taking an unnecessarily negative view of the common lesser spotted GC.

I’m not saying it’s easy, but its certainly not impossible.