Deer and other living animals except dogs metabolise sub lethal doses of 1080 quite rapidly, basically every 9 hours the amount of the poison in the body halves. So a 100 kg animal that had eaten 10...
Liked On: 04-01-2020, 11:46 AM
I just got a sweater for christmas .......what i really wanted was a screamer or a moaner :P
Liked On: 19-12-2019, 01:26 PM
The aforementioned property actually relocated a gate across the public road, and moved the track after the gate by the upper homestead, and replanted the area so that no public access was possible....
Liked On: 17-12-2019, 12:39 PM
Not saying it is the case with this property, but I do know of instances where fictitious 'lambing' ( only wethers are present in closed blocks ) access / crossing closures coincide with the opening...
Liked On: 16-12-2019, 07:43 PM
Over seas owner isn't the problem.He believes in keeping access for people. Knew someone who worked there until recently. Managers wife is apparently a piece of work. High staff turn over and even...
Liked On: 14-12-2019, 02:32 PM
Quick trip to kaimanawas this weekend. Spotted a gap in the roster and was ahead on home jobs so all good. Left Orkland at 2am and collected a speeding ticket on my way down. Had a couple of...
Liked On: 11-12-2019, 11:07 PM
I can see this building up to an ad....
Liked On: 10-12-2019, 08:09 AM
well done you finally found what you were looking for :thumbsup: good write up cheers
Liked On: 01-12-2019, 05:03 PM
Thanks for posting, enjoyed your writing style and photos, top notch! I should really pull finger and post a story myself one of these days.
Liked On: 01-12-2019, 05:03 PM
Great story, and maybe the carry will help Chris loose or loosen a few Kg's. The animal on the right in the photo looks quite a bit bigger than the bloke on the left which is clearly a spiker shot on...
Liked On: 01-12-2019, 05:03 PM
haha great to hear Im not the only one to shoot the same deer twice only to discover the truth afterwards....done it twice I can think of. enjoy the venison. awesome photos.
Liked On: 30-11-2019, 09:46 AM
What a great trip and with some very skilled story telling. Top notch Strummer. That grass looks like the flush has progressed heaps since I was in the hills a month back.
Liked On: 30-11-2019, 07:44 AM
Great write-up and photos, thanks. Looks like some fantastic country, and you obviously know your flora & fauna!
Liked On: 29-11-2019, 02:43 PM
So long as the feral venison price is profitable and the government are throwing 1080 up everyone's bungle, numbers in the Wanaka blocks will remain low. Remember that the heli guys that fly us...
Liked On: 26-11-2019, 09:13 PM
https://nzgameanimalcouncil.org.nz/game-animal-management/tahr-returns-app/ Hopefully it counts towards controls. Also a good listen for a few people. It raised a few points some people used...
Liked On: 26-11-2019, 09:12 PM