Ha ha. Reminded me of some chaps who wanted to give a workmate a hurryup. They drilled then screwed a spark plug and ht lead into the bottom of an empty aerosol can then put a squirt of acetylene in...
Liked On: 08-09-2022, 01:47 PM
Agreed. However the pest problem costs are not directly linked to any market. The heli shooting of deer was never subsidised by govt either and if this were the generally case today I have no doubt...
Liked On: 08-09-2022, 09:27 AM
Been thru all this in past threads and not going to write it all over again. In very simple terms for you each trap position will cater for 2 ha. A 100 position grid line will cover 200 ha over a...
Liked On: 08-09-2022, 12:19 AM
One operation. Includes rc ad.in poison aircraft and manpower. The AHB audit reported $57 per ha way back in 2012 and up to $85 in remote areas.
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 05:03 PM
Yes, its a conundrum but I think a full on committment to trapping would work in most terrain. The possums rats and mustelids will never be fully wiped out and therefore the problem is very long term...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 02:56 PM
It really is unfortunate that that Nth Urewera project which concentrated on permanent trap lines and pest species specific trapping to be very successful without using aerial poisons has been...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 12:54 PM
It really is unfortunate that that Nth Urewera project which concentrated on permanent trap lines and pest species specific trapping to be very successful without using aerial poisons has been...
Liked On: 07-09-2022, 11:59 AM
In other words aerially poisoning enhances rats food supply. Very clever eh. (Then they breed to higher numbers than pre poison drop ay :)
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 06:31 PM
I established a training crew in our logging operations 40 years back and even then we lost about 30% of each intake and I think this is pretty normal and a cost that is simply another overhead. A...
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 02:04 PM
Benifits would be greater using trapping.
Liked On: 06-09-2022, 12:35 AM
My studied opinion is that had the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by DoC, AHB and regional councils on 1080 poison operations been invested EXPERTLY on ground based trapping ong with timely...
Liked On: 05-09-2022, 09:41 PM
My studied opinion is that had the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by DoC, AHB and regional councils on 1080 poison operations been invested EXPERTLY on ground based trapping ong with timely...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 10:20 PM
My studied opinion is that had the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by DoC, AHB and regional councils on 1080 poison operations been invested EXPERTLY on ground based trapping ong with timely...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 05:39 PM
My studied opinion is that had the hundreds of millions of dollars spent by DoC, AHB and regional councils on 1080 poison operations been invested EXPERTLY on ground based trapping ong with timely...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 05:09 PM
Hunters have quite different requirements from a scope than target shooters and typical differences are light gathering and reticle thickness for hunting along with weight. It is a bit of a...
Liked On: 04-09-2022, 10:55 AM