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In high population areas I have often (private property) found dead old hinds that didnt make the winter threw and died of starvation......I shot one that was obviously not doing well once...she was...

I agree with all but the last sentence.

This wont happen while they are still officially listed as "pests"

Deer. Tho the rock wren and kea will get absolutely hammered also.

It doesnt help when your local council wants deer exterminated :(
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Wont do you much good as googling possum numbers used to give the same number quoted 30 odd years ago so either 1080 doesn't control possums or they cant count.

Just to give the North Island guys a bit of perspective, we dont do little wee blocks of bush like they do up north as that is not how you exterminate species and that is the goal here in the top of...

You should have noticed by now it is not 1945 anymore :cave:

You are not very good at reading and comprehension?

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Yes millions of years of browsing Moa.

Along comes man and eats them all....along comes more man that replace the lost browsers.
Govt fuck it up and protect them too long...there is some wars....

Well no.
New Zealand native bush is evolved to be browsed. Removal of those browsers by hunting to extinction severely altered the understory.
This void is well filled by deer in moderate numbers...