Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
Right now our future hunting rights are at a crossroad.
Our Government has been on a path of eradication of all the big game animals, that we love to hunt.
Now we have a panel of "Experts" looking at assessing the future for Big game animals. Pest "V" Resource. We have a chance to get our hunting species recognised as a valuable resource, and management policies/legislation put in place, to secure future hunting for all New Zealandersand visiting hunters.
If you have hunted in New Zealand, or are interested in helping us steer things in the right direction for huntings future:
Please visit: http://www.gameanimalpanel.org.nz/
If you feel well informed enough, please complete the questionare.
The breifing paper at the same site is quite accurate, in outlining the current situation.
Your help will be appreciated.
Thanking you kindly in advance.
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SOUTHERN MAN.
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RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
Cheers mate.
May seem like a small thing from your end of the world, but for us, and especially us that rely on hunting for a living, this is a big moment.
At time of writing I see there has been about 20 hits on this thread, would be good if at least some of you, who may be familiar with the NZ hunting scene, could help us out.
Any positive support is welcome.
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SOUTHERN MAN.
" GO HARD OR STAY HOME"
RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
In pre-human times, NZ had no Land mammals, other than a few species of Bats. We did have several species of large flightless birds called Moas, that browsed/grazed. (Some were larger than Ostriches.)
All current Big Game species were introduced by mankind.
I, along with many others beleive that our Big Game species fill the niche that was left after the Moas were hunted to extinction.
We do need hunting to control animal numbers, as we have no predators. Annual culling is necessary. Poisoning is the governments preferred animal reduction option, as it is very cost effective.
Our current government policy, is to remove the animals and try and revert back to pre-historic times. But hey, how can you reintroduce the moa?
Also our environment/habitat has been substantially altered by man kind, with large areas of original forest/grasslands replaced by farming and introduced plant species.
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SOUTHERN MAN.
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RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
So, when did humans get to New Zealand? How far back do they want to go? Seriously, I'll check out the site. I always wanted to take a stag trip down there.
RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
First humans arrived about 1250-1300. They brought Rats and Dogs with them. Europeon settlers arrived from Mid 1700's on with main wave of settlement 1850 onwards.
Majority of big game animals were introduced around 1900.
Some such as Elk were as a present from your president (Theodore Roosevelt.)
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SOUTHERN MAN.
" GO HARD OR STAY HOME"
RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
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Poisoning is the governments preferred animal reduction option, as it is very cost effective.
Seems to me Tim, that poisoning could not be as cost effective as allowing hunting and GAINING revenue. Sorry for your troubles down there. Thanks for the history lesson....e-questionaire submitted. Just remember I may need a place to stay when I come to NZ one day
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--Me last Mohican
--Must be me!!!
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RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
You would think that a beautiful country like that could make mega-bucks off folks from the states and europe coming in to enjoy the landscape and hunt. They could use that money to create special back to pre-human spaces instead of poisoning everthing with fur. How do the Maoris feel about that?
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RE: Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
Didn't New Zealand have many more deer a decade or two ago? I remember hearing about the many deer that were being culled by shooters in helicopters and such. I have visited New Zealand and saw that there were many deer farms where the deer were being grown for the meat. Aren't many of the deer that are hunted on private land behind fences also? Would these also be eradicated or just the free roaming ones? Heck, sheep aren't natural to the land over there either, but there are WAY more sheep than people and I can't see them getting rid of them since they have become almost a national symbol in your country.
Your chance to make a difference, in hunting's future for New Zealand.
