Gotta love this! And I learnt something too...I'll be slinging my next Sika or Red on my back and carrying it out Skid-biter styleee! Shot with my Bow, of course! ;-)
Not sure about the theory of deer replacing the Moa . The forest doesn't need to be grazed. The moa were nowhere near as destructive as the deer are now. The deer are a feral animal and New Zealand is better off for having control of the population. Now we need to get rid of the rest. New Zealand is a paradise for birds, or it was until people came here with their many animals. Early explorers wrote of being woken by the 'dawn chorus' of birds whilst aboard ships anchored well off the shore.
thanks for the comment, where I am from, in northern California, we have a government management of deer sometimes even by helicopter netting and inserting contraception, and it is illegal to hunt. Culling programs that cost $400 per deer, meat of which is wasted. Our USA top heavy management seems quite a contrast to the people in this video who can hunt for a living, even with helicopters.
Yes good point; the idea of meat recovery for market is a good management tool and has great conservation value but the way we applied it in NZ it got out of hand mainly because the authorities did not acknowledge the value of the activity or the animals.
New Zealanders have a long history of managing animal populations, making use of their wild spaces, widening the line between wilderness and farm to make a living off the land.
In truth we NZers don't manage any deer in our wild places we shoot and poison our wild animals at any opportunity the guys above are talking about stealing deer from someones land they got so short of wild deer,
Hard case guys and a good vid but don't make something to be what it is not
actually they are probably refering to wild deer on private property. deer farms only came about after deer became increasingly scarce in the wild and heli-hunting them became un-economical. the very first deer farms where founded by the hunters and helicopter pilots themselves and stealing from farms was un-heard of. poaching each others hunting grounds is another story altogether.
Gotta love this! And I learnt something too...I'll be slinging my next Sika or Red on my back and carrying it out Skid-biter styleee! Shot with my Bow, of course! ;-)
p1scator 1 month ago
good shit!!!!!!
MegaBonks 9 months ago
haha good yarn!
yeebouy 1 year ago
yep thats how we used to do it alright STU, good to see you can still get it up. HAHA keepin touch ANDY
1redstag 1 year ago
but yeah, you gotta love them old timers. Great solid, salt of the earth men.
shoutatthesky 2 years ago
Not sure about the theory of deer replacing the Moa . The forest doesn't need to be grazed. The moa were nowhere near as destructive as the deer are now. The deer are a feral animal and New Zealand is better off for having control of the population. Now we need to get rid of the rest. New Zealand is a paradise for birds, or it was until people came here with their many animals. Early explorers wrote of being woken by the 'dawn chorus' of birds whilst aboard ships anchored well off the shore.
shoutatthesky 2 years ago
That there is a dying breed. Love them old timers!
harleyanna2 2 years ago
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6mrviagra9 2 years ago
Old Farts :D
6mrviagra9 2 years ago
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6mrviagra9 2 years ago
is there still hunting like this? i would love to hunt for a living!
travdogger 2 years ago
cool video. good choppa pilot
PeacefulandFree 2 years ago
This video is phenomenal!!!! I hope I can move like him when I'm his age.
Kick ass old timer!!!!!!!!
I guess it was legal to kill deer but illegal to tresspass.
Funny shit man. When he said helicopters and then they flew in I LOST IT!!!!!!!
LLshufflin 3 years ago
damn near brings a tear to my eye to see chopper hunting around my local haunt, but hey I guess thats just life eh
VeryGoodQuestion 3 years ago
thanks for the comment, where I am from, in northern California, we have a government management of deer sometimes even by helicopter netting and inserting contraception, and it is illegal to hunt. Culling programs that cost $400 per deer, meat of which is wasted. Our USA top heavy management seems quite a contrast to the people in this video who can hunt for a living, even with helicopters.
mickeymurch 3 years ago
Yes good point; the idea of meat recovery for market is a good management tool and has great conservation value but the way we applied it in NZ it got out of hand mainly because the authorities did not acknowledge the value of the activity or the animals.
Much rather see this than shoot to waste.
Speargrass 3 years ago
New Zealanders have a long history of managing animal populations, making use of their wild spaces, widening the line between wilderness and farm to make a living off the land.
In truth we NZers don't manage any deer in our wild places we shoot and poison our wild animals at any opportunity the guys above are talking about stealing deer from someones land they got so short of wild deer,
Hard case guys and a good vid but don't make something to be what it is not
Speargrass 3 years ago
Something to be what it's not,??
what exactly do you mean?
nzpisscutter 3 years ago
actually they are probably refering to wild deer on private property. deer farms only came about after deer became increasingly scarce in the wild and heli-hunting them became un-economical. the very first deer farms where founded by the hunters and helicopter pilots themselves and stealing from farms was un-heard of. poaching each others hunting grounds is another story altogether.
MrSneakyNicky 2 years ago