This is NOT how Kiwi hunters go tahr hunting!

[Backcountryal]

Recently in New Zealand, 3 recreational hunters were hunting for tahr on public land and this is what they come across -

http://www.whaleoil.co.nz/2014/05/exclusive-helicopter-hazing-tahr-caught-camera...

I want to stress that this is not how we Kiwi's go hunting! We actually put in the hard yards, look for our animals and then stalk them, often in very unhospitable terrain. This video shows what is commonly known as "Helihunting" - hunting it is not! A small number of guides and helicopter operators provide this BS type service for trophy hunters from overseas. It is strictly regulated, hazing or herding is NOT allowed [yea right!], requires a DoC Concession to operate on public land, and is nearly always a very short term type operation - as little as 20 minutes from hangar and back to hangar, but usually an hour to hour and a half. It is actively condoned by the NZ Professional Hunting Guides Assoc and Safari Club.

For further comments check out the Fishnhunt.co.nz forum, hunting section.

 

[cam1936]

There are idiots like this all over, we call them poachers, not hunters. I personally do not understand how someone can hunt from a helicopter and still consider the game a trophy they are proud of.

On a side note, I have two Kiwi friends who lived up here for a few years, both who returned home and want me to go down there to visit/hunt. I can't wait until I can head down there for a Tahr and Chamios hunt.

 

[broadhead67]

wouldn't mind heli-pigs down south, would be a rush. Not hunting though- they need to be eradicated.

 

[S1de8urnz]

wouldn't mind heli-pigs down south, would be a rush. Not hunting though- they need to be eradicated.

Dito. Its on the old bucketlist.

 

[jacky]

Here in BC I think there is now an anytime-anywhere hunting season on feral pigs.