For many hunters, in the South Island this Red roar on public land was a bit of a disappointment

In a lot of places there was a serious lack of mature stags to be found, while hind numbers were still quite high with only a handful of very young stags and spikers left to do the mating.

The lift in venison prices and the opening of some new processing plants has led to a significant increase in WARO (helicopter venison recovery) this year, but the perennial problem of only the stags and largest hinds being economically viable for them to recover has led to a disaster for game animal management and conservation in some areas. There is no more of only the biggest and best stags getting to breed, and we are getting reverse natural ... read more »

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