Texas girl goes to New Zealand

[joshb]

A friend of my wife went on a hunting trip to New Zealand. I think she did pretty well.

 

[ChrisNZ]

Those eastern European type heads with a gazillion points are only found on canned hunting farms, never on fair chase public land . The animals are bred and released just for the tourist hunters. Personally, I find them fugly and much prefer a classic 12 or 14 point stag of UK bloodlines. Whatever spins ya wheels I guess..

 

[L.Sherm]

Those eastern European type heads with a gazillion points are only found on canned hunting farms, never on fair chase public land . The animals are bred and released just for the tourist hunters. Personally, I find them fugly and much prefer a classic 12 or 14 point stag of UK bloodlines. Whatever spins ya wheels I guess..

If you NZers come to the U.S are you tourist hunters or just a hunter?

 

[ChrisNZ]

We're obviously tourist hunters if non-resident, and particularly if we're paying for the privilege.

The animals shot on "hunting preserves" here are high dollar and the clientele almost exclusively foreign. I know a deer breeder who sells to these outfits and the top animals cost an arm and a leg to shoot.

You may not understand this but NZ has always been open season with free access to public land. Deer are officially a pest and there's no bag limits. Only a special wapiti herd in Fiordland is an exception to this and it's balloted.

 

[troupe]

I would not pass it up either way, but being a poor cop, I will never have a chance to even see one live. Great looking trophy.

 

[dryhumor]

Canned hunt of fair chase, that’s a lot of mass…

If I was to spend that many hours flying, I’d go fishing in those beautiful rivers.

 

[ISS]

For the rumored amount of $$$$ it takes, I would much rather go back to Africa and chase Lion or Cape Buffalo...

 

[JFrank]

Tough crowd.

 

[Lee Whitsel]

Those eastern European type heads with a gazillion points are only found on canned hunting farms, never on fair chase public land . The animals are bred and released just for the tourist hunters. Personally, I find them fugly and much prefer a classic 12 or 14 point stag of UK bloodlines. Whatever spins ya wheels I g0n a

Those eastern European type heads with a gazillion points are only found on canned hunting farms, never on fair chase public land . The animals are bred and released just for the tourist hunters. Personally, I find them fugly and much prefer a classic 12 or 14 point stag of UK bloodlines. Whatever spins ya wheels I guess..

I was amazed when I was told there is no fee t0 hunt Stag in New Zealand Hunting and Fishing store. The guy said shot 75 stag a day if you want just get them of the farmers land they eat up all their crops. That's the problem getting them processed and out f New Zealand. The cost of everything in N.Z. was staggering to us being from the states where everything is way cheaper. Nice people and friendly though. They told me many N.Z.er's like hunting the Rocky Mountain Elk 0ver the Stag. To each his own I guess.

 

[L.Sherm]

Guess I'm just a tourist hunter when I go to Nevada,Wyoming, Colorado or N.M to hunt

 

[joshb]

Tough crowd.

Maybe the back story will help?
She and her husband had booked the trip a year in advance. They went on hunts together, all over the world. About 5 months before the trip to New Zealand, her husband was killed in a car crash. She was down for a while, put her life back together and went on the hunt. I’m glad she did, canned hunt or not. She’s a fighter!

 

[L.Sherm]

Maybe the back story will help?
She and her husband had booked the trip a year in advance. They went on hunts together, all over the world. About 5 months before the trip to New Zealand, her husband was killed in a car crash. She was down for a while, put her life back together and went on the hunt. I’m glad she did, canned hunt or not. She’s a fighter!

Absolutely 100%.
While it may not be my " thing" more power to her.
If my wife wanted to go do the same thing I would make it happen.

 

[Knotwild]

I’d prefer to go shoot pest monkeys and ground squirrels in Africa. It’s action packed and performs a public service.

 

[msalm]

Looks like maybe two trophy fees rolled into one, that SOB is huge. I’ll admit the first thing I thought of when I saw that picture was the $$$ it cost, but even without the backstory, there wasn’t a negative feeling about it. WITH the backstory, it’s more of a ‘that’s awesome’ and congratulations to that TX girl that likely had a flood of different emotions on that trip. Good for her all the way around.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

It's always been a "thing" that one US hunter claimed a "record" for handgun hunting in NZ, which is totally illegal under NZ law.

Whether this was just BS or he did bring a pistol into NZ illegally, or even borrow one here, who knows?

 

[DShortt]

Well I'm glad to know there's plenty of people still left in the world to criticise any decision anyone has ever made.

Must be a lot of broken mirrors around.

 

[L.Sherm]

It's always been a "thing" that one US hunter claimed a "record" for handgun hunting in NZ, which is totally illegal under NZ law.

Whether this was just BS or he did bring a pistol into NZ illegally, or even borrow one here, who knows?

Why is this even relevant to the O.P's thread?

 

[Deleted jeffppc1]

Why is this even relevant to the O.P's thread?

Sad sacks live to criticize.

 

[Kracken McGraw]

Maybe the back story will help?
She and her husband had booked the trip a year in advance. They went on hunts together, all over the world. About 5 months before the trip to New Zealand, her husband was killed in a car crash. She was down for a while, put her life back together and went on the hunt. I’m glad she did, canned hunt or not. She’s a fighter!

Now that’s a story of pulling your bootstraps up and dealing with what life throws at you.

 

[ELR LVR]

We're obviously tourist hunters if non-resident, and particularly if we're paying for the privilege.

The animals shot on "hunting preserves" here are high dollar and the clientele almost exclusively foreign. I know a deer breeder who sells to these outfits and the top animals cost an arm and a leg to shoot.

You may not understand this but NZ has always been open season with free access to public land. Deer are officially a pest and there's no bag limits. Only a special wapiti herd in Fiordland is an exception to this and it's balloted.

They should be classified a pest and open seasoned where I live too
Way too many of them running around causing damage on the Highway.