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Texas girl goes to New Zealand

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..
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 
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!
 
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.
 
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.
 
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?
 
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?
 
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.
 
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.
 

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