Plenty of that happens all over the country - it just doesnt make it onto Youtube.

Still no excuse , and there should be some way of pursuing them through the legal system in their own country .

This has hit the news big time here in Norway also.
Among others, our Hunters Association has strongly damned such irresponsible and stupid behavior.
What will happen next I don´t know.

On our biggest internett hunting/shooting/guns-site, lots of members are in rage as well.

I hope they get enough jail time that they wont know if their arseholes are punched,bored,or countersunk!

Apart from shooting the pigeons which was a bad thing to do these guys appear to have had a good time. They were catch and releasing trout so they were not total idiots, they just made one very bad mistake on the birds.
I am sure our NZ approach to game is very confusing to visitors like these guys. That is certainly what I have learnt from helihunts.
We treat the deer, chamois and tahr on public land like pests and the birds are sacrosanct.

I read on youtube the mob is making death threats on these guys, it was a pigeon, jeez stoats eat them all the time, we 1080 the bird all the time, yes the behaviour was not great but I am not joining the lynch mob.
A conviction and a fine would be fair they did not shoot the keas at least, or I hope not. Unfortunately for these guys in NZ they face a possible fine of $60,000 USD and a prison term