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Just checked thier website. I see they offer helicopter hunting of Tahr..... enough said.
If you want I can Email you some alternative operators that have a higher ethical standard.

Try these guys both post here.
www.hawea-hunting.co.nz

http://flyfishhunt.co.nz/

Hi Sevenxbjt,We need to see more international hunters with your veiwpoint down here. Good call. Queenstown/Wanaka/Hawea is the area you want to look at. There's plenty of tourist adventures to be had and some good shopping not to mention the scenery is spectacular. The two outfitters TP mentions are high on the list of ethical practice's and the other one worth checking out is Colin Raynor.
I don't have his contact details offhand but I'm pretty sure he mentions them in the link provided which also gives a rundown on the ethical issues involved over here at the moment.
Ignore the first 10 miniutes.
Good luck
http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/1739283

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Originally posted by shankspony:
Just checked thier website. I see they offer helicopter hunting of Tahr..... enough said.
If you want I can Email you some alternative operators that have a higher ethical standard.

Some nice farm raised red stag on there too...

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Colin Raynor

Colin's outfit is: www.kiwisafaris.co.nz/

Shankspony,

Is your beef with helicopters getting the hunters up to the mountain or shooting from the helicopter or both?

If it's shooting from the helicopter, that is illegal and I agree with your stance. If it's for transportation then I see no problem with that.

Hi Bluefin, We're against the use of helicopters 1- as a shooting platform
and 2- As a device to heard Tahr and Chamois towards a hunter who has just been landed, also along that line, to drive an animal to exhaustion so a hunter can be allowed out of the helio to shoot it.
As transportation, say where you are flown onto a mountain in the morning, and picked up that evening, or a week later for that matter, we have no problem.

I know this was beat to death previously but I wanted a clear interpretation.
What you stated, I agree with. I seem to recall though, that some of the 'purists' wanted helicopters banned altogether.

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Originally posted by shankspony:
... We're against the use of helicopters 1- as a shooting platform
and 2- As a device to heard Tahr and Chamois towards a hunter who has just been landed, also along that line, to drive an animal to exhaustion so a hunter can be allowed out of the helio to shoot it.
As transportation, say where you are flown onto a mountain in the morning, and picked up that evening, or a week later for that matter, we have no problem.

shankspony,

I'm from Hawaii and my son and I plan to hunt down there too someday soon!

Thank you for providing this info as we want to hunt that way too!!!

I'm glad I dropped by this part of the forum today and I will start researching those links provided!!!

RIGHT ON for keeping us guys informed!!!!

Aloha!

Ro

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Originally posted by HendrikNZ:

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Colin Raynor

Colin's outfit is: www.kiwisafaris.co.nz/

You don't have to use a helicopter at all, or hunt on the public either, dig around and do a bit of research. You would want to be guided by a Kiwi (New Zealander) while hunting in New Zealand wouldn't you?

Colin Rayner,