Spey Creek Lodge

16 July 2009, 08:15

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.

16 July 2009, 13:03

TOP_PREDATOR

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

http://flyfishhunt.co.nz/

17 July 2009, 01:30

shankspony

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

17 July 2009, 02:37

StormsGSP

quote:
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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"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. -Henry David Thoreau, Walden

17 July 2009, 03:15

HendrikNZ

quote:
Colin Raynor

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

17 July 2009, 08:19

bluefin

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.

17 July 2009, 08:47

shankspony

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.

17 July 2009, 17:07

bluefin

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.

18 July 2009, 00:00

TrophyShotPrints

quote:
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

24 July 2009, 01:53

Bulltahr

quote:
Originally posted by HendrikNZ:
quote:
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,