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If anyone wants to go deer hunting with different scenery, come to south-eastern Australia.

They’re an imported pest and in plague proportions, so, please, come kill them by the dozen and do our environment a favour.

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Please come to Hawaii, to the tropical paradise of Maui, and hunt deer, please!! They're an uncontrolled plague here with no predators at all.

So, what you're saying is we need to breed and introduce giant deer-eating cane toads.

Please, please come to my region of New Zealand and murder as many deer as you want. They are devastating out native flora (and my gardens). Absolute pest, I rue the day they were introduced here.

I saw a few on the south island. My farmer host told us about how they were imported long ago for sport hunting, of course, without any concerns for the consequence.

If they're such a big problem why isn't the government doing anything?,

Broadly speaking, they are, but Department of Conservation isn't well funded and has bigger pest issues than deer.

https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/predator-fr...

The government does a lot of work to control deer but it's expensive and difficult work. They are an incredibly successful species in our environment due to our mild winters and a lot of native flora are excellent food stock for them. They have no natural predators here, and not really any introduced predators.

You can read more about what New Zealand's Department of Conservation is doing to control deer here: https://www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/animal-pest...

Maybe an opportunity for a drone company...

If you're anywhere near Dunedin, drop me a line ;)

Also, New Zealand. https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/things-to-do/hu...

Do you need a tag and permit to hunt them?

Firearms license yes, though transferable from overseas. Permit yes, but just apply online in a few mins. No tags required.

Edit: Oops that was for NZ, not Aus.

I don't recall exactly what I needed when I did a hunt in Australia in 2013, but it wasn't particularly difficult to get the paperwork done. I do think there was a firearms permit and a tag involved.

They are a plague in hunter heavy new hampshire. Please don't poach our poachers :)

Ok if I were genuinely interested in doing this, where would I find more information?

Not a hunter myself, so I’m not sure, but there appear to be companies offering deer hunting tours in my neck of the woods. Google “deer hunting Victoria Australia” should turn up some links.

The forests of north-eastern Victoria are a beautiful part of the world and the deer are a serious environmental menace.

Be aware that our gun laws are quite strict so you’ll have to check that you’ll be allowed to bring your preferred gun with you, and what permits you need.

Guam as well.

and rabbits and foxes

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