deer wily in NZ
This guy I know, Jon Santer, reports from New Zealand on an incredibly stupid but exciting use of technology. Deer overran the country for a while, then they were nearly hunted to nothingness, but then people decided to capture them and start deer farms.
But they eventually got smart, so there's a happy ending. This from the United Nations' page on DEER CAPTURE METHODS AND POST-CAPTURE TREATMENT:
After some deliberatioin on how best to do this the good old boys down here decided the best way would be to hover above the deer in a helicopter and have the passenger jump out onto the back of the deer and wrestle it to the ground. OH yeah, I've seen the tape. People did this for a living.
But they eventually got smart, so there's a happy ending. This from the United Nations' page on DEER CAPTURE METHODS AND POST-CAPTURE TREATMENT:
The most recent advances in capturing feral deer have been made in New Zealand. Deer can be captured by a multitude of methods, but helicopters have been most widely used in New Zealand. A new innovation has been to shoot a combination drug-dart and radio transmitter dart from a shotgun at a deer to be captured. However, this method requires skill in the interpretation of radio signals and drug handling. [Mmm, drug handling.] Deer are also trapped in nets ejected from the undercarriage of a helicopter, but this method is somewhat dangerous to both deer and catchers. [Now, the best part.] Another method is to jump upon a deer from a helicopter after which it is physically wrestled and restrained. This method is mainly used for capturing fawns.
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