Hi guys, 

We're going completely international today, a total kiwi guy 💯 - Patrick Turner, also known as @paddygonebush on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/paddygonebush/) joins us for an important topic. New Zealand is going through a political situation between land managers, politicians, and hunters. Many agree that there are too many tahr in the land, but what's a good number? Who should take care of the problem? Why now? All of these questions and more are discussed. I was impressed with Patrick's knowledge of both history and data and I hope you guys take the time to listen. This is a serious one. 

00:00 - Intro

02:25 - When did Patrick start hunting?

03:40 - History of tahr in NZ

11:28 - Too many tahr?

14:37 - Politics of the upcoming cull

15:14 - Data on tahr population

28:25 - What are the consequences of culling tahr?

37:30 - What will be targeted next?

45:14 - Could this happen elsewhere?

50:50 - A potential solution

58:19 - On management

1:01:07 - Tahr density and disease (wear gloves)

1:03:48 - Tahr appreciation

1:10:13 - Outro

P.S.: tahr is a bad name for this animal, lion goat would be such a boss name

Enjoy everybody and take care,

Francesco

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Stuff mentioned on the podcast:

https://www.theeducatedhunter.com/podcast

https://www.theeducatedhunter.com/podcast/2020/6/30/tahr-101-what-you-need-to-know-about-whats-happening-to-our-tahr-in-new-zealand

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