The Ballot’s Bloody Rigged - A podcast by the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation

You see a bigger stag than you have ever seen before, but you don’t take the shot because next year he will be a whopper! In this episode hunter Jonny Dingle, who had a block in the 2026 Wapiti Ballot, tells us how he sees making decisions when hunting for a trophy but with the long term game in the back of the mind. But first Roy Sloan, General Manager, of the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation talks ab...

New Zealand wildlife biologist Cam Speedy and Scottish ecologist Linzi Seivwright, who specialises in providing upland ecological and deer management advice in Scotland, talk about similarities and differences between deer management here and in Scotland. Cam discusses how the current Fiordland Wapiti management strategy came about and changes to herds and bull sizes over the last 14 years. Concep...

Britt Davies, who started the Wāhine & Wapiti movement, and a group of wāhine that just returned from an annual trip in the Fiordlands, talk about their week, why they joined a group of women they've never met for a trip into the rough country, what they learned, gear, expectations vs reality and how to suck it up and send it. We laughed (very loudly), we cried (literally) and had good yarns. ...

'The Ballot is Bloody Rigged' - a podcast by the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation . Roy Sloan, General Manager, of the Foundation talks about how they cull to improve the Wapiti herd, and shares a ton of tips on what hunters should consider when they are chasing a big bull - wind, terrain, staying dry and more.

In this episode Roy Sloan talks about deer and wapiti management. He goes into why it is often boom and bust, how skinny deer who seemingly have no trophy potential sometimes turn out to be monsters later in life, we talk about National wild animal recovery operations (WARO) and how their skills are needed, but also why hunters have a challenging relationship with WARO, how do you manage for troph...

In this episode Roy Sloan, General Manager, of the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation says for the first time in ages he is content...because we got permission from Lou and Peter Berryman to use their cover of the Dem Deer song. He and Adam Fairmaid, President of the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation , talk about Herds of Special Interest and the announcement by Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager of dra...

Welcome to episode one of 'The Ballot is Bloody Rigged' - a podcast by the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation. Roy Sloan, General Manager, and Adam Fairmaid, President, talk about how Wapiti were introduced, what their home range is, traits of a Wapiti, they talk conservation efforts, reflect on hunting culture, back country huts, and talk about how gnarly fiordlands is....o yeah, and the ballot is rigge...