A Whanganui farmer is fed up with the amount of poaching in the Brunswick rural area after finding a stag, a goat and a hind which were shot dead on his property.
Steve Laurie insists police need to do more.
About a month ago Mr Lourie contacted the police after he found the carcasses - each shot on seperate occassions.
"And it's just the tip of the iceberg," Mr Laurie told the Chronicle.
Mr Laurie has owned his 404ha Brunswick farm with 200-300 wild deer for five years and said he was always finding carcasses left on his property and that wasn't the worst of it.
"We've had motorbike tyres slashed, people threatening to burn down our house...all because we are trying to stop the poaching," Mr Laurie said.
The farmer said recent poacher(s) who shot the deer and goat were hunting on his neighbour's property and had clearly shot across the boundary.
"The boundary is clear because the Kai Iwi Stream that is about 3m wide divides the properties," Mr Laurie said.
In November 2013, under the Wild Animal Control Act 1977, the maximum penalty for unlawful hunting was bumped up to one year imprisonment or a fine up to $100,000.
Under the act anyone who kills wild animals on private property without the owner's permission is breaking the law - that includes shooting from across the boundary.
But Mr Laurie said he was told by the police that they would not be investigating the issue because there was no proof.
Police rural community commander Keith Butters said he had received the complaint and had spoken to Mr Laurie's neighbour, where the poachers were said to be hunting.
"His neighbour said every weekend he had different hunters on his farm, some of them were paid hunters and some were friends, so it would be difficult to know who was shooting on Steve's farm," Mr Butters said.
Mr Butters said without any proof it was difficult to police and it was up to the farmers to identify the boundary of their property to the hunters.
"Poaching in Whanganui has been happening for donkey's years and trying to control it is a problem."
Mr Butters said on average police receive one or two reports of poaching in Whanganui every year.
"There could be more going on but it just might not be getting reported and I would encourage farmers to report it. That way we can build up a history and be aware of where it is happening."
Mr Butters said if it happens again police will take more steps to investigate Mr Laurie's inquiry but if nothing else gets reported then it's not worth following up.