Thread: pukeko problems

The Pate is a good idea. They do make an admirable tasty soup with one proviso, take the meat off the leg bones or better yet dont use the lower 'shank' (Drumstick) part of the leg because the bones there separate into long needle slivers when cooking

They'll wise up to a 22 pretty quick. If they're hiding out in a bit of wetland flush them with a dog and shot gun them. Otherwise 223 them at 300m or so.

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I’ve bought a .22Stoger air rifle been banging on a secret location for a friend of a friend, they are a pest and come off the farm next door into a residential area!

SHOTGUN ONLY......during season...with licence...flying (or roosting in tree but aborting roost,eg in air with wings going) DO NOT shoot with .22lr its illegal....I cannot believe people are on an open forum, read by all sorts, including ANTIs, and are suggesting OP breaks the law.
#2-3-4-5 shot work...they arent hard to kill but can be hard to get close enough to do so.

Originally Posted by Mauser308

Airports have open season on the bastards all year round - they wander onto the runways and have a particularly cu*ty trait of flapping vertically before they get up horizontal speed. Combined with that they have a particularly heavy boned skull for a bird, and do all sorts of bad to turbine engines.

I'm not entirely sure what F&G have in terms of influence on CAA and airport safety with regard to ICAO standards but as I said they are an all year round hazard where airports are in the Pukeko zone. .22 subs will drop them nicely to center of mass, they die quite well unlike the plover bastards.

Never had a problem with plovers dying.....


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One tip when you start shooting them.
If you wound one, DONT pick it up by the neck!!! If you do, it will redesign your forearm with its legs..............

Fish & Game are good to deal with, and can issue permits depending on the circumstances. The use of firearms other than a shotgun can be stipulated on the permit, so .22LR, and centrefire rifles can be used.
The birds shitting in the water troughs and giving the stock Salmonella, is a valid reason to get a permit.

the F&G guy was great once i finally got thru. his advice was to wait till th end of water fowl season then get a permit to use a supressed 22.

Man I feel your pain, I know first hand what a problem they can be, they'll do a lot of damage to silage stacks if your not careful.
Interesting about the airports having an open season, didn't know that.

hell if the wifes horse caught a waterborn disease and died from pukeko shit i wouldnt mind
horse = a useless animal that turns $$ into shit.
but yeah i will wait till summer and 22 the buggers (pukekos that is)

Turns out the 17 Hornet is a very efficient tool to use on the Pukeko's, and fixes the "cannot get close" issue.

Don't educate the mob, they learn very fast. Study them they will have a home paddock area that the will retreat to under pressure.

Murray Ferris is the go to guy. Mention ., Bos, thats my name and he might help or he might not. Lol

Originally Posted by gonetropo

yep, they make great "rock soup"
boil your pukeko with a rock, when the rock turns soft ......eat the rock
this is more of a cull, its a hobby farm of various animals and every day the water troughs are full of poo

The recipe turned up quicker than normal.

Originally Posted by quentin

Turns out the 17 Hornet is a very efficient tool to use on the Pukeko's, and fixes the "cannot get close" issue.

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Haha it sure does, but i wouldnt know anything about that LOL