Thread: Game bird diary for all

Originally Posted by EeeBees

If you go down to the woods today....



Got off to a late start this afternoon, but finally Harry, his brother and I were able to get down the river. Dionee team leader again.



Dionee worked like a demon, her work in the huge blackberry bushes was courageous...bell stopped and up the covey went...Harry did a fine shot...



Coming back up from the river, she indicated a rabbit, which was also shot and taken home...

thats nice looking country Eesbees , many birds in there

Originally Posted by el borracho

thats nice looking country Eesbees , many birds in there

No, we do not have the birds such as other regions...more is the pity...if we want birds in numbers it is a travel matter...what did a avid gun tell me last season...that there are probably 15 guns to every rooster in this area!! No far from the truth from my observations.

Here we go again

Originally Posted by BRADS

Here we go again

Yea I know, my apologies. Not sure why I even said anything in the first place.
Learned my lesson...

that is a shame with such pretty grounds

mind you eesbees i tend to remember a post where i talked of shooting to many pheasants and you phiifffed it more or less -- the result is what you get to shoot today !!the short sightedness of people . an emphasis on quality work over quantity of birds shot and we would all have more birds

There are many factors at play in the maintenance of gamebird populations...none of which can be adequately or theoretically assumed the greater ...look at the mallard bags some decades ago in the Waikato...50 birds...not wishing to regurgitate your previous thread on this matter, I will say that my response to the thread was that most will attest to the fact and it is a fact that gamebird/waterfowl shooters are the conservationists of the species however if the bag and specie as stipulated by the governance then that is what most shooters will aim for (pun intended)...last year in this region they upped the bag from two to three as pretty much a last minute reprieve...this year back to two cock ringneck pheasants...the Californian quail has been listed with a bag of 10 per day for quite a number of years now...good luck and bravo to anyone who could fill that bag on a daily basis in these parts.

yes , ive always thought the evidence was in the day out and the results gained -well over some days , it appears where you are the blanket legal amount allowed to be shot may be being managed poorly . i do hope you back might mutterings next time due to your most unfortunate game numbers

i wonder how many would back a single bird a day policy ????to keep number up that others might enjoy the day out with at least one to bring home of the pheasant variety

Originally Posted by el borracho

mind you eesbees i tend to remember a post where i talked of shooting to many pheasants and you phiifffed it more or less -- the result is what you get to shoot today !!the short sightedness of people . an emphasis on quality work over quantity of birds shot and we would all have more birds

You're clearly not familiar with the area and the many decades of work various acclimatisation societies put into it, to no avail. It has nothing to do with shooting pressure clearly as back in the Hawkes Bay societies' day there were ten times the shooters out there.

Originally Posted by el borracho

i wonder how many would back a single bird a day policy ????to keep number up that others might enjoy the day out with at least one to bring home of the pheasant variety

People have a hard time justifying a game licence as it is, who would buy one for a few weeks of duck shooting and one pheasant a day? Maybe not in the Hawkes Bay as above, where a pheasant is hard work, but in BOP? Theres a pheasant under every second shrub here

[QUOTE=Pointer;284109]You're clearly not familiar with the area and the many decades of work various acclimatisation societies put into it, to no avail. It has nothing to do with shooting pressure clearly as back in the Hawkes Bay societies' day there were ten times the shooters out there.

what do you think is causing a lack of game being found in many areas ?it doesnt really matter what it is ,it just means rather than bang 3-4 birds on a block you shoot one and let another hunter have a go also . share the love , doesn t mean you cant work your dog for a time to enjoy the day!maybe they could even extend the season if less birds were shot daily ??

Originally Posted by el borracho

i wonder how many would back a single bird a day policy ????to keep number up that others might enjoy the day out with at least one to bring home of the pheasant variety

for those that run pointing breeds I reckon a day of finding birds and taking the odd few birds is what it's all about.
petro's stories of late are testament of that, the dog finds far out weigh the shooting success....{I would say the gun don't fit him regardless}
run spaniels over the same ground and you end up blasting everything put out.... I know I do lol.

Originally Posted by kawhia

for those that run pointing breeds I reckon a day of finding birds and taking the odd few birds is what it's all about.
petro's stories of late are testament of that, the dog finds far out weigh the shooting success....{I would say the gun don't fit him regardless}
run spaniels over the same ground and you end up blasting everything put out.... I know I do lol.

Correction: I, myself don't fit the gun...
The gun-fit itself is fine ...

Are you familiar with the relationship between daily bag limits and hunter harvest and their impact on gamebird populations?

Originally Posted by gqhoon

Are you familiar with the relationship between daily bag limits and hunter harvest and their impact on gamebird populations?

only in the real time evidence and the lack of game in many areas due to over hunting with daily limits which are pretty senseless, but of course this is just my very humble opinion -you carry on and wack as many as you can until they're thin enough on the ground that others just give up . of course we do have land being cleared so habitat leaving , harder to get onto land doesn't help either. ive never considered the game fee license a great expense in comparison to other sports and i am not at all a wealthy man .
Iam sure I am not alone in this observation and thought which really is for the betterment and enjoyment of our sport