1 season licence and 500 rounds of ammo $450 . Thanks for coming chump.
If I didnt need to tag up my public land mai mai id be very loathe to pay the $92 for three months .:omg:
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1 season licence and 500 rounds of ammo $450 . Thanks for coming chump.
If I didnt need to tag up my public land mai mai id be very loathe to pay the $92 for three months .:omg:
[QUOTE=Happy;349724]How bout same $ for 1 month... We re all ecstatic over that.. $3.07 per day !!! You re like a buck a day...[/QUOTE
I hear you. Its a real poke in the ass.
Yea a month is pretty bullshit but I find it ironic that happy is complaining on a thread called 'Not Happy'.
How much is a trout licence and for how long?
6 weeks in the Wgton Region
Could be more I ve had the odd double up with one bang.. No one ever believes me though .... :sick:
I d like the season to be as long as it was it was just good to be out there even not killing stuff... :thumbsup:
I m happy we still have a season as well of course....
:) There's obviously big savings to be made by being a better shot.
Nathan, there might even be a cost benefit in taking shooting lessons. :thumbsup:
I got my slab, $160
$91 for a month season here. 6 duck limit
Always look at the bright side though, I might actually be able limit out this year :D haha
I'd rather a 2 month seson with a lower limit just so I have more time to stalk the rivers with my dog or jump shoot ponds with my mates and stuff but oh well
37 days too go bring it on!! Do I or don't i buy a licence never seen a ranger in my life?
Wait for it..........
I always do VC. The best option for you if you want too try trout fishing is get a winter licence from 1st April,cheaper than whole season but like someone said check that the rivers in your area aren't closed over winter.
http://www.fishandgame.org.nz/conten...g-licence-info
The Manawatu where I fish is open season.
$92 is cheap for three months of ducks, two summer months of parries and another two months of swans. It's also the minor expense compared to ammo, guns, petrol, duck food and bacon and egg pie. $450 is less than I would spend on a week long fly in trip deer hunting.
As well as the right to hunt ducks $92 also buys you the right to complain about how your money gets spent on trout...
You don't need a licence if you shoot on your own land. Owner occupier allows the owner and one other (wife, son, daughter) who must also live on the land to hunt with no licence. Obviously if you shoot off your land then normal licence rules apply.
I d still pay if it was double its just one of those things ...
The below I,m not that ecstatic about. That is the mothership mai mai and that pond has not been empty in 20+ years according to farm owners.
Water in center when full = 8 ft deep. Send some rain please !!!
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Do a rain dance?
That's certainly a sad sight Happy! We've had 30mm of rain so far this week in my part of the Waikato, and more forecast for tomorrow, but we're going to need alot more than that! The larger ponds and Lakes with good permanent water are holding alot of birds at the moment and they're getting stuck into chopped maize being fed out and chicory paddocks.
not to mention 4 months of those little california sods and that multi coloured dandy of the upland world mr ringneck
.isnt help on the way later this week happy hope it helps .Quote:
That is the mothership mai mai and that pond has not been empty in 20+ years according to farm owners.
Water in center when full = 8 ft deep. Send some rain please !!!
hows the stock water and reservoirs maybe a hose might need to be run:yaeh am not durnk:
Fill it up with maize and use layout blinds on the floor of the pond ?? :XD:
I reckon it may be ok. If the Kaimais get rain we ll be away Mate tells me the Waihou River is holding more ducks that hes ever seen on it.
We watched probably 200 come down to his pond for a feed earlier this week ..
Am struggling with this whole "buy a license" thing. Just got my first shotgun so am keen to go duck shooting. But people saying $x is cheap for a month of ducks I don't get. You know you can buy a delicious fat, cooked, roast duck from most Asian food markets for about $10-20 right? It comes devoid of shot pellets too!
I wonder how much ducks come out at costing with the licenses, shotguns, decoys, mai mai's, ammo, fuel, etc? Don't get me wrong, i'd rather shoot my own too, but I think we're all kidding ourselves trying to say it's economical!
your in the south so you got counting summer and species extended seasons about 8 months of hunting for you licence fee including quail pheasants shelduck swan.
secondly its not about economy it only partly about dead ducks it every bit about comdraderie working the dog and taking on a wild animal ,[no matter how many new gadgets that can only hope to replicate wild behavior,]in its own envoroment and ocassionaly winning sometimes winning big.maybe sometime during the season i can take you out and give you a taste of what addicts us all.trust me no,one who has tried it and got a bird or two under normal or even adverse hunting conditions has every said damn thats expensive or not worth the cost.:yuush:
I would gladly take you up on the offer if it came my way :P.
Don't get me wrong - i'm not in any way saying it isn't worth it. I'm just saying those who think hunting in any form saves them money on meat is probably dreaming. There would be very few people who come out ahead in this addiction, and i'm certainly not one of them!
Now if I see anyone with a non dominant hand with digits spread in front of them and the index finger of the dominant hand successively pointing at said digits, ....
The Mrs just doesn't need to know.
Definitely take gsp follower up on the offer, great fun. I'm seriously contemplating not getting a license this year as I'm likely to miss a big chunk due to mucking about with house repairs. :TT TT: Though I'm sure insanity will prevail.
I'll miss a big chunk of it being overseas 2/3 of the time, but even if I only get out a couple of times it will be worth it if I have a good time!
Do you need to get your license before the season or can you buy one after it starts if I get the offer to go out?
A license is probably the cheapest part of duck shooting. Hunting in NZ is bloody cheap compared to the rest of the world. Suck it up, and get over it.
I could buy a gun and ammo for less than the cost of a licence and shoot ducks in my back paddock and not a buy gamebird licence at all if I really wanted to
You can buy one any time and after opening day you can buy a day license for $18