Pheasants/ Upland Chat

How about some upland chat, share your pics, your dogs, how your season going, how's the bird population in your area, what shotgun are you using or looking at using.


It's been abit of a slow start for me this year, but I love every minute of being out there with the dog. I spend quite abit of time on the Rangitikei and very lucky to have it so close to home.

My first year shooting with an under and over instead of a semi and I think its going to be good.

Labs are easier to photograph Vizslas hunt better :)

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Nice, Like the wirehair VZ. Dont see many of those.
Very average season for us so far. Weather has not played ball and neither have the birds.
For me the shooting is a bonus, really its all about getting out with the dog on a nice day. Stress just melts away

My EP's have caught more liveys than I have shot. Unreal.

I haven't caught a live pheasant yet but have had some very close calls, there have been a number of live pukeko captures which offers great entertainment, bloody little ginger thing is keener of them then she is the pheasants.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like Fish and Game neglect the upland side of the sport? Just one of the things I ponder while walking along with the dog. ;)

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Originally Posted by the.camo.butcher

I haven't caught a live pheasant yet but have had some very close calls, there have been a number of live pukeko captures which offers great entertainment, bloody little ginger thing is keener of them then she is the pheasants.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like Fish and Game neglect the upland side of the sport? Just one of the things I ponder while walking along with the dog. ;)

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In Nelson/Marlborough its quite the opposite with f&g organising block access/ balloted hunts and forestry access on behalf of hunters. For example all hunters need to do is book a block thru them and tey arrange access permits etc and fwd them to you

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Originally Posted by mikee

In Nelson/Marlborough its quite the opposite with f&g organising block access/ balloted hunts and forestry access on behalf of hunters. For example all hunters need to do is book a block thru them and tey arrange access permits etc and fwd them to you

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That's a good initiative, in fairness they do something similar in the Manawatu with forestry blocks.

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Originally Posted by the.camo.butcher

How about some upland chat, share your pics, your dogs, how your season going, how's the bird population in your area, what shotgun are you using or looking at using.


It's been abit of a slow start for me this year, but I love every minute of being out there with the dog. I spend quite abit of time on the Rangitikei and very lucky to have it so close to home.

My first year shooting with an under and over instead of a semi and I think its going to be good.

Labs are easier to photograph Vizslas hunt better :)

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Nice vizla, is that from eddy,s kennel?, wharekuru or whatever he calls himself?

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No pheasants here in Eastern F&G area :ORLY:

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In Nelson/Marlborough its quite the opposite with f&g organising block access/ balloted hunts and forestry access on behalf of hunters. For example all hunters need to do is book a block thru them and they arrange access permits etc and fwd them to you

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Same here in the Taranaki region. Harakeke and Tauwhare forest ballots are run by F&G.
Nukumaru is a coastal recreational reserve that is leased out to local farmers, you just contact F&G for a permit and map. the permit has contact numbers for the lease holders who are generally really good to deal with.

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Originally Posted by hillclima

Nice vizla, is that from eddy,s kennel?, wharekuru or whatever he calls himself?

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Yea it is, crossed with a standard vizsla but has thrown looks wise to the wirehair. Goes really well alot hardier then a standard vizsla and hunts well.

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Same here in the Taranaki region. Harakeke and Tauwhare forest ballots are run by F&G.
Nukumaru is a coastal recreational reserve that is leased out to local farmers, you just contact F&G for a permit and map. the permit has contact numbers for the lease holders who are generally really good to deal with.

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Might have to roadtrip up to the Naki :thumbsup: coastal sounds like good fun.

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Might have to roadtrip up to the Naki :thumbsup: coastal sounds like good fun.

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It's definitely good fun. Waiinu beach campsite is a good place to stay for camping, or if camping in winter is a bit too much, stay at Ashley park. It's a petting zoo type setup with a campsite and huts out the back, hot showers, a big kitchen and a tv room with a fireplace. Last year it was $20 a night for a basic cabin and they were happy to have dogs. The Waitotora River mouth can have a lot of waterfowl especially geese too.

I walked that whole stretch at Nukumaru all they way to the river, I think its a 22KM round trip thats what the GPS showed I had done at any rate. Saw one hen right back at the campground, that was all. Would have been 7 or 8 yrs ago now.... hope the numbers have improved. Not a lot of drinking water available there so always best to take some for the dog too.

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Yea it is, crossed with a standard vizsla but has thrown looks wise to the wirehair. Goes really well alot hardier then a standard vizsla and hunts well.

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Nice, im not a fan of the full wire, but looks like he's thrown a good mix. I have ones of eddys but he's thrown a relatively short coat. Hunts very well https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...952006e6d3.jpg

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Nice, im not a fan of the full wire, but looks like he's thrown a good mix. I have ones of eddys but he's thrown a relatively short coat. Hunts very well https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...952006e6d3.jpg

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Awesome looking dogs mate.

How can a dog 'throw' hair? I thought they 'grow' hair :P

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I walked that whole stretch at Nukumaru all they way to the river, I think its a 22KM round trip thats what the GPS showed I had done at any rate. Saw one hen right back at the campground, that was all. Would have been 7 or 8 yrs ago now.... hope the numbers have improved. Not a lot of drinking water available there so always best to take some for the dog too.

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It depends on how hard it's been thrashed, its big open country and those well educated birds don't hang around if they sell you. It certainly get worked pretty hard by the guys who shoot opening weekend on it.

the first time I went there I saw 20 cocks/hens but never close enough for a shot. the next day in the damp I saw 5 birds in 2 hours.

i've had the opposite too, the lease holders had sprayed the lupin and there was nowhere for the birds to hide, I only saw 3 for 2 days hunting, all up around the river.

water wise, the paddocks have plenty of troughs for the dog so all you need is your own water.

forgot to say, there were a heap of feral cats out there last time I was there.

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First run out with the wires, left it too late for a decent walk but found 2 roosters hangouts and shot a hare in flight as it jumped the ditch.

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First run out with the wires, left it too late for a decent walk but found 2 roosters hangouts and shot a hare in flight as it jumped the ditch.

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Pretty good going getting a flying hare :)