Thread: Proposed banning of lead shot in sub gauge shotguns report from Southland

The trouble with you types that are in F&G or any governing body for that matter Mike, is you think your position comes with a sudden onslaught of intelligence and knowledge.
Who the fuck are you to say people against the ban dont care about our sport?
That is however, the typical attitude of people in your position. You think you are better, because of your position, than the people you are supposed to be helping.

Lead has been used for over a 100yrs in NZ and yet for some reason duck numbers in some regions are lower than they ever have been, and thats just since the ban. I would suggest F&G efforts would be better finding out why that is, instead of making changes that will see no immediate results.
I am pretty sure I have held a game and fishing licence every year since 81'
If I seen undisputed evidence provided over time and not taken from another country that lead use was killing a higher % of waterfowl than other issues we have in this country I would happily use steel. Period.
I personally do not think the lead ban has any merritt in all of NZ especially where I hunt, due to the lack of dabbling water and the number of floods. But what the fuck do I know, I am just a dumb cunt that buys a licence every year to keep some all knowing F&G idiots in a job.

My point being, there is plenty more things immediately reducing our waterfowl numbers that to me, need to be sorted before any reduction of bird numbers can be studied properly and attributed to lead