Thread: Should the Pukeko have its gamebird status removed in the North Island?

Originally Posted by gsp follower

the wierdest thing in the north island was the bastards seem to know when we decided to make a day on them?
around otaki and the kapiti cast they,re as thick as flies

Tell me about it we're just nth of waikanae ... and they're as wiley as hell ... although give the amount of Lead I've ( and @ebf) chucked at them they should be fairly spooked.

Yeah, pukes are a bit of a menace. At least they are native.

The bird I hate with a passion is the Aus Magpie, cant stand the nasty fcukers.

they aint nasty they,re just protecting their nests ??dont project human traits/emotions on animals it dont apply
says the man who calls his gsp sneaky

Got a few round work when we keep the wild cats down.
I like em there, after all they didn't build an industrial area on their swamp.
Can see how big numbers would be a problem on farms etc but haven't seen big numbers anywhere in Nelson.

Originally Posted by ebf

Yeah, pukes are a bit of a menace. At least they are native.

The bird I hate with a passion is the Aus Magpie, cant stand the nasty fcukers.

Not exactly, the Pook is endemic, not native...

And as for the Magpie, they keep hawks away! They are welcome at my place

Originally Posted by Pointer

And as for the Magpie, they keep hawks away! They are welcome at my place

I don't think I've shot one since you told me this last year

Not even a week ago, I watched two Maggies scrap a hawk out of the sky. I almost cheered them on

My mum is breeding them to keep the haters happy

Originally Posted by Pointer

Not even a week ago, I watched two Maggies scrap a hawk out of the sky. I almost cheered them on

Do they also scrap our falcon?

I watched two falcon harass a hawk in some awesome airobatic dogfighting. When the hawk bugged out one went tail end Charlie to make sure it didn't come back and the other went back to a tree where i assume they had a nest and I got an ok photo of it

I'm not lucky enough to see Falcons that regularly... wish I was

Originally Posted by Pointer

I'm not lucky enough to see Falcons that regularly... wish I was

Maybe get rid of the Maggies they will come back?

Or maybe live closer to where the live

I think that they are beautiful, iconic and sooo silly. God was really taking the piss when he came up with Pukes.

Leave their status as they are.

Go and shoot Plovers if you want to simply shoot birds for the sake it. But I would prefer that you shot paper targets, just for the sake of it.

Should the Pukeko have its gamebird status removed in the North Island?

it should have everything removed from its ears back

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I'm not lucky enough to see Falcons that regularly... wish I was

they are so cool but find the hunting on treelined roads to tempting thats how one wound up in my freezer.
not me tho, found the poor little sod after he,d had a head on with a car ,on my way out of the akatarawa valley on my wheelibin run.

Originally Posted by Gibo

My mum is breeding them to keep the haters happy
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It is illegal to have gamebirds in possession when not in season.