Thread: STUFF ;CANADA GEESE

And got govt dough to help .?not to mention tax breaks once they got irst status.

Oops pest status?the onlynreal solution is co,operation and a return to maybe phased back In game bird status.while still allowing farmers the tax breaks to deal legally with them.No.poison is legal for use on geese.forn116 buks a year it,have to include management of Canada's for mine

game bird status why -- then you would have to pay fish and game a fee to shoot them-- now you can shoot them for free - any where anytime with any calibre why would anyone want to go back to paying - farmers need to be at the forefront of control - they are the ones effected -if the jobs to big then they ask Regional Councils to step up supported by Federated Farmers - DOC well enough said

The problem for Farmers in controlling them is that they spend most of their time not on their property, turning up in large numbers, sometimes at night to destroy crops and new grass. It will take a coordinated approach from Farmers, Councils and Central Government to reduce numbers to a sustainable level.

ANd how's that worked for you?? it's made the geese harder to hunt in numbers and severely paranoid as every idiot with a rifle and nothing better to do blasts one or two educating hundreds at the same time.Co,operation and letting bygones be bygones are the only real thing to do??the rediculousness of the worlds greatest waterfowl being only a pest is stupid wasteful and self defeating in this rewilding push .

yes but gsp follower it may well be a great gamebird in its natural country - that all goes out the door when you introduce it here - those rules no longer apply and we have to deal with its breeding rate and impact in what is a foreign country for it to be in - and one would have to say its found NZ very favorable indeed - no predators- no harsh winters - paradise for a goose and now a problem

You,d be a bloody short species hunter without the introduced critters.christvyoubrhink we have learned by now fro rabbits deer ??

No it's all included like it was before?why because it's not working for them us or fish and game