I've heard the permits aren't hard to get, F&G is pretty reasonable. Or wait till May, they have a 3 month season. Last year 5 a day was bag limit.
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 07:41 PM
Yeah, spur winged plovers used to be protected but now aren't. They aren't on the duckshooting license though, they are on schedule 5 of the wildlife act so no restrictions (other than being killed...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 07:40 PM
if you run thinner oil...eg car motor oil instead of chainbar lube...it will spit it out much faster...... the thinner the faster,just be aware it will probably..OK it WILL MOST LIKELY leak it out if...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 07:25 PM
Trap them with a 17HMR. PM Mintie. Guru in these birds.
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 07:23 PM
In this case because the cats are probly keeping the pukeo down:thumbsup:
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 07:18 PM
Another look - the bottom 2 pics show a young buffalo, based on the horns, while the buff in the top 2 pics is an old 'daga boy' with much more heavy horn boss.
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:58 PM
The time stamps are from me taking a screen shot on my phone so they all should be pretty close lol I reckon 2 are from one set of pics the other 2 from another
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:58 PM
Question. If you applied to shoot pukes as they were fouling your water and refused a shooting permit, could you then hold the relevant athourity who refused the permit, if you were to lose stock due...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:54 PM
Oh, and they are aggressive and will happily kill other animals, including endemic ducklings etc.
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:49 PM
I have hunted and trapped them more or less full time over the last 3 years. Mainly for market Gardners, Lifestylers, Orchard and Vineyard owners etc. They are super destructive and can cause $1000s...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:49 PM
Hate the bastard things and especially when they shit in the troughs. In my opinion, Pukes are like Possums. The only good ones are dead.
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:48 PM
I think it is fish and game rather than doc that give out permits, pūkeko are on the game bird licences ina number of areas I have shot.
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:26 PM
I think the guys at work got a permit for pukeko. One foggy morning I counted 60 in an area of about 6 hectares. I know they got a permit for ducks, and it was very strict on how many they could...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:25 PM
Classified native, yes, Harmless..?? Hardly. They have adapted to farmland life very successfully. Even in market garden farms ( my work career ) they now live and multiply successfully. Numbers have...
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:25 PM
It's an Aussie swamp hen, meh
Liked On: 31-01-2023, 06:24 PM