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Hunters ‘win big time’ for sending in duck band details
Helping Fish & Game’s research has “paid off big time” for five game bird hunters who’ve each been rewarded with a $600 Hunting & Fishing prize package – for returning...
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Manawatu teen quacks the duck calling top spot
A Manawatu teen has swept the New Zealand Duck and Goose Calling Championships in Taupo, winning all four categories he entered.
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New Zealand’s top youth shooters compete in Canterbury
Students from around the country have converged on Canterbury for this year’s annual New Zealand Secondary Schools Clay Target Championships.
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A big call – the hunt’s on for New Zealand’s best duck caller
The country’s aspiring duck and goose callers are preparing to out-cackle and “ruffle each other’s feathers” in the New Zealand Duck and Goose Calling Championships later this month.
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Urgent investigation into Hawke’s Bay pheasant dumping
Fish and Game has begun an urgent investigation into the dumping of dozens of dead pheasants on Napier’s Westshore Beach.
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Fish & Game hails hunters' safe start to duck season
Hunters are being praised for their safe start to the game bird hunting season, with no injuries over the Opening Weekend.
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Hunters praised for safety focus as new game bird season starts
Fish and Game staff say that most hunters encountered in a large-scale ranging operation were “more than happy” with their start to the new game bird season, that began early...
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Safety ‘number one priority’ this game bird season
Game bird hunters are being urged to make safety their number one priority when the new hunting season opens this weekend Saturday 5 May.
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Police join forces with Fish & Game rangers in safe hunting initiative
Fish & Game and police are joining forces this weekend for the opening of the game bird hunting season to encourage safety and enforce hunting and firearm laws.
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Fish Game Ranger Teams To Guard Against Mycoplasma Bovis
Fish & Game rangers in the lower South Island will be carrying disinfection kits to eliminate the risk of transferring Mycoplasma Bovis when moving from farm to farm while conducting...
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Do it now - Duck hunters urged not to leave licence purchase until last minute
Amid predictions of a good duck hunting season, game bird hunters are being encouraged to abandon their usual habit of buying a hunting licence at the last minute.
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Use it or lose it – hunters urged to claim their duck hunting maimai this weekend
Game bird hunters are being reminded time is running out to claim their favourite maimai or duck shooting spot in time for the start of the new hunting season.
Game bird hunting licences now on sale
A good duck breeding season in many parts of the country is holding the promise of a good hunting season as game bird hunting licences go on sale today.
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‘Biggest ever’ duck banding tally bodes well for game bird season
Duck hunters will have no shortage of birds to target when the new game bird season kicks off in May (Saturday May 5) – going by the latest Fish &...
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Help our threatened wetlands on World Wetlands Day
New Zealanders are being urged to celebrate World Wetlands Day by doing something practical to help protect wetlands, a habitat crucial to the survival of many of this country’s wildlife species.
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Deadly botulism outbreak kills scores of birds at Te Aroha Wastewater Treatment Plant
A Waikato district council is being accused of failing to follow its own management plan to contain the deadly bird disease botulism after dozens of waterfowl died on its wastewater...
Trapping ‘how to’ hints
It’s not to early to start preparing for the duck hunting season that’s now just over three months away.
Kiwis dubbed 'Call Blacks' after big wins in world duck calling champs
The success of Nelson schoolgirl Holly Irvine and Otago’s Hunter Morrow in the world waterfowl calling championships in the United States has been hailed as “an amazing achievement.”
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Otago duck calling supremo quacks it big again
The reigning New Zealand duck calling champion Hunter Morrow has held onto his title at the national duck calling championships over the weekend.
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Shoveler duck survey results are in
Fish & Game staff have completed their annual survey of shoveler ducks.
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