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Otago Fish & Game finds mallards ducking for cover

Otago Fish & Game officer Paul van Klink has just completed the annual mallard monitoring flights over coastal and South Otago.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 9 days ago by Richie Cosgrove

Game bird hunters reminded to ‘sort their hunting spot’

Game bird hunters have been reminded to stake their claim on their favourite maimai or duck shooting stand before the start of the new hunting season starting Saturday, 4 May, 2019.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 23 days ago by Grant Dyson

Game bird hunters ‘first step’ towards promising new season

Keen game bird hunters will soon take the first step towards bagging some wild game when the new hunting season opens - with game bird hunting licences for the 2019...

Posted in Hunting, Events; Tagged game bird Posted 41 days ago by Grant Dyson

Hunters Score Conservation Win With Marlborough Wetland Restoration

The contribution hunters have made to saving and restoring Marlborough’s largest surviving lowland freshwater wetland is being highlighted to mark 2019 World Wetlands Day.

Posted in Hunting, Environment; Tagged game bird Posted 3 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Ducks by the hundred get ‘blinged up’ for scientific research

Hundreds of Bay of Plenty ducks are helping scientific research into their populations and habits by getting “blinged up” with bright, shiny bands on their legs.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 3 months ago by Grant Dyson

Kiwis set quacking pace at world waterfowl calling champs

Kiwi duck callers have “done New Zealand proud” in the World Waterfowl Calling Championships in the United States – with a string of placings including a second.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 5 months ago by Grant Dyson

Kiwis off to compete in world duck calling champs

Some of New Zealand’s top duck callers are preparing to head to the U.S. to compete in the World Waterfowl Calling Championships in the state of Maryland.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 6 months ago by Grant Dyson

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...

Posted in Hunting; Posted 7 months ago by Grant Dyson

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 7 months ago by Grant Dyson

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.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Posted 7 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Posted 7 months ago by Grant Dyson

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 9 months ago by Grant Dyson

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 12 months ago by Grant Dyson

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...

Posted in Hunting; Posted 12 months ago by Grant Dyson

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 12 months ago by Grant Dyson

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 12 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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...

Posted in Hunting; Posted 12 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 12 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Posted 13 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

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.

Posted in Hunting; Posted 13 months ago by Grant Dyson

Category: Hunting

Otago Fish & Game finds mallards ducking for cover

Game bird hunters reminded to ‘sort their hunting spot’

Game bird hunters ‘first step’ towards promising new season

Hunters Score Conservation Win With Marlborough Wetland Restoration

Ducks by the hundred get ‘blinged up’ for scientific research

Kiwis set quacking pace at world waterfowl calling champs

Kiwis off to compete in world duck calling champs

Hunters ‘win big time’ for sending in duck band details

Manawatu teen quacks the duck calling top spot

New Zealand’s top youth shooters compete in Canterbury

A big call – the hunt’s on for New Zealand’s best duck caller

Urgent investigation into Hawke’s Bay pheasant dumping

Fish & Game hails hunters' safe start to duck season

Hunters praised for safety focus as new game bird season starts

Safety ‘number one priority’ this game bird season

Police join forces with Fish & Game rangers in safe hunting initiative

Fish Game Ranger Teams To Guard Against Mycoplasma Bovis

Do it now - Duck hunters urged not to leave licence purchase until last minute

Use it or lose it – hunters urged to claim their duck hunting maimai this weekend

Game bird hunting licences now on sale

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