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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
Every year Fish & Game staff all around the country undertake the NZ shoveler duck survey.
Counting down to the big 'quack off'
The country’s keen duck callers are getting set to compete in the New Zealand Duck Calling Championships to be held in Taupo.
Fish & Game announces all duck hunters will have to use non-toxic shot from 2021
All duck hunters will soon have to use non-toxic shot when hunting following a decision by Fish & Game’s New Zealand Council.
Great weather for ducks! Fish & Game says Queens Birthday looks good for game bird hunters
Wet weather forecast for this weekend may not be what everyone wants, but Fish & Game says it will be appreciated by game bird hunters.
Hunt, gather, cook – The Game Bird Food Festival returns for 2017
The Game Bird Food Festival is back on for 2017, giving hunters the opportunity to have their freshly harvested wild duck professionally cooked in a restaurant.
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Hunters win praise for ‘safe’ start to new game bird hunting season
Game bird hunters have been applauded for a “safe and happy” start to the new hunting season this weekend.
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New game bird hunting season shaping as one of best in years
Thousands of game bird hunters have turned out for the start of a new hunting season that’s so far bearing out Fish & Game’s predictions of one of the best...
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Game bird hunters get ready for opening day of the new season tomorrow
Game bird licences are selling well as hunters prepare for the new hunting season, which begins tomorrow morning. (Saturday 6 May)
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Chances of a duck dinner looking good as ‘best game bird season in years’ looms
The cold, wet, miserable summer much of the country endured has encouraged a bumper duck breeding effort, prompting Fish & Game to predict 2017 will be the best game bird...
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