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Fish & Game hopeful of ‘first rate’ game bird season
Some "outstanding" hunting is in store for game bird hunters when the new season opens this weekend if the weather plays its part, according to Fish & Game.
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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.
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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