Eastern > Hunting

Eastern Fish & Game hold annual ballots for hunting sites in wetlands managed by the Council. Hunters may register for the ballot before the end of the first week in November. All you have to do is write to us with your name, address, and phone number and we will send you a ballot application form prior to the ballot. Hunters in the previous years ballot will automatically be sent an application form. If you have changed your address make sure you notify us of the changes.

Ballot Application Form

2010 Ballot draw results - Note, the higher up the list your name appears the more likely you are to receive your choice of stand if it is available. 

New Rotoehu and Kaiangaroa access maps issued by Timberlands April 2009
Some of New Zealand's best pheasant and quail hunting is found in the Eastern Region. A lot of this hunting is in the production forestry areas of the Bay of Plenty managed by TMC. Permits to hunt in the forest are issued by ISCL, 07 347 8880.