Hawke's Bay > Hunting Access

WATERFOWL

The Hawke's Bay region administer a number of Controlled Shooting Areas throughout the region. Periodically vacancies arise, creating a wetland enhancement and shooting opportunity for local shooters. If you want to shoot this season but don't have anywhere to hunt, give our local Fish & Game Office a call.

UPLAND GAME

Every year forestry blocks are available for use by upland game bird hunters. This is possible through the assistance of Carter Holt and Hawke's Bay Forests managers. The blocks offer weekend hunting only, and for this reason are usually productive and worth applying for. Access to all major Hawke's Bay forestry blocks is administered through our Fish & Game office by way of a balloted permit system.

Balloting of these blocks is advertised in early April in the Hawke's Bay Today and Central Hawke's Bay Mail. For further information contact the Game Farm Office.

A COUPLE OF THINGS TO REMEMBER

Access is a privilege not a right so if in doubt please ask! Land owners frequently have Paradise duck and Swan problems and often appreciate flocks being dispersed by hunters. Often they might offer the opportunity to shoot a vacant pond. In any case the personal courteous approach is by far your best bet.

Please do not leave the bodies or parts of shot game on the hunting ground. If carcasses are left in the field it can encourage unwanted predators as well as ill feeling from other hunters and the non-hunting public. Please make yourself familiar with the Closed Game Areas and Wildlife Refuges scattered throughout Hawke's Bay.