Hunting News & Events

AW02RLFeb20
Last chance to bag some game birds

Fish & Game is urging gamebird hunters to make the most of the last weekend of the gamebird season and bag some upland game birds – pheasants and quail –…

  • 27/08/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Turning out for the big 'spoony' count

More than 50 Fish & Game officers and volunteers turned out in early August, to carry out Fish & Game’s only nationwide bird count – centred on the shoveler duck…

  • 13/08/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
You are here Home Healthy response to call for duck pond volunteers

Operation Duck Pond is signing up more volunteers, following a “very good response” from game bird hunters to a fresh appeal for pond observers.

  • 13/08/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Please send us your duck details

Fish & Game officers have made an urgent appeal for game bird hunters to send in any duck band information they have – after a “disappointingly slow” response to the…

  • 13/08/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Fish & Game mounts nationwide bird-counting mission

Up to 50 Fish & Game officers and volunteers around New Zealand head out on a major game bird-counting mission today – focused on the shoveler duck, or ‘spoony.

  • 3/08/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Operation Duck Pond needs your help!

Operation Duck Pond is still looking for keen waterfowl hunters (or family members, friends) who are able to monitor their ponds over the coming breeding season.

  • 28/07/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Online mapping system helps Waikato hunters hit the mark

Planning a hunting trip in the Waikato just got easier following the introduction of new hunter access point information on the free, nationwide Walking Access Mapping System.

  • 2/06/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Let's weed out the 'bird dumpers' giving us a bad name

Hunters who dumped birds in separate incidents in both the North and South Islands have cast a shadow over the otherwise happy start to the game bird season.

  • 12/05/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Day licence 'great way to have a crack at game bird hunting'

If you’ve ever wondered about taking a mate or a family member out game bird hunting…here’s a reminder on how best to go about it.

  • 12/05/2015
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AW02RLFeb20
Fish & Game applauds ‘law abiding’ game bird hunters

Fish & Game rangers say its pleasing to see that a “responsible majority” of hunters in the North Island stuck to the rules as the new game bird season opened…

  • 4/05/2015
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