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Shankspony Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 790 Location: Waitomo Joined: Sep 20^th, 2018	Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Sep 2^nd, 2019 at 7:39pm	Print Post
	Just trialling a new image hosting site, so thought id give it a try with some pictures from Sunday, when an informal goose cull was carried out at Kawhia. Was completely wrong weather, sunny and no wind which made it really hard, and we had probably close to 1000 geese sitting on the water below us, but we got a few and learnt a bit and have some ideas to try for next time. Some video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6limw98cnTw&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3E9ByD3W...


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DHDS (Deerhunter Duckshooter) Forum Senior Offline I Love inspirational quotes Posts: 610 Location: Taranaki Joined: Oct 26^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #1 - Sep 2^nd, 2019 at 8:26pm	Print Post
	Good stuff, I have just developed a dislike for geese, while we where on the Whanganui river. I had forgotten about that till I saw your post. We would be drifting by not even close to them, what a racket they would make. Even fly off from 50 meters up in the Bush honking there horrible squalky squeaky honk. A dead goose is a good goose. Sunny still weather makes for nice photos


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Shankspony Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 790 Location: Waitomo Joined: Sep 20^th, 2018	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #2 - Sep 2^nd, 2019 at 8:33pm	Print Post
	Yep, I was quite content sitting there with that view.


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XRhunter Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Online Forum Guide Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 1413 Location: Central North Island Joined: May 30^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #3 - Sep 3^rd, 2019 at 5:04pm	Print Post
	Yeah, geese in those numbers can do an awful lot of damage in a short period of time.


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DHDS (Deerhunter Duckshooter) Forum Senior Offline I Love inspirational quotes Posts: 610 Location: Taranaki Joined: Oct 26^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #4 - Sep 3^rd, 2019 at 5:32pm	Print Post
	Oh yes, luckily we don't have to many over hear. One of my mates has some wild peacocks in the paddock next to him. Maybe 30, told him he needs to ask his neighbor if he can dispose of them. Don't want those things established. Maybe to late.


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Grandad Forum Font Offline sonofthemist Posts: 3055 Location: North Island Joined: Aug 13^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #5 - Sep 4^th, 2019 at 12:40pm	Print Post
	I spent more than fifty years as an avid waterfowl hunter. For the last 20 years I focused on Canada geese. I consider them the top waterfowl target in New Zealand. Very intelligent. It's a shame our shooters allowed them to be declared a pest -- most didn't even put pen to paper when it was mooted. Now they are slaughtered from helicopters when flightless on the lakes. Funding by Federated farmers. Obviously I disagree with the opinions expressed here. Except for Micky duck.

	The fraternity of shooters is rather like the fraternity of blind men -- each one walks alone.&&: Ian Niall.
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Micky Duck Ex Member	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #6 - Sep 4^th, 2019 at 12:48pm	Print Post
	they are the king of gamebirds reguardless of thier status. awesome fun to shoot and great to eat,cubed up small and fried quickly in beer batter.... I dont sit over dekes but get my share of the big honkers jump shooting, if and when situation allows it...coming up over a berm/stop bank and seeing geese panic as they realise you are 20 yards away with the pumpgum shucking furiously is absolutely priceless. Ive managed 5 twice with my 6 shots. awesome photos.Kawhia is a magic place that holds many happy childhood memories.


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Shankspony Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 790 Location: Waitomo Joined: Sep 20^th, 2018	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #7 - Sep 4^th, 2019 at 3:56pm	Print Post
	Yep they are a fantastic bird. very frustrating at times though. I must be an argumentative bugger. I seem to spend my time with farmers explaining the value of geese to the hunting community. And here I feel the need to put across the point of view of farmers about how harmful they can be. The guys out there can have 500 geese per night on their best paddocks and hunting them successfully is difficult. The population is exploding and I can understand a guy who doesn't hunt saying that he want much fewer on his land. I think there is a middle ground,, as usual, and getting hunters out regularly is a key part. Its 40 minutes drive from my place so I think ill be doing my part quite regularly.


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DHDS (Deerhunter Duckshooter) Forum Senior Offline I Love inspirational quotes Posts: 610 Location: Taranaki Joined: Oct 26^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #8 - Sep 4^th, 2019 at 4:37pm	Print Post
	Oh I feel bad now for hating them, I have never shot or eaten one though so I will take your guys word over mine. They definitely are very aware and cautious birds when on the river bank. I think in the 70 or so kilometers we drifted and the 1000 or so geese we saw we probably only would have got close enough to shoot a couple.


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XRhunter Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Online Forum Guide Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 1413 Location: Central North Island Joined: May 30^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #9 - Sep 4^th, 2019 at 5:30pm	Print Post
	I hunt in an area that they have recently occupied and are not wanted there. We target them at the flapper stage with centrefires. I breasted a couple and left them in the fridge a week or so. Having conveniently forgotten about them I fried up some 'venison inside steaks' I must have defrosted?? Yummy! Then I realised what I had done. Most impressed


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MassiveAttack Forum Font Offline Setting trends in waterfowling fashion since 2011 Posts: 9558 Location: Canterbury Joined: Feb 16^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #10 - Sep 4^th, 2019 at 8:01pm	Print Post
	Nothing makes me happier than the sound of a happy goose honking. I see the valid opinions of our farmer friends who don't want 100s on their paddocks and I help out by shooting them. I personally wouldn't want any less of them around and I remember a time before goose armargedden when there were more of them. The first goose hunt I went on (through the forum, organised by Benelli Boy) there were so many they struggled to find places to land. The mighty goose is the best gamebird to hunt as they respond to calling better than any other species. If you want an annoying bird that spoils deer hunting then thats the paradise duck. I won't want to see any less of those either, they are a cool, native bird. Farmers will always see anything thats not stock as pests. The real problem with the world is that habitat destruction had left no space for the wildlife on this planet. It's a problem humans have created so while wild animals should be managed I don't think we should blame them and relegate them all to pest status. It's great to see a hunting report and some phots on here.

	This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. Without my rifle I am useless, without me it is useless.
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Shankspony Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 790 Location: Waitomo Joined: Sep 20^th, 2018	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #11 - Sep 5^th, 2019 at 6:47am	Print Post
	Exactly Massive!


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Micky Duck Ex Member	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #12 - Sep 5^th, 2019 at 11:48am	Print Post
	agree 100% massive. parries should be allowed to be shot with bow......that would be an interesting challenge and great for stalkers whos deer had bolted.....


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XRhunter Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Online Forum Guide Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 1413 Location: Central North Island Joined: May 30^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #13 - Sep 5^th, 2019 at 12:44pm	Print Post
	Pest/resource: Its all in the eye of the beholder But there are far too many myopic people blindly stating that all non natives have to be gone. Conveniently not them though The prattle around rats and mast years for beech seeds is one. Rats got here with the whalers in the 1700's, and will have been experiencing mast years throughout the intervening centuries. But the way DoC and twig and tweet prattle on, one would expect it to have been a brand new phenomenum Game birds have their place: in my freezer


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ReelLuckyBouy Full Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 276 Location: Canterbury Joined: Nov 5^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Weekend goose hunt at Kawhia Reply #14 - Sep 5^th, 2019 at 6:03pm	Print Post
	MassiveAttack wrote on Sep 4^th, 2019 at 8:01pm: It's great to see a hunting report and some phots on here. + 1 Thee KING of gamebirds!! No doubt about it. Can't wait til my next Molesworth goose hunt


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