a walk in area  for


me the 19 year old girl,
we will be  just shooting the one gun this year ,  and with a  young first year dog  that needs a bird or 3

might have to do what we all have done at some time or another...go into google earth and look at public waterways,find what looks doable then walk it and see if anywhere not tagged....I predict there will be quite a few empty maimais this season as folks have held off buying licence then wont get time off work or just wont bother.....after opening weekend I GAURANTEE there will be plenty of empty maimais...after 8am you welcome/entitiled to use them,one of the great things about our gamebird rules...have you talked to fish n game yet??? they might have somewhere that will suit...cant hurt to ask.
middle of a shingly riverbed isnt worst spot either...pull a few bits of driftwood,broom together and chuck decoys out around you....might not be many resident birds bt you will get pass shooting and some will commit and come in.

Is there any were up the Wairoa river?   

I would give fish and game a ring and see what they can do to help

still looking guys and  for after opening retired  theses days and can travel  maybe any where north island

mit consider the south later in season 

sikaduk wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 9:12am:


thanks but its a doc spot , and  all i have at the moment is a 28 bore and cant get any non toxic  for it this year

so still looking guys

Thewoodman wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 1:48pm:



  yes some thing like that would be cool , experienced around stock farmers needs etc  have lay out blind  will pick up my rubbish and shells

but can use lead this year for sub gauge over private water and public water  over 3 meters wide ,

just not fish and game and doc lands

willy2 wrote on May 16^th, 2020 at 3:53pm:

JUmp in your car and go see the farmers down Pongokawa.

well went in and tagged number ,1,  spot X  bit of a walk for an old man, but fish / game will be pleased theirs a tag in taurangas only really decent spot thats left  for public hunting


never saw any other tag nor any sign  any ones been up that way for years room down there for at lest 5 maimais

i dont know why the young fellas dont get in there and build  shame as there used to be  about 7 or 8 maimais in  down the river ,  fine openings have not helped never mind its done


tag the place or we are going to loss it guys

was expecting to see a tag or 3 in their with  the covid   and it maybe  no traveling , but no didnt see any  bit of a surprise really  being thats about it folks in this town

great you have an area sorted.....now find a .12ga to use.....highly recommend good old rusky Bakails.....even old rusty ones do the bizo..... plenty of good killing light payload loads that wont boot you around.....they are loud but not bootish.

im not flying by night in sub gauge i have been shooting them for enough years now to know there worth

yea about gun ammo  still if i go an where short of winning lotto it will be a 20 bore ,  , must say as far as  the birds go im not expecting  any thing fancy  as i think the bird numbers here at the moment are way way down,  maybe as low as 10 percent of numbers about  last year  so rock bottom

if i get 3 birds im going to be happy 

plus with the weather  being fine and sunny with no wind its going to be all over by 9 o'clock

whatever bring it on  its what we do , we will be trying to be out there good luck all 

awesome offer there bud......one more sleep fellas,one more sleep.

thebomb wrote on May 21^st, 2020 at 7:35pm:


yea i will pm you in a day  or so  i have had a big day today

good luck ever one i will be trying to get a first bird f the pup  but its going to be tough  with this weather