Thread: Best place for rabbit shooting on West Coast?

live in Greymouth but get around Coast a bit. Wondering where good spots are to shoot rabbits.

Originally Posted by Muzzyfan

live in Greymouth but get around Coast a bit. Wondering where good spots are to shoot rabbits.

No where handy. Rabbits have all but disappeared here. Used to be excellent rabbit shooting on most riverbeds but floods and virus have wiped them out. I was near the blaketown rugby grounds not long ago and seen shitloads but a bit close to houses etc.

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Use to shoot heaps off the 100 acre at Aickens. Private land though.

Originally Posted by nor-west

Use to shoot heaps off the 100 acre at Aickens. Private land though.

I know it well. Dont really know what's happened and why it hasn't recovered like other areas but it has been pretty sad for bunnys here for a while.
I still get get enough for the slow cooker when I want but it can be a chore

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Talk to the Pughs at Turawhati (spelling)
Where the single lane bridge is before Atkins.
You can access the riverbed from the creeks and hunt away from the quarry.

Originally Posted by Boxton

Talk to the Pughs at Turawhati (spelling)
Where the single lane bridge is before Atkins.
You can access the riverbed from the creeks and hunt away from the quarry.

I hunt there a bit. Know the Pughs well. Dindnt know they had land near Aickens?

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That's about your limit. Bugger all rabbits north of the Taramakau unless that's changed-dunno about the south. Had a couple of mates that did the rabbits at Turawhati (had to look it up myself). Never realised they got to decent number there
Never tried myself-to far for a couple of bunnies-did my first rabbit shoot down at Alex for the Easter bunny shoot (too far lol) got bugger all-first shoot after the calcivirus. @R93 that's a surprise to hear they are in Blaketown

Originally Posted by csmiffy

That's about your limit. Bugger all rabbits north of the Taramakau unless that's changed-dunno about the south. Had a couple of mates that did the rabbits at Turawhati (had to look it up myself). Never realised they got to decent number there
Never tried myself-to far for a couple of bunnies-did my first rabbit shoot down at Alex for the Easter bunny shoot (too far lol) got bugger all-first shoot after the calcivirus. @R93 that's a surprise to hear they are in Blaketown

On the beach there mainly mate. Same as here in Hoki. A lot along beach. Different typ of rabbit tho. Very hard to get onto.

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Not sure who owns it all now but used to walk from the scout camp to the arahura river along the sand dunes and fence lines and shoot pleanty