Thread: North Island Wallabies

Hi guys

Ive heard there are wallabies in the North Island but thats all the detail ive got, Could anyone give a big more insight into where to find wallabies ? Cheers

Rotorua lakes, have never shot any but have seen them in some camp grounds.

Think they are more or less around any of the lakes.
Could either ask DOC more questions or wait until someone more knowledgeable replies.

I have seen them around the lakes, very skittish little buggers and a bit hard to get a shot at.

Chek with DOC areas can be closed for hunting over the summer months. PM Bare_foot

Originally Posted by Maca49

Chek with DOC areas can be closed for hunting over the summer months. PM Bare_foot

Not big foot??? around the lakes is riddled with the little buggers can be a bit hit or miss, same deal as most other critters early mornings and evenings around the bush edges, if you do stumble across them in the scrub theyll only hop no more than 10m and stop to look back, ours are only little rats compared to down south though

Closed til the start of February, only Know that as it was going to be a holiday hunting trip that got stopped.

Bloody fun smacking the lil buggers over. Get a permit from doc.

This was around Lake Okataina.

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...by-hunt-15042/

Are NI ones smaller than SI ones?

Yes they are about the size of a large hare.

100metre shot open sights .270. There wasn't much left of him.

if you can't knock em over with the rifle there's plenty on the road at night - That nice long straight is a beauty for them at change of light. One even ran out into the door of the exploder one night..

Originally Posted by 308

Are NI ones smaller than SI ones?

Yep as per normal

North Island Wallabies are the Darma Wallaby and are much smaller than the South Island Variety.

I used to get regularly asked to cull them them on a Landcorp farm near Rotoma in the 1980's.

We hunted evenings until dark, took a break for a couple of hours then spotlighted until the early hours

Was easy to get a hundred or more in a night working as a two man team.

One with a 222 and one with a 12ga.

Tried to get back onto the Farm recently but got told to bugger off, Farm policy is no shooting.

Seems times have changed some what.

Shame really as the do make good eating and good Pets.

Cheers
Pete