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Hey Guys
Any one got any idea were there are good concentrations of these little buggers around the Rotorua lakes at the moment
want to try them in the pot.
Any private land owners who would allow access to the bush margins on their land
Ill take Hare and rabbit too
cheers
I've seen them every time I've been to DOC land in Rotorua. Not huge numbers, but definitely enough to fill the crock pot.
Hey thanks for that, yea i want to make a trip there productive if possible...mind you they may turn out to be not so appetizing
We just tried it for the first time. Not very different to beef in the crockpot.
okataina reserve go in from okareka end they are everywhere in there. doc rotorua with give you a permit to use the .22 in there. they not about much middle of day more likely just on day light.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
Nice, Cheers
Cheers Mucko,
I better get a wriggle on i think shooting restriction come in there at the end of November
Hey mucko
Looks like a little car park at the end of Millars rd
and a short walk into the open hunting area somewhere there you reckon
They taste great if cooked right. Very lean so dont let them dry out.
Maurice Wilkie. He is helpful and deals with permits for hunting/trapping. Been at DoC since before DoC.
Don't know about the little fellas over there but Bennett's / Red Neck Wallaby are good eating & would be many recipes from Tasmaina as ever second bugger eats them there & where our Bennett's come from.
I think those are Dama Wallaby's but Ive seen them called Tammar in the past, wouldn't be legal to kill in Aussie I don't think as rare as, but I have eaten many types of Roo & Wallaby, near all are good, not Swamp Wallaby or Stinkers how ever !
thats the one mateQuote:
Originally Posted by Smaug
Don't bother looking around the native in Rotoehu Forest as it has been poisoned again ( aerial 1080)on the 16 /10/20 .There used to be plenty in the native but I think they will be thin on the ground now after two drops in the last several years. Was up there today found pellets on the ground.
@big_foot just shot a monster in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smaug
Bugger, I was going to have a look in there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
Yes didnt even now it was coming up. I know they regularly treat the Blue Wattle Crow area using 1080 in bait stations but on the map on Rotoehu Rd the whole area has been done by air. Can't have been much in the way of small pests other than rats which is most likely the reason they did it now as the young kokako would be at risk. I was going to take me little dog for a stroll soon but that's out now for a while.
Bugger, looks like next walks going to have to be western or eastern Okataina or the Mamaku's.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mooseman
Second that from 40 years ago, Okataina, small buggers extremely fast. Day time they they were impossible bush was quite thick. Spot lighting worked well.
I did it a few decades back,had to be a member of NZDA to obtain a .22lr permit back then.
Thanks for all the good feed back cheers
Got several with my son right around dusk and under headlamp at okataina. Quite small but tasted great in a curry!
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Okataina area closed for hunting from now until Feb as tourist season about to kick off. Don’t leave your car overnight at end of Millars road. Paddy the farmer opposite that little car park won’t tolerate ‘transgressors’ so know your boundaries. You can also rent a hut up the back of Wilkes(?) farm roughly opposite the Rotorua airport, but will need 4wd to access it and when I enquired, they were charging $90 pp per night. Gulp. The Eastern Okataina walkway, esp down near the saddle over to Lake Tarawera holds a few, as does the track from saddle right through to Tarawera outlet. Biggest hassle is being there when walkers/cyclists are not.