Thread: What little pesties did you bowl over today?

Shot 3 spur wings from the house when I got home from work today and the hawks got them before I could go and clean them up.

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

How come the Hawks and harrier aren't protected? Do they have sufficient numbers to not need the protection.

Fair enough. Would get frightfully expensive if you couldn't shoot them.

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When I was a student used my .177 break barrel springer air rifle to shoot chewed wads of tissue at flies. Had to use iron sights because of the bore/sight axis, but I digress. It was as if they had never been there, probably the wad had some clean-up effect on the walls / windows immediately after. Pondering that, I might have inhaled some aerosolised fly innards..

Originally Posted by Shearer

Shot 3 spur wings from the house when I got home from work today and the hawks got them before I could go and clean them up.

I was showing a nest to some workmates earlier this week, and a woman from Uruguay said they have a very similar bird that it their national bird and on their rugby teams logo, she thought it was strange how the Uruguayan people love them and Kiwis hate them for the way they behave.

Just knocked these two off from me Dads deck at around 175 yards. Brother said I'll buy that if your selling
Nice to be home and shoot stuff from the door once more.

Originally Posted by StrikerNZ

Absolutely illegal to kill falcons, and there's no reason to do so.


Harriers/Hawks are legal to kill if they are harassing or harming stock. Lambing time is a pretty critical time for this, sadly. Shot another hawk on the farm a few weeks ago, after it had opened up the guts on a sick sheep while it was still alive.

DOC reckons there's only a Handful of Falcons left? I'll take a chance and shoot it if there are so few, odds in my favour?

We have a native falcon around here, they are smaller and have a loud whistle when they fly around. Also quite a bit tamer, you can get near to it where the harriers take off as soon as they see you

Oh buy the way that's a .22wmr for all the poo poo ers

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

I believe they are ozzie imports like crows, magpies, and the lovely spurwing plover along with a few others

No they're natives. Way more native than the spur wings. There are way more of them as they will eat road kill. Falcons only eat things they catch on the wing.

I'd be right pissed if someone shot a falcon, they're my favourite bird by a country mile. Saw one take out three magpies that were trying to dive bomb it. Better than Top Gun!

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Originally Posted by Feather or Shoot

No they're natives. Way more native than the spur wings. There are way more of them as they will eat road kill. Falcons only eat things they catch on the wing.

I'd be right pissed if someone shot a falcon, they're my favourite bird by a country mile. Saw one take out three magpies that were trying to dive bomb it. Better than Top Gun!


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Jesus @Feather or Shoot that must have been a sight worth seeing

Arent we ALL?

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Jesus @Feather or Shoot that must have been a sight worth seeing

It was amazing. On Mt Thomas in North Canterbury a few decades ago. Dropped em out of the sky one by one. Last one tried to hide in the bush, falcon chased it in, only the falcon came out. Man they sound bad ass when they're pissed.
@7mmwsm
Native= self introduced, can be found elsewhere
Endemic= evolved here/not found anywhere else
Introduced= someone brought it here

My understanding was that the hawks self introduced hundreds of years ago, like the pukeko.
Spur wings self introduced recently and so have native status. They had native protection for a few years until people realised they were annoying and removed it.

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How the F did the Pukeko get here? Can fly for shit

Mauis pocket used the feathers for fishin, geeze @Gibo

Mauis pocket used the feathers for fishin, geeze @Gibo