Thread: Question - Shooting on Canterbury Rivers

Good stuff @ Aussie glad that helped.

WAMS is a really good tool. Great for showing where "paper roads" exist too (pink lines).

I'd still inform anyone in the surrounds of my intentions though, even if you're legally entitled.

Just a quick question. Does anyone know what “reserve land” is technically speaking. Where I shoot on lake ellesemere its not Doc land its a piece of land thats classed as reserve land. I just remembered that when the move to lead was made we were still able to shoot lead as it wasnt classed as Doc land.We use steel now. thoughts.? Cheers in advance.

reserve land is sometimes under council control....... the wee dryland block I was trpping on has 4 ha of DOC and the rest is council land......and there is zero difference and DOC have nothing to do with its running.... there are many wee council reserves dotted around the place..I BELIEVE they were origonally there for firewood planting but somewhere along the way that plan got abandoned or someone started to realise the $$$ value ...some still grow trees,sometimes council might break even on them....some get sold off and swallowed into nearby farms.

There is Yarrs reserve on the end of Ellesmere next to the L11 river. It is a DOC reserve not council with predator trapping in progress. Alot of new planting was done 2-3 years ago. There is alot of willow clearing going on next to the L11 as well. Duck shooting occurs on the edge of the reserve.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

reserve land is sometimes under council control....... the wee dryland block I was trpping on has 4 ha of DOC and the rest is council land......and there is zero difference and DOC have nothing to do with its running.... there are many wee council reserves dotted around the place..I BELIEVE they were origonally there for firewood planting but somewhere along the way that plan got abandoned or someone started to realise the $$$ value ...some still grow trees,sometimes council might break even on them....some get sold off and swallowed into nearby farms.

A lot of Council reserves were for road metal. Most of the pine blocks will have a shingle pit in the middle

Originally Posted by Hunteast

There is Yarrs reserve on the end of Ellesmere next to the L11 river. It is a DOC reserve not council with predator trapping in progress. Alot of new planting was done 2-3 years ago. There is alot of willow clearing going on next to the L11 as well. Duck shooting occurs on the edge of the reserve.

Yarrs was a Council reserve 6-7 years ago. I tried to get F&G to take a lease on it to develop it for youth duck shooting. They weren't keen and a change was lost, one F&G staff member shot it each year