Thread: Anyone eaten plovers?

Originally Posted by slk12

I saw on centralsouthwaterfowl's instagram that they shot one - previsouly I thought they were protected (spur winged)

There's always a bunch flying over me on the lake, so getting them shouldn't be an issue now I know you can shoot them.

Has anyone tried eating the birds??

my 204 does

Originally Posted by slk12

I saw on centralsouthwaterfowl's instagram that they shot one - previsouly I thought they were protected (spur winged)

There's always a bunch flying over me on the lake, so getting them shouldn't be an issue now I know you can shoot them.

Has anyone tried eating the birds??

We eat the Aussies at most things don't we!

not much left once the Hornet has had a chew

Originally Posted by SL600

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not much left once the Hornet has had a chew

damn nice rifle - the little aussie squawkers well justice never invited in first place and then had the cheek to breed

I can confirm turboprops don't slow down for them, but they do leave a dent in the leading edge of wings etc.

They are absolute mongrel bastard things, they are too stupid to realise they are dead is the biggest issue with shooting them. I used to ping them off the tractor, they were so used to it running lines they never got out of the way. The mowing deck soon sorts them out though.

Originally Posted by No.3

I can confirm turboprops don't slow down for them, but they do leave a dent in the leading edge of wings etc.

They are absolute mongrel bastard things, they are too stupid to realise they are dead is the biggest issue with shooting them. I used to ping them off the tractor, they were so used to it running lines they never got out of the way. The mowing deck soon sorts them out though.

yeah - loose count in season on tractor how many nests and chicks one gets - never ceases to amuse one how the adults will stand up to the tractor approaching - stupid as stupid is

What is a neat trick is take the kids/grandies for a walk when they have hatched out.
Spot the chicks do not take you eyes off them.
Walk up to them and pick them up and show the the kids.
The kids love it and because the kids look away cannot do it themselves.
Can remember uncle rearing some years ago on the Crown range when they were a novelty.
But just killing them for the sake of it isn't hunting it is just killing.

Have shot a few but never thought about eating one. Have eaten a few other Australian birds

Originally Posted by Quackers

Have shot a few but never thought about eating one. Have eaten a few other Australian birds

Please elaborate

Originally Posted by erniec

What is a neat trick is take the kids/grandies for a walk when they have hatched out.
Spot the chicks do not take you eyes off them.
Walk up to them and pick them up and show the the kids.
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Have done that a couple of times. Cute like most chicks are. The parents were going apeshit during all of this.

Hmmm better than seagull - well two birds sitting in a paddock - a spur wing plover and a seagull - shooting one could lose you your FAL and a mean judge the rifle and no please ya mean old shit not the hi lux- feck $2000 fine as well - the other is a squawking little aussie who arrived uninvited and worse then decided to breed and spread - now which one can I shoot ohhh that's a difficult one - maybe I will have a think about it or shoot both - difficult decision - well no not really

Round here we refer to them as those f...... 'mother in law birds'.
Never knew they were protected in the first place

Originally Posted by 7mm tragic

Round here we refer to them as those f...... 'mother in law birds'.
Never knew they were protected in the first place

they were - but not now - can be shot by any caliber just like say a blackbird - - I think I covered this with pukekos but will again its interesting - all birds are classified into a group - so any bird that makes its way to NZ under its own steam ( normally blown over ) and starts breeding cause there are others here that arrived gets the class of native -native means breed's and exists in NZ but can occur in other countrys - spur wing were removed from that protected status - so under native we have wax eye pukeko all in aussie as well its not a big group - the top group for NZ is endemic breeds and lives only in NZ so morepork tui kiwi kea --then there is introduced - vagrant ( arrives but does not breed ) circum polar - migratory etc----one vagrant that still is a bit of a mystery and never as I understand officially confirmed was a report of an aussie brolga in the South Island - I believe just one sighting - well if it was would have been quite a sight - they are a damn big mother fucker - a wader now imagine a grey faced heron that stands just over a metre high with a big mean beak - there was one here in the kids zoo in New Plymouth ( behind wire ) - ya would bloody run if the big ugly bugger came at ya

nothing wrong with them, bit gamier than a duck

I'd rather have the embarrassment of going to a foodbank than eat plovers.