Thread: Anyone shoot ducks from a small boat/kayak?

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

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I'd take up duckshooting if i could do it this way.

Nothing to stop you, at least nothing a little Kiwi ingenuity couldn't solve! Not illegal as far as I can tell as long as you use steel shot

Ahhh makes sense now.

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

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I'd take up duckshooting if i could do it this way.

Nothing wrong with a good punt...

I shot ducks for years drifting on the Waikato river, mainly from Cambridge to Hamilton, better with two people, shooter in the bow and second person with oars to keep the boat straight. It was better when the river was a bit higher and there was water under the willows, even better with a good dog on the bank. Nice quiet relaxing way to hunt

I do it every year on the waikato, two of us in the front, rower behind (boat not allowed to have motor on) from the second week on......

Great for flushing them out......

Can I ask the guys that do this, your view on legal access to rivers. Do you have the permission of landowners? I'm thinking of doing it on a remote, tidal stretch of river, so don't think there will be any problems. I asked the same question a few years ago on this forum and it seems to be a grey area. Cheers.

My view is ,you access the river from public access, while you are on the river you don’t need permission from anybody, you can’t shoot on land but on the river There are no problems. I used to get the odd land owner complain but there is nothing they can do to stop you drifting the river

I drift down the kaipara river in my 10 ft duck punt, boat it has a 3.5 on the back but I don't shot under power.
The ducks are pretty on to it but I manage to sneak up on a few.
The parrys seem to be easier to drift up on,
The birds some times fall in the paddocks and i retrieve them.