Thread: Canada question

Another great day yesterday at the goosegarden.
Tooka young bloke whom Im mentoring for his first experience with shotty and gamebirds.
wonderfcul to see a mob of 50-60 canadas in fullflight honking and stirring up other mobs on ellesmere.
Bodes well for us hunters!
Anyhow called on me old mates the ferals but the cunning buggers had shifted house.
he we were snooping about when in the middle of a rush bush sits a big white head with a mean eye looking at us.
young bloke gets asll excited as i sneak forwrd -hello,hellowhats this -a great fat grey arse poking out of said bush ,like a badly parked car in your garage .
wellI looks over edge of bush-its lousy with adults&juveniles and away they go!
dropped one adult then two juveniles with a single headshot ,but bugger me fat albert snores away blissfully!
how ya do that with a shotty boomin overhead ill never know -but both of us wondered if in fact hes dead
anyhow reload and go to poke him in the bum with the barrel,when "wtf shit a brick" ...yep hes awake and off-I gave him a coupla seconds start before he too ended up beak first ploughing the dirt after a fatal baikal blowjob!!
The apprentice is standing there open mouthed at clinteastwoods shootin,whilst "clint "himself is actually wonderin howthe hell he managed it!!
so ive got four prime geese to process today -add them to my xmas larder ,or actually ive a couple of blokes at work who are keen on a feed of goose -might make em a wee xmas present!
Oh yea -merry Xmas to all you huntin&shootin buggers out there and may all your holiday snoopin with shotty /rifle go well.
look after the whanau too.to those of our crew who've suffered losses this year ,remember we are thinking of you at this time ,so go well in the knowledge tat hopefully those who left us are in a better place!

GSP follower if youre out there care to tell what you told me about wee CONVERSATIONS with DOC managers regarding this.

refresh my memory kotuku old bean?? ive been in computer shit it self land for a week or 3.
try shooting lead at geese out lake elley and you.l be in for the high jump geese or no.
even worse if your dumb enough to start throwing bullets around out there.

your conversation with DOC hierachy following the so called culling on ellesmere/throughout high country lakes.the point that the so called authorising DOCofficial was conveniently on leave.lead ammunition was used in breach of soc called regulations< ,the plan that FF F&G, DOC plus mr Thomas L (god of NZGBHA)all were party too that was not adhered to-and the bloody schemoozle that led kate wilkinson as incumbent min conservation,being treated like one of HenryVIII wives
does that refresh the dormant cells old chap!

Originally Posted by kotuku

your conversation with DOC hierachy following the so called culling on ellesmere/throughout high country lakes.the point that the so called authorising DOCofficial was conveniently on leave.lead ammunition was used in breach of soc called regulations< ,the plan that FF F&G, DOC plus mr Thomas L (god of NZGBHA)all were party too that was not adhered to-and the bloody schemoozle that led kate wilkinson as incumbent min conservation,being treated like one of HenryVIII wives
does that refresh the dormant cells old chap!

that it do old son but the worst part of that was doc hamstrung themselves by not stating as they now did/do for us mere mortal hunters that steel was to be used, on the permit.
still nothing was done about the carcasses everywhere and the problem was left to rot itself away dont think anything came of the wainono cockups either.

I've read this thread and am amazed that the government let so many great birds go to waste and seemingly rot. They're highly prized here.

I remember as a small kid here in the USA when Canadas were scarce as hens' teeth, and we had restoration programs for them. MAN! Did they rebound!

How did you get the birds? Were they imported to NZ? I can see that they could become pests, seeing you don't have our aggressive predators.

Originally Posted by luv2safari

I've read this thread and am amazed that the government let so many great birds go to waste and seemingly rot. They're highly prized here.

I remember as a small kid here in the USA when Canadas were scarce as hens' teeth, and we had restoration programs for them. MAN! Did they rebound!

How did you get the birds? Were they imported to NZ? I can see that they could become pests, seeing you don't have our aggressive predators.

yep probably gifted to the then acclimatisation societies by america or canada .
we have the biggest sub species the gigantis tho a 12 pounder is the biggest ive wieghed in but i suspect ive shot and seen shot bigger.
sorry to say so luv2safari but our collective use or otherwise of the game gifts we,ve been .given has had its succession of poor handling and wastage.
sometimes by neccessity ie pest proportions but other times just plain lies and ludicrous decisions by politicians .

gsp,

We're not so different, you folks and ours. Politicians are All the same.