Thread: Duck feeding regulations?

I've been doing some research and can't find any regulations RE feeding ponds and that sort of carry on. A nice guy I met a few months ago from the Waikato said there's a cutoff time you have to stop feeding somewhere around easter but I couldn't find any info online.

Does anyone know the rules on this?

2022 Regulations Auckland/Waikato
4.9 No person may hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae
(waterfowl) in all the area contained within a distance
of 100 metres from the margins of any waters together
with the area covered by those waters where food has
been cast, thrown, placed or planted any time during the
period 1 April to 28 June 2022 inclusive.

cheers

so if the greenies sprinkle maize/acorns/wheat/barley around your maimai...your ducked. most other regeions abandoned that rule years ago.

and its in there again this year

4. Special Conditions
4.10 No person may hunt or kill game of the family Anatidae (waterfowl) in all the area contained within a distance of 100 metres from the margins of any waters together with the area covered by those waters where food has been cast, thrown, placed or planted any time during the period 1 April to 28 June 2023 inclusive.

I have a stupid question.....

Why do they have a cut off period for feeding out for ducks..... Are they not a Pest ?

So Ducks aren’t dependent by Opening weekend.

The farmer who is surrounded by maimais on bordering farms and feeds his 2 ponds like crazy and does not shoot. Like zillions of ducks home in come opening and constantly thru the season. Why?because they flogged some of my stock. Ouch.

Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris

So Ducks aren’t dependent by Opening weekend.

no ducks geese etc are all guts'at heart and will gorge themselves on anything they can.

Originally Posted by Jusepy

I have a stupid question.....

Why do they have a cut off period for feeding out for ducks..... Are they not a Pest ?

wash your mouth out...they like ALL our game animals are a RESOURCE ...... to be managed and harvested for the good of all.... now go sit in naughty corner for half hour and dont come out till you have concept ingrained in your head.

one of the best legends from years gone by was a F&G ranger called into settle dispute between two parties who both were claiming maimai as their own,the 2 were close together and neither party wanted to shift or share....Ranger turns up with bag of barley in his pocket...."Now gentlemen, you can play this one of two ways, either you sort your shit out and share the area,or I shal empty out his here bag of barley and neither of you will be able to shoot here"
they say the parties got along famously after that.

sorry micky , i shall pull my head out my arse.
off too the naughty corner i go.

Ok, I have a stupid question too.....

Can farmers shoot wild ducks, wild geese and any game without a license on their own land
or regulations, rules and hunting licenses apply on private land as well?

Originally Posted by Snap 4T

Ok, I have a stupid question too.....

Can farmers shoot wild ducks, wild geese and any game without a license on their own land
or regulations, rules and hunting licenses apply on private land as well?

Regulations and rules still apply, but IIRC last I heard the landowner and one other family member can shoot without a game bird license.

Different rules apply to different species, e.g Canada geese are on a different schedule so very few rules apply to them

correct.