Thread: eastern f&g pass some wierd shit

Originally Posted by gsp follower

i would have thought cock would kill other cocks if there were to many competing but tpo many hens in a new one on me.
obviously not kiwi male pheasants who like us believe there no such thing as to many adoring females.
i was more referencing your victorian quote which to me represented the times of the big stocked keepered massive brace kills.

I see what you mean...

Originally Posted by Tim Allen

This is part of a process of acceptance. Eastern Region with a pheasant limit of 5 cocks has been doing something right. Why change it?

Most of us have managed to shoot a cock as our first pheasant, which- although may prove difficult initially brings about a real sense of achievement when it occurs- like anything earned. My guess this is more about changing a culture, not the actual shooting of wild hen birds.

I suspect you are entirely correct, @Tim Allen...there is a sound rationale behind protecting hens WHERE THERE IS A SMALL/SPARSE POPULATION...lucky ones who can bag hens as well...there must be some birds up there...

]i wonder if you set a hen as well as cock limit do you then encourage to some extent the if it flys it dies mentality??
well a hen maybe a feed a cocks a feed a trophy and a hard flushing,cackling,nappy change producing ,gaudy son of a bitch, that i love to hate then love again
this depending on the hunt the dogs work my shooting the birds condition colouring
just hard to get excited about killing a hen after 39 years of bieng told hell no.
dont get me started on pointed and flushed quail
how is it possible to miss as often as i do a bird not much bigger than a bull sparrow with 300 odd pellets at 30 feet??christ last season i barely kept myself in roast quail and veges including at least two trips to the gunshop for more 9,s
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Originally Posted by EeeBees

I suspect you are entirely correct, @Tim Allen...there is a sound rationale behind protecting hens WHERE THERE IS A SMALL/SPARSE POPULATION...lucky ones who can bag hens as well...there must be some birds up there...

Can't argue there EeeBee's, though I'd have thought increasing the rooster harvest from 5 to whatever would be the go if the population needed controlling.

In Hawkes Bay we are permitted two roosters a day...

Originally Posted by gsp follower

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dont get me started on pointed and flushed quail
how is it possible to miss as often as i do a bird not much bigger than a bull sparrow with 300 odd pellets at 30 feet??christ last season i barely kept myself in roast quail and veges including at least two trips to the gunshop for more 9,s

How many did YOU get Tony, with that slug gun, tuis, Kereru, Ruru oh the list goes on!

Originally Posted by Mauser308

I bagged my first hen for the season the other day. I guess no one bothered to teach the doopy female about road safety, OR her rather large guts and lack of a run up was a serious miscalculation. Still clearing feathers out of the grill...

I dunno about anywhere else in the country, but in Tga city and especially Papamoa Beach Rd area, there ain't no shortage of either sex. One bird would feed a small African nation for a day - they can't even fly. If there's a shortage elsewhere grab a handful from here and restock!

thats how i got this male phezzy he got clipped by a car south of rakaia on state hwy one poor sod. i thought he might be nursed back to health but when he couldnt move the next day i new his time was up[img][/img]

I hunt from one side of eastern to another, I don't see the need to shoot hens. The population is healthy but not that healthy - I certainly won't be shooting a hen. However its only one weekend, I can't see it making much difference if it's this year only

Originally Posted by Pointer

I hunt from one side of eastern to another, I don't see the need to shoot hens. The population is healthy but not that healthy - I certainly won't be shooting a hen. However its only one weekend, I can't see it making much difference if it's this year only

whose to say pointer it doesnt sound like you were in the loop as a keen uplander on the decision or how long it goes for
im astounded as to what possibly could be the reasoning for it [no reply to emails]

Originally Posted by gsp follower

it doesnt sound like you were in the loop as a keen uplander on the decision or how long it goes for

I gave up thinking our opinion counted to F&G long ago GSPF

Originally Posted by Pointer

I gave up thinking our opinion counted to F&G long ago GSPF

yep 91$ dont buy you the courtesy of consultation or an opinion just a licence it appears