Is your pond controlled by the hydros?. Last time I was at your place you were having real issues with water levels. Do you think throwing the corn into the water keeps ot away from undesired pests.
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Is your pond controlled by the hydros?. Last time I was at your place you were having real issues with water levels. Do you think throwing the corn into the water keeps ot away from undesired pests.
The stream where I shoot used to be sensitive tiwaikato river levels but over past three years it is relatively unaffected, at least no more than about 6".
However, there has been a noticeable increase in pumice deposition coming from somwhere upstream. This has significantly affected movement of flow channels and I strongly suspect, downstream silting which is lifting the mean flow height of the stream. This in turn is flooding more ofcthe meander margins. A further seriously undesirable effect is the rapid soread of the viscious aquatic variety of urtica. (I got a severe dose of it last week when cutting crack willow and it made me dizzy for two days) This stuff had agressively girdled every carex and many midstream scrub hardwoods. I reckon it may be capable of killing ducklings. The other effect of tge pumice siltation is the smothering of aquatic plants including oxygen weed. In turn the invertebtates and molluscs will suffer and so on up the food chain.
So; while it all looks very pretty at casual observation I feel all is not as well as it could or shoukd be. The cumulative effect over the entire stream catchment and its ecology may be significant. Almost tge entire catchment is within farmland exceot for the upper km reaches which are within Kaingaroa and in an area (tiriti rd) logged during past two years and also aerially poisoned. The upoer springs used to be a haven for very large trout but utterly destroyed by noxious weed invasion and adjacent logging and access skid roads. As you know, the forestry standards certification authority in NZ is a farcical joke in reality unfortunately and that had been so for over a decade.
@Gapped axe apologies for hijacking your thread, hope your looking after yourself, catch up soon.Quote:
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@Mohawk660 @Steve123 always keen to meet new people, rotorua based also, living out in waikite valley.
Cheers Bevan
Might be time to have a meet up for the guys based round here.Quote:
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And some of us further afield that would travel.Quote:
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Yup. I’m keen to catch up.
It's all on at Rotorua NZDA range starting 1pm tomorrow. Shooting, Eating, and greeting :)
I'll load some light target loads for the 9.3 Brenneke then.
Yep. We will likely hold a "blow as many balloons as you can, offhand in twenty seconds" friendly comp, so I think the brenbeck might just about have enough grunt to burst a balloon ay :)
hope someone is checking them...you might get all sneaky and do birdshot loads like the trick shooters of old would do LOL.Quote:
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