Thread: Nuisance Ducks - can they be shot out of season?

Years ago while farming in Northland, we had major problems with Paradise Ducks coming off the molt and converging on our river pastures. It was nothing to have 3,000 birds mowing down the paddocks which had been locked up for hay. After lots of negotiation with the then Wildlife Service, we were given permission to shoot them out of season in an effort to disperse the numbers. The Wildlife guys actually came out and were part of the shooting team.

Today I had a very irate cocky leave a message on my phone requesting that I come out and 'disperse' a large number of Paradise Ducks from his pastures. Whats the rules these days on shooting nuisance ducks? I know that it was gazetted a couple of years ago allowing you to shoot shags if they were causing problems without needing formal permission. I cannot find any information on the Dept of Conservation or the Fish and Game web sites.

Happy to go down and make some noise for the cocky, but even happier to drive the message home with some direct hits if its permissible.

We do it most years mate.
Ring fish and game and get a permit to disturb.


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Can you get the local black powder guys out with a punt gun with one of those permits?

Originally Posted by Tommy

Can you get the local black powder guys out with a punt gun with one of those permits?

No man, you should be asking "can Ryan and I come and help disperse aforementioned ducks?"

Originally Posted by Ryan

No man, you should be asking "can Ryan and I come and help disperse aforementioned ducks?"

AHEM... can Ryan and I come and help disperse aforementioned ducks?

Permit?????

Can anyone see that area of your property????? No, then blow the fkrs away,put the breast meat in the freezer & use what's left for vege garden fertiliser!!!!
No different to wasting good gamebirds with steel shot!!!! AND you get a shot away. Can't all be bad!!!!

Originally Posted by top gun

Permit?????

Can anyone see that area of your property????? No, then blow the fkrs away,put the breast meat in the freezer & use what's left for vege garden fertiliser!!!!
No different to wasting good gamebirds with steel shot!!!! AND you get a shot away. Can't all be bad!!!!

you're a legal genius

Originally Posted by top gun

Permit?????

Can anyone see that area of your property????? No, then blow the fkrs away,put the breast meat in the freezer & use what's left for vege garden fertiliser!!!!
No different to wasting good gamebirds with steel shot!!!! AND you get a shot away. Can't all be bad!!!!

with a attutude like that methinks your screen name will be no gun in the not to distant future

What the eye don't see, the heart don't grieve

Got a permit so all good. Only really want to scare them enough for the farmer to be happy but then want me to come and kill them come May

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Got a permit so all good. Only really want to scare them enough for the farmer to be happy but then want me to come and kill them come May

sweet if you dont mind me asking what were the conditions of the permit and did they charge you for it??

Originally Posted by gimp

you're a legal genius

Yeah I know. Shit it's hard to be modest,eh

Originally Posted by gsp follower

with a attutude like that methinks your screen name will be no gun in the not to distant future

I'll bet you go to church every sunday too?????

Originally Posted by top gun

I'll bet you go to church every sunday too?????

hardly but i dont tell people to do stupid things with thier guns in contravention of the game laws either

Permit?????

Can anyone see that area of your property????? No, then blow the fkrs away,put the breast meat in the freezer & use what's left for vege garden fertiliser!!!!
No different to wasting good gamebirds with steel shot!!!! AND you get a shot away. Can't all be bad!!!!

heard of gamebird licences,rules, laws even

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

Got a permit so all good. Only really want to scare them enough for the farmer to be happy but then want me to come and kill them come May

two tips for you
let 10 of so land then shoot 1 or 2 which makes other 8 bugger off for safer ground and means you can shoot for longer before you get to magic number on your permit

shoot a few bunnies or pick up some roadkill and TIE it to top of posts around paddocks affected..ol Harry Hawk will sit and feast and the ducks wont come near.