Thread: Parrie season tips?

We have a short parrie season starting this weekend in Northland. I assume it's similar around the rest of the country. Post your tips. Based on my limited experience, here's my tips.

1) Find a spot where parries like to hang out in good numbers, usually around troughs and puddles in paddocks rather than pond and lakes, but they visit the latter as well.

2) Decoys and callers work well.

3) They're big birds, use appropriate shot size.

4) Not the best eating, you need to get inventive.

Just go hunting for deer, stalk quietly up a river bed... Guarantee you'll find at least one pair to wake the entire valley

I believe it's just north of the harbour bridge that's open.

I'm heading your way for my first Parrie shoot tomorrow. Looking forward to it. I'm heading out with an experienced mate so hopefully will get onto a few and learn a bit while I'm there.

Eating wise I'm told it's all for salami.

The electronic duck calls that toggle between mallards and parries works well on parries.

I can hide behind some bushes, flick it to the parrie setting and play it, before long the nosey fuckers fly over for a look and bang bang you now have 2 decoys.

Stick them out in front of you with a stick or similar to hold them up, play the call and in they come (simple)

Glad I could help

We gave up calling parries with a blown call after we tried a Phone app and UE boom last year.
A lot easier to line up birds and just play the caller. Worked well too...

FOMO - so good set of Parrie and Geese decoys out

Can you find a field with cut crops such as Maize etc.. Always a good prospect if there's anything getting cut nearby.

Just downloaded the NZ game caller app. Can't tell you if it will work on game but definitely works at pissing off the Mrs.

Originally Posted by Bobba

Just downloaded the NZ game caller app. Can't tell you if it will work on game but definitely works at pissing off the Mrs.

It does work well, better when paired with a bluetooth speaker to get more volume as mentioned above. I did it for a season, then got pissed off with batteries dying and trying to use a touchscreen phone with wet fingers. Bought an AJ Caller in the end.

Originally Posted by Bobba

I believe it's just north of the harbour bridge that's open.

I'm heading your way for my first Parrie shoot tomorrow. Looking forward to it. I'm heading out with an experienced mate so hopefully will get onto a few and learn a bit while I'm there.

Eating wise I'm told it's all for salami.

nthland F&G has a week long parrie shoot, A/W parrie shoot north of the bridge is next weekend

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

We gave up calling parries with a blown call after we tried a Phone app and UE boom last year.
A lot easier to line up birds and just play the caller. Worked well too...

FOMO - so good set of Parrie and Geese decoys out

Can you find a field with cut crops such as Maize etc.. Always a good prospect if there's anything getting cut nearby.

you better book some days off in the middle of the week this season

Northern Area Special Paradise Shelduck & Pukeko Hunting Season 2022
Please note that the King Country Special Hunting season will not be held because of low numbers.
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Northern Area Special Paradise Shelduck & Pukeko Hunting Season 2022
Please note that the King Country Special Hunting season will not be held because of low numbers.
19th & 20th February 2022
LIMIT: 15 Paradise Shelduck and 10 Pukeko per day per hunter.

HOURS OF HUNTING: 6.30am - 8.00pm

AREA: NORTHERN SECTION OF A/WF&G REGION

That area North of the Harbour Bridge and Bethells Road, leading out to the West Coast, within the A/W Fish & Game region.

2021 GAME LICENCE MUST BE CARRIED WHILE HUNTING.

Permit/diary are not needed this year, but you must carry your 2021 hunting licence. If hunters do not have a 2021 game licence these can be obtained online at www.fishandgame.org.nz, or from your local licence retailer.

An adult day licence costs $23 and a junior day licence is $8.

PLEASE NOTE: It is imperative that the daily limit be adhered to.

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Here you go from when last home.
Breast out the bird. Lightly fry the breasts then place in oven at 180 for 10min
while that’s in the oven fry up some Pancetta
Then fry up some red onions red peppers and add to salad with pine nuts and Olive oil.
Next dice breasts and lightly fry in the pancetta fat.
Add to salad and eat.

Originally Posted by upnorth uplander

nthland F&G has a week long parrie shoot, A/W parrie shoot north of the bridge is next weekend

was supposed to say A/W shoot is this weekend

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Here you go from when last home.
Breast out the bird. Lightly fry the breasts then place in oven at 180 for 10min
Attachment 190493 while that’s in the oven fry up some Pancetta Attachment 190494
Then fry up some red onions red peppers and add to salad with pine nuts and Olive oil.
Next dice breasts Attachment 190495 and lightly fry in the pancetta fat.
Add to salad and eat. Attachment 190496

Good one. I thought the punchline was going to be "throw the parrie breasts away and enjoy the meal"!

Lol no duck breast I think is really nice.
The wife has a really good recipe for peking Duck.
We don’t do it that often as it smokes out the kitchen and also you need to give the oven a good clean afterwards.
But it’s really nice.
I’ll see if she has it written down, I can take a pic and post that.