Thread: Puke or Pukeko?

A well known fact that the pukekos eat ducklings and duck eggs.

So why have them on the game bird list? They should be a bloody pest not a game bird.

Never eaten one as I'm to well fed.:

Got this pic from F&G tonight of a pukeko carrying away a duckling. They no its a predator why have it as a game bird?



Don't forget that the harrier hawk is on partially protected list now so shoot the fkers if they are worrying your birds,or stock.

Maybe it's because there are only two duck species which are endangered in NZ? The rest are free game?

Originally Posted by Aly

Maybe it's because there are only two duck species which are endangered in NZ? The rest are free game?

Blue duck (Whio) and Teal ?

I dont think they're endangered. Cunts are everywhere. We used to have tons on our lawn. Neighbour released them breed like rabbits and she asked me not too shoot them so I havent but shot a ton of blanks at them now they dont come on our lawn

They run culls of them in certain areas?

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Originally Posted by Dundee

Blue duck (Whio) and Teal ?

And grey duck I think.

In some areas they are everywhere. My sister owns a farm in Westport and you practically can't go ten meters without seeing them in the bush. Westcoast full of them. Just gotta make sure they aren't mistaken for Takahe, which are a protected species.

It is open season all year round in Rushy land. Bastards shit in the troughs so I exercise permanent pest control

memo to self - don't get caught shitting near one of Rushy's troughs

Especially when wearing my bird man cape and goggles .....

legally your allowed to shoot them all year around if they are destroying your crops. so pretty much go hard ayway

Pukes eating ducklings is all part of the food chain. The reason why ducks have so many is a good chance that 1 or 2 will survive long enough for someone with a shotty to do there part in controlling numbers and put a meal on the table
they all play a part in the ecosystem

I am in the Waikato and there are millions of bloody Pukes.
What is the exact rules on shooting them?

I know they are fair game during duck shooting, but do you have to get a permit to shoot them as a pest, or can you just blast away?

Unfortunately they are classed as a game bird so an application to F&G to 'shoot or disturb' is needed.
But what no one knows doesn't hurt right

Their chicks would have to be the most ugly of any hatchlings...

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Their chicks would have to be the most ugly of any hatchlings...

Agreed. A little black fluff ball that is all legs and feet