Thread: Is that a pukeko or a Takahe Oooops!

Deerstalkers mis-identify pukekos Hunters kill takahe during pukeko cull - National - NZ Herald News

Makes a change from DOC killing them I guess! They'll be glad to have someone else to blame this time.

Ngai Tahu where none to pleased , would not like to be the person(s) getting arse kicking by them . Good to see them also mention the 5 wood pigeons (no double standards)

Takahe sandwiches better be the shit

Takahe hors d'oeuvres!

It was a founding member of NZDA who found them (again) so lets just call this square?

Thats a shame but lets keep it real. I seem to remember a DOC guy shooting one once on the coast.
Darwin had a theory once. If an Auckland NZDA member can get one then maybe they should be extinct. Ha Ha Ha Ha
Fuc i hope that was funny coz ive been drinking again and dont want a telling off

Someone fucking up and killing one in the past doesn't excuse this fuckup

Poor form

Not only did some idiot[s] negligently kill 4 of 250 odd birds remaining of an endangered species, their fuckup reflects very badly on the rest of us, as does anyone that laughs it off

This makes me really mad!

Deerstalkers to shoot gamebirds??

To be fair most of the members are city folk who may get out once a month to take their gun for a walk. They are NOT experienced hunters and certainly not the professionals required to do a delicate job like this!

Don't the game bird relegations come in? i.e must be inflight?
Being that they cant fly ...........

Ill put my hand up asking for an ass kicking session for the shooter

It is quite clever of DOC, get someone else to do a job for free (probably) and then when it gets buggered up they have someone else to blame.

Originally Posted by 199p

Don't the game bird relegations come in? i.e must be inflight?
Being that they cant fly ...........

Ill put my hand up asking for an ass kicking session for the shooter

The report did mention they were told to only shoot them on the wing........

"The hunters were carefully briefed on how to tell the difference between them, including instructions to only shoot birds on the wing, he said."

Not good at all. Takahe breeding pairs form very strong bonds. Considering that only a portion of the 200-250 remaining birds are at a viable breeding age, something like this can have a massive impact on genetic diversity and species survival.

It's gotten to a point where chicks from one pair are sent to a different part of the country to increase diversity. One of the female chicks from the pair at Karori Sanctury (when they were still breeding at Mana Is) went up to Mangatauteri.