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View Poll Results: Should the Pukeko have its gamebird status removed in the North Island?

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Thread: Should the Pukeko have its gamebird status removed in the North Island?

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    Should the Pukeko have its gamebird status removed in the North Island?

    Pooks, Poo Cackers, blue pheasants, Call them what you will - have exploded in the last 10 years. Is it time we knocked them back?
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    There should be a kill on sight policy. The bastards shit in my troughs.
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    Idk what happened to all the ones around here they seem to have buggered off
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Idk what happened to all the ones around here they seem to have buggered off
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    Quote Originally Posted by Toby View Post
    Idk what happened to all the ones around here they seem to have buggered off
    They don't like lead cocktails Tobes
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    In aus if you were to shoot one you could kiss your're gun license goodbye!

    we call them "purple breasted swamp hens" very creative.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    Pooks, Poo Cackers, blue pheasants, Call them what you will - have exploded in the last 10 years. Is it time we knocked them back?
    Most cockies will knock them back regardless of a season. but in areas where they have over populated and need to be knocked back a bit a cull could be done. having a game season will still help numbers build in areas where needed. also more attention put on how tasty they are might encourage hunters to shoot more of them.
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    I get a laugh out of just making them take wing because they're so friggen' useless at landings! Every one is a crash landing.
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    I didn't even realise they were a game bird!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bavarian_Hunter View Post
    In aus if you were to shoot one you could kiss your're gun license goodbye!

    we call them "purple breasted swamp hens" very creative.
    Isn't the whole bird blue? Typical Aussies
    If my work annoys me, I cull them

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    What about black swan and Canadian geese can we just get rid of those two horrors? Lake Rotorua should have none of the polluting black swans near it, wading in swan shit is not a good look for tourism?
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    We couldn't shoot swans here for the 2 last years I think.
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    Introduced good for nothing shitters
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    Quote Originally Posted by Maca49 View Post
    What about black swan and Canadian geese can we just get rid of those two horrors? Lake Rotorua should have none of the polluting black swans near it, wading in swan shit is not a good look for tourism?
    Canada goose is, to me anyway, one of the most delicious of all gamebirds to eat...and very exciting to hunt because they are very clever...
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    Quote Originally Posted by EeeBees View Post
    Canada goose is, to me anyway, one of the most delicious of all gamebirds to eat...and very exciting to hunt because they are very clever...
    The first one I ever cooked took about 2-3 hours stalking it up a river spooking it a couple times but once plucked and gutted was the best bird I've ever eaten hands down
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