Thread: Somethings to just have a look through..

Originally Posted by gqhoon

I'm not sure why anyone needed to read the article or Mallard Research page in order to understand that predation of nests and newly hatched ducklings had a huge impact on the productivity of our Gamebirds. If you did, then you must be living under a rock or have your head in the sand about the extent of the problems with our Gamebird populations! All its doing it quantifying what you should have already known FFS!

So since all those who have posted on this thread have read about the effects to date (even on that very small sample size!), how many of you are getting off your arses this weekend and setting traplines to reduce the predator population? Its eaasy to piss and moan and demand a reduction in licence fees, but few put their money where their mouth is and go do something about it.

I actually started the thread as a demonstration that our fees in Waikato were being put to some use. Not as a bitch session. Its pointless moaning about fees anyway as they are set in Head Office without input from the areas.
Bit like moaning about motorcycle rego costs really similar story ...
I was actually impressed by the research efforts being done. As to living with your head in the sand no. Theres heaps of reasons for species decline , hundreds its been discussed.
Everyone has to do as much as they can in preserving and creating safer places for the quackers and their quacklings ... I think you may have thought I posted to start a row ??? Wrong !!!
Our crew plants, traps, weed sprays , kill the shit out of pests and fences the four ponds we have. We have heaps of ducks there and don't shoot all of them either.


Cheers Happy

Originally Posted by Happy

I actually started the thread as a demonstration that our fees in Waikato were being put to some use.

It is actually our Southland licence fees that I have been paying for the last 26 years that have helped build up Southland Fish and Game reserves which are being put to some use not your Waikato fees!!!! it is only staff time which would be being used anyway that Waikato is contributing!!!

There is one person behind giving away Southlands money, the same person who is going to stop us using lead!!! his days are numbered!!!