Thread: Waikato News

Originally Posted by Toby

So the 3 shot thing is only while your hunting for game birds, after the season they can go back to full mags to shoot small game.

If I understand your question, (and i may not) my interpretation ( for what it is worth ), is that as F & G only have "control" over fish and game birds, when they refer to "game" they mean "Game birds" not the four legged variety of animals covered by the general term "Game".

It then follows that by stating, " ....no person shall hunt game with a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells..."they mean game birds and you or I could wander around with our tubes stuffed with more than 3 shells as long as we were not "hunting Game Birds". The i.s.s.u.e. however, is proving when challenged by one of their "STASI" that we we had no intention of "hunting Game Birds" but were after weasels, politicians and other vermin.

That could prove very messy and difficult to prove in an area where "Game birds" could be encountered, I would only be carrying my O&U just to avoid such a messy confrontation but quite confident carrying the pump in an area where there were no "Game Birds" .

Presumably, if there were no Game Birds in that area I would not encounter a F&G Stasi, cos they would have no need to be there. ..................Perhaps .:>)