Thread: Guys, please adivise...re discharging a firearm...

what are the rules with shooting from boats? is it just the same as above? i can't see anything in the firearms code nor anywhere else

Originally Posted by LOC

what are the rules with shooting from boats? is it just the same as above? i can't see anything in the firearms code nor anywhere else

Look up shooting from a vehicle.

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Pete

Originally Posted by P38

Look up shooting from a vehicle.

All I can find with reference to a boat is

"Boat"
"Duck shooters should check their game license before using a firearm in a boat."

So what does this mean in relation to discharging a firearm from a boat?

Originally Posted by LOC

All I can find with reference to a boat is

"Boat"
"Duck shooters should check their game license before using a firearm in a boat."

So what does this mean in relation to discharging a firearm from a boat?

One thing to note is the conditions on the duck license (not firearms law but still conditions that need to be followed to legally hunt gamebirds) is that the boat can't be under power while hunting. This also applies to land based motor vehicles.

Originally Posted by MassiveAttack

One thing to note is the conditions on the duck license (not firearms law but still conditions that need to be followed to legally hunt gamebirds) is that the boat can't be under power while hunting. This also applies to land based motor vehicles.

What about shooting from choppers?

Hunting on DOC land this is what it states
No firearm shall be discharged:
in the vicinity of huts, tracks, campsites, road-ends or other public places
within 500 m of a Great Walk hut or track
in a manner that endangers, frightens or annoys members of the public
in a manner that endangers any property.

Plus obeying anything in the firearm act. Is 50m deemed to be in the "vicinity... more than likely. Is 500m deemed in the 'vicinity"...unlikely but i suppose it depends where and who

Originally Posted by LOC

what are the rules with shooting from boats? is it just the same as above? i can't see anything in the firearms code nor anywhere else

A year or 3 back i have seen a condition of shooting in a boat where it was stated that you could only hold/discharge a loaded gun when the boat was at anchor only,not drifting, not aloud to be under motor/power. this was on a permit i had from the waikato DoC.


Just found this http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/8711...-duck-shooters