Thread: Shooting but not necessarily hunting

Probably why it hasn't already been done - that and "resource consent". The NIMBY voice seems to carry a lot of weight around these parts...

Originally Posted by Beavis

Imagine the NIMBY's though

The Deerstalkers range I used to go to in Dunedin was rubbish. You had to traipse through mud for 10 minutes to get there, then it was just a crappy cleared out area on the side of a hill with a lack of decent shooting platforms.

I've done a bit of plinking on DOC land up near Cromwell - had a 12 month rimfire permit so had a bit of fun shooting across a gully with the .22 when I had finished shooting bunnies. Nobody was around, and it was across onto the opposite face of a small, completely bare gully. Very safe.

Regardless of what it is called, a DOC "hunting permit" allows you to shoot rifles on specified blocks of public land. I doubt anyone would have a problem if you were plinking with the right permits and with a bit of common sense regarding safety.

What's a nimby ?

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Learnt that in geo, was a study about the oil research in the eastern region

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

What's a nimby ?

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Someone that says "Not in my back yard". They generally like the idea of prisons (for example) but don't want one in their town.

I see.

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We try and export as many of them as possible from auckland to the rest of the country.
We have been very successful in redistributing them in the Wanaka area and some areas the Nelson province

Originally Posted by Barefoot

We try and export as many of them as possible from auckland to the rest of the country.
We have been very successful in redistributing them in the Wanaka area and some areas the Nelson province

You can bloody well stop that right now!

We (Nelson) have already had one very good range closed because of one neighbor complaining. This neighbor is NOT eligible for NZ residency didn't even have a residence on the small patch of neighboring scrub and I guess was just complaining to raise the value of his shit piece of dirt.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

You can bloody well stop that right now!

We (Nelson) have already had one very good range closed because of one neighbor complaining. This neighbor is NOT eligible for NZ residency didn't even have a residence on the small patch of neighboring scrub and I guess was just complaining to raise the value of his shit piece of dirt.

Yeah but there is still a range there and you were on it not so long ago.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

What's a nimby ?

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Stand in front of a mirror?

Originally Posted by mikee

Yeah but there is still a range there and you were on it not so long ago.

True but the original range is closed and it cost him 70k? to fight it and loose?

Councils have to stop pandering to people who dont and cannot live here!

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

True but the original range is closed and it cost him 70k? to fight it and loose?

Councils have to stop pandering to people who dont and cannot live here!

Yep, he won in court and appeal but it is my understanding that they told him 'off the record" they would just keep on at him till he ran out of $$ to fight.
Not fair really as he is a bloody nice guy and a bloody good shooter in many many different disciplines.

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QUOTE=veitnamcam;96748]You can bloody well stop that right now!

We (Nelson) have already had one very good range closed because of one neighbor complaining. This neighbor is NOT eligible for NZ residency didn't even have a residence on the small patch of neighboring scrub and I guess was just complaining to raise the value of his shit piece of dirt.

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Originally Posted by R93

Shot at Belmont several times. It was tents and mud when I first went there. Now its pretty swish.

Greymouth area has a 1000yrd/m range I think?
Im lucky to have the family farms to bang away on.

Shot at belmont clay target club (looks out over the rifle range) in january. The rifle range looks like a pretty sweet. The 2018 commonwealth games is there so no doubt it will get even more improvements.
Im the same as you r93, always had a farm to shoot on so never had the trouble or hassle of signing up to ranges or finding places to go, my rifle range is off the deck and can shoot targets as far as the range finder can get, just over 1000 yards.
Pretty lucky really