Thread: Drones on DOC land

Originally Posted by Husky1600#2

I've given up trying to get a small game permit from DoC, every year for the past 3 years I have phoned them for one for the Rakaia and Rangitata area. The guy on the end of the phone was next to bloody useless!.....well actually worse than that. His final words were that DoC did not have any areas in the upper Rakaia or upper Rangitata that had any small game or geese to hunt. Go figure! I do go through the 15+ minute long phone process of getting a game bird permit though. We never use to have a problem when we phoned the local district office, but now that its been centralised its all turned to shit.

further to this -Iwas out on a scoot&shoot with a mate whose very conversant with thisDOC permit /rakaia rangitata issue . DOC have no concern with those riverbed areas so No permit required.we shot the rakaia for 3yrs GSPF for a lot longer and the issue didnt arise.if you want rakaia trouble try dealing with ashburton district council.caution do not wear your finest hairpiece it willbe shredded .GSPFcan speak to this from 1st hand experience!!