Thread: Lead shot over Lake Taupo for shooting clays?

Anyone know the legality of using lead shot when shooting clays over Lake Taupo? I know there's a couple of boats doing clay shooting as a tourist attraction.

I'm not planning on shooting over Taupo myself - lead or otherwise - but it was a discussion at work today and no-one knew for sure. I'm not aware of any specific prohibition.

Pretty sure the lead ban is only for shooting waterfowl gamebirds, unless there is a local bylaw. From memory you can hunt quail and pheasants along riverbeds with lead shot.

As you aren't targeting waterfowl, allgood. A bit backwards I know.

Originally Posted by stug

Pretty sure the lead ban is only for shooting waterfowl gamebirds, unless there is a local bylaw. From memory you can hunt quail and pheasants along riverbeds with lead shot.

This .................until the doo gooders stike again

Anyway, there are thousands of lead lines and numerous lead downrigger balls on the bed of Taupo. Lead is inert and in deep water in not accessible to waterfowl.

you CAN buy steel loads for shooting clays.

Without checking the exact wording of the change, I believe that lead shot cannot be discharged over a waterway 3 metres wide or greater period

Plastic wads may be another issue. Not great.

DoC and Feds shoot geese over water from helicopters with buckshot.

There is no restriction on shooting lead over Taupo. Lead is only a restriction for hunting waterfowl as set out inder schedual 1 in the F&G regs.

Thanks all, I appreciate the replies. They line up with what I thought. If there were any restrictions I would think it would be more sensible to prevent plastic wads washing up on the beach than worry about a little lead in deep water, but the rules dont always make sense!

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

you CAN buy steel loads for shooting clays.

Have you tried it?

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Originally Posted by Steve123

Have you tried it?

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bought a single box early on for shits n giggles...it was going pedestrian slow eg 1100fps so was not much good at all...emptied mag of defender at possum up tree at 2AM when he pissed down on camp...next morning possum was still in same place very much alive...think he must have been blinded and too scared to try to climb away.....the .410 took care of that......and NO I didnt realise it at 2AM or wouldve finished it off,as it was it dissapeared from view and shut up....we did try finishing off woundie duck with them...what we bought them for and no dice...too slow to penertrate with such a light pellet.

Originally Posted by Bol Tackshin

Plastic wads may be another issue. Not great.

I tend to pick the wads up if shooting at a stationary target. Generally, they land within 25 metres and they have to be bad for livestock.

Fibre wads are readily available with eley lead.