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AUCKLAND/WAIKATO FISH AND GAME REGION

 

Duration of 2009/2010 Season

Grey/mallard duck  2 May to 28 Jun 2009  10

Paradise shelduck  10

Pukeko  2 May to 30 Aug 2009  10

Black swan  2 May to 28 Jun 2009  20

Canada goose  2 May to 30 Aug 2009  20

Bobwhite (Virginian) quail  2 May to 30 Aug 2009  10

California quail  2 May to 30 Aug 2009  10

Cock pheasant 2 May to 30 Aug 2009  3

2 Shooting hours are 6.30am to 6.30pm

3 Decoy Limit No limit

 Franklin: Grant MacKay, 84 Torkar Rd, Clarks Beach

CHANGES TO THE REGULATIONS THIS YEAR

Due to lower trend counts daily bag limit for shoveler duck has been decreased from 3 to 1. Bag limits for paradise shelduck north of the Harbour Bridge has been increased from 10 to 20. Area for black swan has been increased down to North of SH22 (Glenbrook Rd), Constable & Karioitahi Roads, and daily limit increase to 20. All other conditions remain the same as for 2008 season.

TAKE A NEWBIE HUNTING – FOR ONLY $2 – extended offer – double the number of free licences available for Opening weekend- and the next weekend also!

Do you have a mate, relative, friend, co-worker or know somebody who is keen to give duck hunting a go, but doesn’t want to pay the full cost of a licence? If so, on a strictly first come, first served basis, limited to the first 100 hunters who write into the Auckland/Waikato office with their 09 Gamebird Licence number, we will let you take your Newbie hunting on opening weekend and the following one for the $2 cost of the Habitat Stamp which is affixed to the licence – which as you will recall is used solely to create, protect and restore wetland habitat. The offer is strictly limited to those persons (i.e. the Newbie) who have not purchased a licence before (and we have extensive database records on our computer going back for the last decade which will allow us to check this) – the offer is only opening weekend –recipients of the mate’s licence must be accompanied by a whole season licence holder – the offer only applies to the Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game region – the newbie must of course comply with the Game Hunting Regulations. There has never been a better opportunity to introduce your friend, spouse, son or daughter to gamebird hunting.

AUCKLAND/WAIKATO DUCK FACTORY HOT SPOTS

Auckland /Waikato has produced a 48 page booklet which is the most comprehensive guide to game bird hunting in its area ever published, with clear text and maps, which is free on receipt of a large stamped, self-addressed envelope.

GETTI NG STARTED IN GAME BIRD HUNTI NG

This is a clear and comprehensive 24 page booklet that set s out absolutely everything you need to know in order to “get started”, and is free on receipt of a stamped, self- addressed envelope.

MAIMAI CONSTRUCTION GUIDELI NES

Hunters today are under pressure from people who do not understand the traditions of waterfowl hunting, and thus hunters have an obligation to construct and maintain their maimais in a manner that reflects well on the waterfowl hunter’s image. This simple pamphlet contains construction guidelines for permanent maimais agreed to by Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game, Land Information NZ, Department of Conservation, and Environment Waikato. It is essential reading for all new and existing hunters. As with other Auckland/Waikato information it is available free of charge on receipt of a stamped, self addressed envelope.

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