SHOOTING SEASON TO OPEN ON MAY 3
Regulations Gazetted HEN PHEASANTS MAY BE KILLED THIS YEAR An open season for shooting hen pheasants is announced in a supplement to the New Zealand Gazette, published yesterday, drawing the attention of sportsmen and others to the regulations governing the coming shooting season. The season will open on Saturday, May 3. In the Wellington Acclimatization District, the season for cock pheasant, bares, Californian and Australian quail will be May 3 to July 31 inclusive. The season for hen pheasant, grey duck, mallard and shoveller duck, pukeko and black swan, will be May 3 fo 18.
Limit bags that may be taken in a day are three pheasant, three swan, 15 duck, and five pukeko. Stands for the opening Saturday, Sunday and Monday may be claimed any time after noon on April 26, Saturday before the opening weekend. The claimant must mark his claim by a stake with a board bearing his name, address and licence number, and must occupy it before 7 a.m. on each of the three opening days. Provided he does this, no one else may shoot or take up a position within 100 yards except by his consent.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 157, 29 March 1941, Page 7
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198SHOOTING SEASON TO OPEN ON MAY 3 Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 157, 29 March 1941, Page 7
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