SHOOTING SEASON
Sportsmen Prepare for May the First PROSPECTS GOOD Shotguns are being overhauled and cleaned, gear is being renovated and replaced, and excursions are being made into the country for the purpose of erecting mai mai shelters in the swamps. No sportsman in Hawke’s Bay will be caught napping on May I—the opening of the shooting season. The cry of the wild duck is already ringing in his ears, and whenever he sees a flock pass overhead, making its way to the swampy areas of the nearby countryside, his finger longs to caress the trigger of his gun. But his patience need not be taxed much longer, for May 1 is only nine days off.
It is said that ducks, quail and pheasants are plentiful, and if the early morning of May 1 dawns misty and cloudy, so that the ducks will fly low, tally ho for an auspicious beginning to two glorious months with the gun! Native game, such as grey, mallard and shoveller duck, and black swan, are plentiful in all parts of this province. The prospects in Central Hawke’s Bay are bright and sportsmen there apparently have little to fear for this sport. Nearer Napier, the northern and western reaches of the Ahuriri Lagoon area are happy hunting grounds for grey and mallard duck and black swan.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 111, 23 April 1936, Page 3
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