THE SHOOTING SEASON.
SOME PARTIES FORTUNATE.
OTHERS FARE BUT POORLY. BIRDS DESERT THE SWAMPS. The shooting season is now well under way and satisfactory bags have been secured in some quarters. The arrival of 116 brace of clucks for an Auckland firm of butchers by train from Ilotorua on Saturday morning, and further consignments from other districts throughout the day, indicated (hat (lie unfavourable weather ou Friday morning had not prevented some sportsmen, at least, from securing good results.
Owing to the rise in (he level of the Waikato River, and tho birds deserting the swamps to a. considerable extent, the flights in tho Rangiriri district are reported to have been poor. Mr. F. Seccombc and a party of Auckland sportsmen, who shot from Thompson's lagoon, secured the limit for five guns on Friday morning, and on Saturday morning took 80 ducks.
Generally speaking the bags were below expectations, the experience of Mr. Seccombe's party being an exception. In the Taupiri district the shooting has not been so good as it was last year. The ducks on Friday were flying high and were very wild. Mr. A. Charles' party of three returned with a bag of 16 ducks and most of the others have met with less success.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19310504.2.129
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20863, 4 May 1931, Page 11
Word Count
208THE SHOOTING SEASON. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20863, 4 May 1931, Page 11
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.