SHOOTING SEASON
GOOD WAIKATO PROSPECTS LIBERATION OF PHEASANTS [fhom our owtt corkespondbnt] HAMILTON, Friday • Prospects for the shooting season the Waikato appear to be good, as reports indicate that both duck and pheasants are very plentiful. In some districts it is reported that more ducks than last year have been seen, although, owing to the absence of rain, they are confined mainly to the large lakes and rivers. Unless rain is experienced before the season commences, the birds will probably remain in these localities and will not be found on the marshlands. Largely through the liberation of 4000 birds by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society and the good breeding season, large numbers of pheasants are reported throughout the district. It was stated that because of the_ late harvesting this season on farms in the Waikato, fewer nests in the grass were destroyed and the young birds have had a better opportunity of reaching maturity. There is some doubt as 1 to whether quail are as plentiful as in past seasons, and reports that there is a possibility of a scarcity. S
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23333, 29 April 1939, Page 15
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180SHOOTING SEASON New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23333, 29 April 1939, Page 15
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