CENTRAL OTAGO

Otago Witness, Issue 2805, 18 December 1907, Page 23 (Supplement)

CENTRAL OTAGO

Very little duck or other waterfowl shooting is found fiom the lake- t' wn t< Cromwell and on the goldfi Id-. There is, however. -o mo good uo.it-^hcoting. and al«o quail and rock -pigeon shooting be tweon Cromwell and Aloxandri. Co'ini" towa-rds Dunedin fur as well as f<>ath°nd same, is met with in Ida Vallo\. Omakau Rough Ridge. Ranfurlv. and Wedderburn and also in the districts •uirroundinsr Nasoby, but haiTs procloini' ate o\ci feathers. When Wedderburn (93 i"ilos h\ rail from Dunedin) is reached duck shooting begins again, the head waters of the Taieri being a fa\ourite breeding ground and haunt of water-fowl. Theie is good shootinir at the '"Stjx'" and Serpentine and wild <roo-o wore \ery plentiful in tlvse district -> at one time, but owing to the t-oason being opened before the bniK bccani" wild and strong in flight. the\ were nearly all shot out. However the\ •ire multiplxing again, and should -non afford <rood snort. Ducks of all kind- are also vei\ plentiful at the I)i~m il Sw imp at the head of tho Taiori Ri\er. At the confluence of the Leo and Deep Stienmfurther down towards Dunedin. where these streanio flow into the Taieri River there is also some duck shooting, osjk'ci ally when there is hoa\ v or frequent shooting on Waihola and Waipori Lak<--.