Fish & Game is laying on some summer hunting opportunities for game bird hunters who can't wait for the traditional start of the hunting season in May.
Fish & Game has declared a special hunting season over two weekends for paradise duck to help farmers disperse flocks that can damage pastures and crops.
The hunt will take place this weekend as well as on March 3-4 in the Taranaki Game Management Area C only. This area includes the Taranaki province north of the Waitotara River and all of the Stratford District.
Hunting hours on each of the four days will be from 6.30am until 8pm. The daily bag limit has been set at 10 parries per hunter.
Fish & Game officer Allen Stancliff says the aim is to disperse the ducks, moving them back to their home territories after they have collected together for their annual moult.