Turkey
Merriam’s & Rio’s
Call a strutting tom into range across open East Coast country: spring turkey hunting at its best.
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Wingshooting · Private Land
Bird hunting
From gobbling toms in the spring to black swan over the water, our bird hunts run across the same 20,000 private acres as our big game, and pair perfectly with a trophy hunt.
The Birds
Four birds, one coastline
Black Swan
A uniquely Australasian gamebird: big, strong on the wing and a striking trophy.
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Photography in the field
Paradise Duck
New Zealand’s own shelduck, decoying into pasture ponds: fast, loud and great fun over a spread.
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Photography in the field
Peacock
Wild peafowl are as wary as any gamebird you’ll hunt, and one of the most spectacular trophies in the bag.
Enquire about this huntWe hunt turkey all year round here in New Zealand. The birds breed through September, October and November and come hard to the call in that spring window. Black swan and peacock can be added to any turkey hunt free of charge.
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Turkey hunts
Our New Zealand turkey package is all-inclusive: spot-and-stalk and calling over private country, with a shotgun in your hands and everything else taken care of.
We hunt turkey all year round here in New Zealand, they breed in September/October/November and come in to calls then.
Prices on request. The turkey package is priced per hunter per day (minimum 3 days, maximum 5), with Red Stag or Fallow Buck add-ons February–July, and black swan and peacock thrown in free on any turkey hunt. Ask Joe for a quote.
- Turkey huntPer hunter, per day · minimum 3 days, maximum 5$1,250 / day
- Non-hunting guest$350 / day
- Add a Red StagFebruary–Julyfrom $6,500
- Add a Fallow BuckFebruary–Julyfrom $6,500
- Black swan & peacockAdded to any turkey huntFree
All included
Lodging, all meals, your guide, airport transfers, shotgun hire and unlimited birds. We use Beretta shotguns and lead ammunition, hunting spot-and-stalk and by calling.
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Pair your turkey hunt with salt-water fishing straight off our doorstep: $1,000 a day, extra angler $500, available all year round. See the fishing.
Pair your turkey hunt with salt-water fishing straight off our doorstep, available all year round. See the fishing.
Not included
Trophy shipping, hard alcohol, gratuities, ammunition (we can buy it in town on pick-up), your duck-hunting licence for paradise duck and black swan, and airfares. Fly into Auckland, then a one-hour flight to Gisborne.
Mix Your Trip
Pair feathers with antlers
Many of our visiting hunters add a day or two of wingshooting to a big game hunt. Same lodge, same private country, a completely different kind of hunting day.
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Add wings to your New Zealand hunt
Tell Joe which birds you’re after and when you’re coming.