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Kōrero: Game birds

Wetland game birds: Canada goose

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Wetland game birds: Canada goose

The Canada goose, until 2011 a game bird but now unprotected, is considered a challenging target. Known to hunters as Canada’s or honkers (their call is a honk), they are wary birds. Canada geese feed in the open, so hunters must use camouflage and decoys to bring birds within firing range.

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Neil Deans, Game birds – Game birds in New Zealand, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/16698/wetland-game-birds-canada-goose (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Neil Deans, i tāngia i te 30 October 2009, updated 20 April 2025.