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I'm intrigued!! You can buy an ownership history report from CarJam.co.nz using just the rego for about $15. Will give you a name ;)

Pretty sure they put a stop to that about 2 years ago mate. Privacy issues etc.

But yes, passing on the information to Doc and the Police should hopefully yield a result.

I agree gogold but when they are telling people that I given them permission to dredge then it gets up my nose

as for the threat that can be taken anyway one likes, king hitting maybe illegal but only if one connects and since im 6'2" I don't think I will miss
the cars they are driving are Nissan and a Mazda utes

be very afraid I will get you

That's a real shame mate. Dunno if it helps but I was up at that wee spot you took us to last year (as a club hunt) on Friday arvo and saw a blue and silver or green and silver double cab ute heading back towards carpark around dinner time. they were fair hoofin it. You could check with doc as well as they were up there shooting seeds out of the beech threes.
Are you looking at another claim or had enuff?? you sound fairly pissed off.
Also I was hoping to pick your brains on the ins and outs of possum trapping and the rules and regulations etc.

it sounds like claim holders need to band together?

and talk to the cops and see that some kind of group prosecution , or data base is set up as it looks like its going to be the same people moving from claim to claim maybe?

esp since folks are talking bout knee capping or king hitting people ,saying that violence is the best way to fix a issue like theft is madness.

there are some upset people out there ,but we all started this hobby the same way,a pan in hand .

so the guys that buy the claim, to do it for fun or for profit should be looked after, as for most of us its our best chance of getting to have a play or we have to go to a public site , but the guys with dredges claim jumping are the same kinda guys that get into fossicking areas n suck out spots there to so its kinda in the interest of claim holders and mr joe bloggs with the pan n box to help out each other really ?????????????????????

just a thought folks its usually a few bad apples that can ruin it for all

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I just read some of the comments reguarding pell stream.geeze sounds like theirs a few a ...holes frequenting the area nowdays.a mate and myself used to go up there a couple of years ago when the permit was held by a big aussie company ,who never went near the place.a great place to walk into for a bit of peace and quiet and a wee pan.the doc people were great ,and at times stayed in the hut ,doing research on the native bats and birds.we quite often had a chat and got the odd ride out .i'm talking the area between the two claims .the last time I was in there it looked like someone had dredged right up to where the the pell comes through the hard bedrock opening.up stream.which if you look on the map i'm sure is not claimed.but as usual people start talking ,and all of a sudden in they come with all the big gear and ruin the place ,and piss off doc in the process.it was a great spot to walk in and have cuppa in the sun on the rocks.i suppose you can still do the walk all the way in to the old hut way up stream ,but I don't think my legs would last that walk ,it's a toughie ,when wet.

I always find it interesting how the people whom get most upset about poachers are often the biggest poaching b@#&%?ds themselves. The 2 persons whom dredged the shit of Pell several years ago were also were working in another place on the Coast beginning with M. They to were also under surveillance by DOC and WDC.

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