From England but living near Christchurch

Taste-wise I’d say it’s hard to beat turkey, but hares, rabbits, quail, and pheasants also make up for very good eating. Pigeons and corvids are also eaten, but I never had those too. There’s a good range depending where you live. If you’re just out for meat without a FAL though, there’s always the option of getting a crossbow or a bow, which are not very regulated, and as long as it’s 150lb+ and 30lb+ draw weight respectively, you can hunt on public land - amongst some other little things.

I plan on getting a bow. I used to do a lot of archery from the age of 6 to about 14 but hunting with a bow isn't legal in the UK and so I gradually lost interest in them.   Being able to get back into the discipline but with more of a purpose to fill the freezer is very appealing to me.

When I was last in NZ I hunted goats and we ate goat meat a few times, I really enjoyed it. Also shot some peafowl in Tologa Bay. We cooked the breasts of one female in a stew and I suspect she was an old bird and we didn't cook it for long enough, so was very very chewy.

I want to give wallaby a go some time. I've heard done right it's perfect.