About & Description

Looking after the interested of Game Bird Hunters & Freshwater Sports Fishing in the Franklin area.

Currently the Franklin Acclimatisation Society is associated with the Auckland Waikato Fish and Game Council. Game bird Hunting & Trout Fishing are managed by Fish & Game with input from clubs like ours. Prior to Fish & Game it was the Auckland Acclimatisation Society hence our current name. The Franklin Acclimatisation Sub-society started in 1933 with earlier origins the Waiuku Rod & Gun Club starting in 1912. In 1973 the club had a membership of 532.