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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    Twilight decoy, bit dark but cheaper than the fancy moving ones from the shop
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    I'm glad this thread is still going!

    Went and took Betty out for a waddle this morning, and being 7 weeks preggers to Baz a waddle it was. The most unlucky pheasant in the BOP happened to be down the end of the paddock I was waddling her in. Betty remained on point while I went back home, maybe 5-7 minutes away, until I came back with the shotgun and shot the bird. She even waddled under the fence, and waddled back with it for me : )

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    Quote Originally Posted by lophortyx
    how did the brittany's go on retrieving the parries eebees?they handle okay?
    No dogs were involved, @lophortyx...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    I'm glad this thread is still going!

    Went and took Betty out for a waddle this morning, and being 7 weeks preggers to Baz a waddle it was. The most unlucky pheasant in the BOP happened to be down the end of the paddock I was waddling her in. Betty remained on point while I went back home, maybe 5-7 minutes away, until I came back with the shotgun and shot the bird. She even waddled under the fence, and waddled back with it for me : )

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    hope she bit you in the bum for the cheek poor old girl
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    She wouldn't, she loves me

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    She wouldn't, she loves me
    She's mad!
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    no, just knows no better
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    @lophortyx, my friend's Epagneul Breton retrieving a Mountain Duck from a lake in Victoria, Australia...the Mountie is the Australian version of our Paradise Duck.

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    First really wet night here since duckshooting started
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    I have come too the conclusion that this eel infested pond is not liked by ducks

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    We had a dry roof over our head and no birds seen or heard.
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    Quick shoot this morning.All had limits in half hour.Name:  image.jpg
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    Went to the big pond with mate since we were promised a wet southerly. Saw a lot more birds than opening weekend. Mate ended up with 4 mallards and 3 pigeons. I ended up -4 goose decoys and -1 parrie decoy.

    The goose decoys slowly sunk in the water. No problem, I thought, once we'd dealt to a couple of ducks I went over to pull them back up but couldn't find them, they just vanished. We scoured the bottom with weighted rope covering about 50m x 50m, nothing. They would have been handy to commit the waves of geese I called over later that stayed just out of range.

    Still good fun, can't wait till the next mission.
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    38mils fell last night,topped up the water supply and bagged myself a duck
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    Patience paid off
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    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
    Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
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    Quote Originally Posted by gadgetman View Post
    Went to the big pond with mate since we were promised a wet southerly. Saw a lot more birds than opening weekend. Mate ended up with 4 mallards and 3 pigeons. I ended up -4 goose decoys and -1 parrie decoy.

    The goose decoys slowly sunk in the water. No problem, I thought, once we'd dealt to a couple of ducks I went over to pull them back up but couldn't find them, they just vanished. We scoured the bottom with weighted rope covering about 50m x 50m, nothing. They would have been handy to commit the waves of geese I called over later that stayed just out of range.

    Still good fun, can't wait till the next mission.
    ya dont need to wait-anytime is ducktime ,just yodel ya big hearted arthur.
    cobber &I sallied forth for a big pond scoot &shoot;same place .me -bloody comedy of errors that Billy Connolly could run a concert on but we did drop a spoonie -the first Ive ever seen -what a magnificent set of plumage compared to our "Beige" mallards.
    home for a quick brew and resupp,then I had great delight in taking a new recruit Matty P down to GSP Follower turf for an outing on our wee pond.
    Sorry Matt,but the Connolly syndrome continued with my trusty Nissan Gooserolla halted trying to hump a stump-;3 men and a Nissan pathfinder never get stuck -temporarily immobilised OK but not stuck .
    all this hooha after finding our well worn riverbed track has suddenly developed a 5'drop off into a reasonable creek where it used to be a wee slope onto gravel
    However after gettin the trusty steed uncoupled from that bloody log and a strong cuppa with strawberry wafer bikkies- we sallied forth on size 9 multicoloured rubber personnel carrier(=dundees gumboots) for the supposed haven of the ducks!
    Alas saw 6 7/8 of SFA but birds seen were well out of range and not remotely interested. considering this is "winter"a nudist could have got severly sunburnt!
    what a day -bugger all birds but good mates and laughs galore -wouldnt miss it for quids.
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