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    Saw two ducks fly into the green pond while shifting stock.Came home and got my dog and went up there blew them away.
    The drake landed in the pond where the clearing is. Miss Jess launched her self from the bank almost onto the drake.Name:  picture 5948.jpg
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    The hen landed in the grass in the back right.
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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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    Nice work ,looks in need of a neck stretch.
    DJ on way & late B/d pressie
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    The little fella does it again...

    Home early yesterday arvo so I thought I'd strike while the iron is hot and ran Baz while he is on form. Didn't disappoint...

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    Excuse the bedraggled looking birds. They are the first I've allowed him to retrieve, as they were nice easy ones in the clear where he could mark the fall and I could steady him if need be. Pretty amateurish retrieves to be fair, but being his first hot retrieves I'm happy and can only improve. Hopefully the next ones aren't drowned in slobber like these

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    Sorry Tim Allen I should have put this is the brace yourself thread

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    Sorry Tim Allen I should have put this is the brace yourself thread
    Nice photo .You may have to break out the eyeliner as stiff competition to win the brace yourself comp . A feller down south is trying to take it out with birds from up your way ha ha !
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    If you get the eyeliner pics out, I will !
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pointer View Post
    If you get the eyeliner pics out, I will !
    Hey What happens on tour stays on tour
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    Cheers for the callers @Chris

    Haven't missed a night getting out there yet since the season began

    Tonight me and dog went to big pond, one lonesome swan was there on our approach.

    Southerly blowing as we approached from the South side and all bird hunters will know ducks (birds) will take off into the wind.

    We walked half way down the pond as it made its departure and had to wait for it to clear my decoys before letting wrip.

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    No ducks came in but it sounded like WW3 WAS happening at the river.
    On our way home I tryed to capture the dog retrieving it across our bridge over the creek.She fell in once but recovered and I only captured these 3 pics.

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    going on an invited hunt on saturday morning high hopes and warm gear a must
    pickin minus 1 or 2 will be about right

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    Never seen a bird tonight. Ground was frozen when I left
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    great morning on a irri pond patchy with bouts of extreme birdiness fn cold in places to.
    nice bit of work from the invitors springer and great fun allround.
    10 taken and all in good nick.
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    Blank tonight,dead calm no birds heard or seen
    "Thats not a knife, this is a knife"
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    3 mallards for 3 shots and then another 5 shots for a Parrie. the parries where a lot higher and I thought I had missed or only slightly wounded it . But I ended recovering it 15mins later and some 300 mtrs away. A totally enjoyable ending to the season for ducks
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    "ars longa, vita brevis"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gapped axe View Post
    3 mallards for 3 shots and then another 5 shots for a Parrie. the parries where a lot higher and I thought I had missed or only slightly wounded it . But I ended recovering it 15mins later and some 300 mtrs away. A totally enjoyable ending to the season for ducks
    nice mate i wont ruin your buzz and say our best is yet to come oops
    north canterbury pheasant weekend coming up ye uur.
    hard to get excited over 2 days of dodging everyman man and his dog for a paranoid over harassed cock bird

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    Have pheasants on the hit list until end of August here as well as pooks .
    Parries until end of June ,it ain't over yet by any means .
    Gun control means using both hands

 

 

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