Thread: Game bird diary for all

Nice effort dude and well done Betty! Is that a Miroku you're using?

Thanks Hoon, a keen eye you have Since we last met my trusty old 12g Miroku 3800 fell apart (nearly 5 decades old, a hard 5 decades I think) and wanting to try a sub-gauge I brought a Y-banger in 20g, then thrashed it all last season. While I was impressed with the 20g, I missed the way my Miroku felt, so nabbed this 20g MK70 about 6-7 months ago. A guy at the gun club let me use it on a round of DTL and I shot better with it straight away, better than I was doing with the Y-banger in over a year of use, so couldn't say no!

Good choice! If you bought it local, I wonder if it's JohnD's?

The Scotsman?

very cool write up, the tail gate pic is a must though

@Scouser join us on our northland trip

Originally Posted by upnorth uplander

@Scouser join us on our northland trip

Wow mate, cheers for the offer, i will be in Canada for the whole month of June, but ive got to admit i would be keen to try it......its something i would really like to try one day!

Bloody hell Scouser Antarctica now Canada go get em!

Originally Posted by Dundee

Bloody hell Scouser Antarctica now Canada go get em!

Yeah Dundee its a tough life but somebodies got to do it .....my partners Uncle n Aunt have a 'ranch' just outside Vancouver, so we will stay with them mainly, they have a 'pet' wolf....honest....

only thing is, they are non hunters and dont like it.......yeah, already had a big discussion about that!!!!!!!

I just seen a mallard will 10 little ducklings, they where to fast for a photo.
Cant remember seeing ducklings this time of year before.

Head shot whoop whoop

Well I'm buggered if I know what's going on here.
I have spent 8 hrs over decoys in normally productive spots on private land. I have only seen 8 reals and maybe a dozen parries.
Weather is perfect for ducks.
On an average night I will normally see a few hundred reals flying around and con a few in to me for a shot.
I have seen 8 total in the whole valley!!! Managed to fire 3 shots for 2 birds that were just having a look and I didn't see approach, so I fluked them.
Never have I seen it so quiet.
I have been back and forward to Whataroa a couple times in the last few days and have seen bugger all birds, where you normally see heaps in waterways and flooded paddocks.
Hoping it's just a weather thing.



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Is the weather perfect no wind and not a cloud in the sky? Thats the most productive for us this year We went out in a good southerly with good wind and didn't see anything. has surprised us

It is blowing a real gale here but no rain,lets see what happens tonight.

Originally Posted by Dundee

It is blowing a real gale here but no rain,lets see what happens tonight.

we,ve had nor west gales and rain predicted but so far not enough to fly a kitehoping to get out again either tommorow avo or sunday, after having to pull out of a hunt on a unshot irrigation pond due to domestic crackdown and fear of a hiding.this from the csi opening weekend bopth barrels news letter would make our duck deprived north island brethren cry i imagine

On the opening day rangers visited hunters on Lake Opuha, and on Ashburton irrigation ponds. Of the 36 ponds checked, 21 were not hunted and these provided undisturbed water for wary ducks.

so did the rangers limit out