Thread: Game bird diary for all

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our opening weekend on lake wairarapa was pretty sad this year, got 4 mallards, 2 parries ans a swan on sat, 1 mallard and a swan on sunday. as usual the weather was too bloody good the lake was like glass and the ducks were flying miles high and landing in the center of the lake. didnt help i was reduced to using my escort semi as a single shot with something broken in the chambering mechinisim so hopefully when i sort that out i can have a better go at them when the weather turns.

Team photo when we packed up yesterday lunchtime. We're all best of mates and have been shooting opening together since 2005. We built this pond last year and had a very enjoyable weekend shooting this season. Our total for the weekend was 200 birds, limited on Saturday and pulled the pin early at 11 yesterday to pack up. All of our ducks were plucked or breasted and given to neighbours, friends and family.

Wow, some good tallies there guys, shit opening day, 8 of us on the Waikato river, NOT ONE DUCK BETWEEN US!!!!!!.....then in the driving rain late sat arvo 4 black swans before the Lightening had us scared off as we were sitting in a tinnie.....

This is our effort, i managed to condense half an hours footage into 11 minutes.
Tally was 45 mallards retrieved and 5 or 6 parries, all done by 9.30am.
2013 Opening morning - YouTube

Had a 100 percent talley on this pond this morning One took off,one shot.

That second black lab looks jealous Dundee

His turn will come Rushy,another one tonight at the main pond

Steady on there Dundee you are shooting all the girls. Who is going to lay the eggs at your place next year? Maybe if your got the lads to give the decoys a new paint job they might attract some boy ducks

Originally Posted by 1953 gooseman

Steady on there Dundee you are shooting all the girls. Who is going to lay the eggs at your place next year? Maybe if your got the lads to give the decoys a new paint job they might attract some boy ducks

Those 4 girls were dumb enough to fly into a shot gun blast and are the only 4 ducks that we have shot,that makes for a pretty quiet start for the season and others have shot way more than us. Shootm deserves the medal for the green head bag. But then whose going to root all the females that aren't shot if the green heads are dead?

We had two black swans land on our pond tonight and we left them.

They all taste the same

Too right Toby very tastey

I have a taste for duck wings now need to shoot some really bad now. Tomorrow shall be the day depending on the farmer. Says yes then its pigeons says no Im gonna float down the river try get me a duck or two

What a life eh Toby?

Yeah not bad.