Thread: Game bird diary for all

Score 1 to the pheasant this morning. Dog tracked a running bird nearly 300m thru the scrub along the edge of a creek and it flushed just in an un-shootable position.

It was a great chase with multiple points and then repositioning as the Wiley bird made its escape.

Sometimes its not about killing the bird!!

One last crack at the ducks last night. A fair few of them sporting blue bills. Is it a hybrid of some sort?



Waiting for some fine weather before we go after the wily rooster.

greylard I think..or eclipse plumage....

Oh well, still fun to shoot and tasty to eat.

Greylards. Pure greys have nil white speculum on the wings.

Son and I got 5 Saturday, 3 Sunday morning, and 7 on our last day of the season - Monday. Pic shows what it's all about.

Had a rooster dead to rights at 20 metres, but dogs were on the other side of the knob, so couldn't safely shoot. I saw where it went, and got my son to follow it up. Bugger me if he had exactly the same thing happen. Is this the newest technique from pheasants to try and get rid of dogs??

Anyway. Pic of Mondays haul. Fattest ducks we have had for years this season.

great to see Lentil. Had one of our mallards in a crockpot cookup last night -bloody mighty -fat wee bugger too! Great see your kids out on the job. Gotta feel for Stagstalker though ,bugger there goes me goes me white hunter image eh!! young lass didnt miss a beat!!!

Lentil....thats a great plucking job..really got them clean....couple of snips with secateurs and wee bit of knife work and job done..mine will look like that if out jumpshooting and can pluck as I walk along... maybe not quite so well done though LOL.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

Lentil....thats a great plucking job..really got them clean....couple of snips with secateurs and wee bit of knife work and job done..mine will look like that if out jumpshooting and can pluck as I walk along... maybe not quite so well done though LOL.

Yep - had the gas cooker for a cookup of porridge for breakfast, so used the cooker to singe the birds up nice and clean. Aged for a couple of days in the fridge, then vac packed and into the freezer today.

@stagstalker
that wouldn't be public land near Tokomaru would it? those cabbage trees look a lot like the ones I was sitting under not that long ago

Went out last night looking for a rooster, and just ended up with a limit of parries.

Maybe next time.

A solo duck flew off the pond. Paddocks have been grazed so might try up there tonight if I finish work early enough.
Bo on the retrieve.

Our duck season finished 5th June, and every day since, there have been flocks of ducks flying over my house, quacking their fool heads off. Ah well - not long to go until next season

Originally Posted by Lentil

Our duck season finished 5th June, and every day since, there have been flocks of ducks flying over my house, quacking their fool heads off. Ah well - not long to go until next season

You could always jump the boundary?

Originally Posted by Dundee

You could always jump the boundary?

Akld/Waikato is closest, and they also closed 5th June, with parries closing this Sunday. Need to shift to CSI I think.