Thread: Game bird diary for all

Originally Posted by slk12

Didn't get anything last weekend when I went down to the Waikato. Hardly any ducks flying around lake Waikare, although a couple of swans landed outside my spread that I didn't notice until they touched down. I'm busy this weekend so that's the end of the mallard season for me, tally = 0 mallards, 1 parry. I took my dog out pheasant hunting for the first time ever, it was hard getting him to stay with me, he ended up running off and putting up two beauties out of my range the other day

Like has been said slow down the dog or walk faster. Unless its a pointing type dog, you are better with the walk faster idea, this works because it doesnt give the bird time to figure out what to do ( works good with no dog too) It puts the bird under pressure to fly, Flying is a last resort tool for a pheasant, as it burns up energy. Main tip birds run up hill and fly down hill.