Thread: Game bird diary for all

Woke up at 6am today....decided to head out for a shot. By the time I had loaded the boat grabbed some lunch and drove to the ramp it was 8.30am.
Cruised down the river to find the Kaipara was like glass. Figured out ( based on years of experience) where the birds were likely to be hanging out and by 9.15am had the dekes set and was sitting in the mangroves all camo'ed up.
First pair arrived short;y after, so I shot the drake and let the hen go......then decided I would only shoot drakes......It was difficult to pick some of the drakes out of the birds that came in as not many had their full colours yet but I ended up with a limit of 7 drakes and one hen.

For your viewing pleasure

Taken standing up looking out over the decoys



Same position sitting down behind the camo



The limit...You can see that some of the drakes have barely 'colored up'


Back at the ramp.....11.35


Shouldnt have bothered taking lunch as I was home by 1pm

Dont think I will head out tomorrow, season has been good, 4 days shooting 32 birds in the freezer.....I am content.
( unless I wake up early tomorrow of course)

Edit: Got back to the ramp and when I pulled the boat out and was tying it down etc, a Police car pulled into the parking area. ( It is a good place to check speeds from while staying out of sight)
When I removed the 1187 from the boat and checked it by removing it from its gun bag, the officer was about 20m away from me. Now, in view of the promise to make us safer re firearms, I expected him to at, at the minimum approach me and check my licence, firearm and ammunition and how I stored them in the vehicle etc. Nope, he watched me for about 10 mins while operating his radar/laser, then took off after a vehicle that ( in my estimation as an ex cop) was travelling about 5 to 8 k over the limit....