Thread: Game bird diary for all

Pea soup fog until 9am for the first three days at Lake Aniwhenua where I shoot opening, then clear blue skys.
I use two Lucky Duck wing spinners and they worked exceptionally well in combination with my calling birds dropping right into the spread.
22 Mallards, 1 Shoveller, 1 Paradise, in the bag
I've shot this possie for 7 years now and have got it sorted so built a permanent structure this year and it worked well the improvements for next year will be more flax / broom planting and build a step up to give me extra height
New gear I used this year a big tick for Higdon Magnum Decoys, Hard Core Full Body's + Sport Sled I imported from Cabelas certainly made the it easier getting the decoys in and out this year ( Its chest waders and a 400M slog into my possie so floating the decoys in worked well.
New gear that I won't been using again Mallard Machine - just didn't do the business for me to much weed so onto Trade Me it will go next year
Managed to get a deer stalk up Ohutu River on Sunday afternoon didn't tip anything over but certainly gave the legs a good workout up a leading ridge
Only negative to the weekend was I lost my camera in the tide it was due to be replaced so not worth $ but no footage of the dog working ...... which is priceless so here he is from last season if anyone can recommend a robust point & shoot digital camera it would be appreciated