Thread: Game bird diary for all

The prick didn't even look at the camera for the podium photo:

he,s got that ''you growled me so im ignoring you'' look pointer
great pics and birds

Now, if you had a black and white dog with you it would have been even a better day

if you had a red and white dog you,d have bitten thru the whistle your tongue and probably bottom lip

I took my 9yr old daughter down to Ellesmere on Sunday, went in off Jarvis Rd down by Greenpark. We were trying out our layout blinds. It was too calm and fine, didn't end up firing a shot. Had 3 parris fly over but I thought they would come around again, so left them. Of course they kept on going!

Originally Posted by stug

I took m
y 9yr old daughter down to Ellesmere on Sunday, went in off Jarvis Rd down by Greenpark. We were trying out our layout blinds. It was too calm and fine, didn't end up firing a shot. Had 3 parris fly over but I thought they would come around again, so left them. Of course they kept on going!



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ellys a beauty all right even on a birdless windless day:yaeh am not durnk

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not a startling specimen but csi legal and part of its scruffy condition is due to the nightmare shite the dog had to get it out of.
plus canning of some young trees oon the way down didnt help

Originally Posted by gsp follower

not a startling specimen but csi legal and part of its scruffy condition is due to the nightmare shite the dog had to get it out of.
plus canning of some young trees oon the way down didnt help

Hey a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say! South Island gold that bird, treasure it Well done GSP Follower

Originally Posted by Pointer

Hey a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush as they say! South Island gold that bird, treasure it Well done GSP Follower

well done red, id have not had a shit show in hell of finding it without him let alone retrieving it .am happy it was a one shot dead in the air scenario tho. christ knows how long a job or shittier one for that matter,it would have been for him if id winged it.

Originally Posted by gsp follower

ellys a beauty all right even on a birdless windless day:yaeh am not durnk

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not a startling specimen but csi legal and part of its scruffy condition is due to the nightmare shite the dog had to get it out of.
plus canning of some young trees oon the way down didnt help

I could hazard a guess where you found him too......................

no he was legal a one acre ,if your lucky, csi spot that produces a pheasant every year
usually a bigger bird than this tho

Certainly looks a picturesqe set up.

Good stuff with the pheasant, I haven't chased them since moving down from the NI, use to love hunting Rotoehu forest.

I have some breasting to do tomorrow (Parries are the only bird I wont pluck)





Used the SxS for the first time. and last

First shot cough shots! blew me back a bit. Figured it out in the end the front trigger lets both barrels go but if I pull the back trigger then front trigger its fine.

Originally Posted by Toby

First shot cough shots! blew me back a bit. Figured it out in the end the front trigger lets both barrels go but if I pull the back trigger then front trigger its fine.

You didn't make the fatal mistake of putting two fingers on the triggers while using a double triggered gun did you?

Originally Posted by Pointer

You didn't make the fatal mistake of putting two fingers on the triggers while using a double triggered gun did you?

Nope, but a guy in the group did haha.

I'm not too worried about it stug, it gives me something to tinker with

Went out for my weekly walk this morning, left home at 8am, had a bird by half eight, home by nine!

Wasn't exactly plain sailing, some terrible shooting on my behalf meant the rooster that Betty found for me was hit a bit far back. It dropped a leg as it sailed away, nearly over the crest of a hill 100 metres away. I thought at this point it was all but lost, when at the top of the hill, it spiralled out of the sky like a burning helicopter and bit the dust! Needless to say it was one very much alive and annoyed rooster that was retrieved to hand by Betty. This is her first retrieve on a pricked bird and runner, so I'm happy with how she took it all in stride:

Originally Posted by Pointer

Went out for my weekly walk this morning, left home at 8am, had a bird by half eight, home by nine!

Wasn't exactly plain sailing, some terrible shooting on my behalf meant the rooster that Betty found for me was hit a bit far back. It dropped a leg as it sailed away, nearly over the crest of a hill 100 metres away. I thought at this point it was all but lost, when at the top of the hill, it spiralled out of the sky like a burning helicopter and bit the dust! Needless to say it was one very much alive and annoyed rooster that was retrieved to hand by Betty. This is her first retrieve on a pricked bird and runner, so I'm happy with how she took it all in stride:

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Go the mighty "proper" pointer. Great stuff

Originally Posted by Toby

Used the SxS for the first time. and last

First shot cough shots! blew me back a bit. Figured it out in the end the front trigger lets both barrels go but if I pull the back trigger then front trigger its fine.

Take it to a gunsmith, it might be doubling. My fathers old sxs did this. Pull one trigger and both barrels go. I had this happen to me when I was about 8, the possum wasn't happy either!