Thread: Game bird diary for all

The other day I missed 3 of the easiest shots
That you will ever get on Cali's only to knock over
An absolute Hail Mary on the way back to the ute.
They are very easy to miss sometimes.
And the more time they give me The more I seem
To miss them

Mallard hen with 15 ducklings spotted crossing a paddock this morning. Sadly the neighbour feeds the hawks and feral cats so she will probably settle down somewhere tonight with ten ...or less

Originally Posted by teFerrarri

Mallard hen with 15 ducklings spotted crossing a paddock this morning. Sadly the neighbour feeds the hawks and feral cats so she will probably settle down somewhere tonight with ten ...or less

So you know what to bait you traps with then...

Originally Posted by Wildman

So you know what to bait you traps with then...

i hear lead shot is bad for them do what the only nz study on waterfowl did and force feed it to them

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Originally Posted by hamstring

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that goes on my desktop background....
Awesome photo ....

Originally Posted by Petros_mk

that goes on my desktop background....
Awesome photo ....

+1 brilliant photo mate....says it all

Originally Posted by hamstring

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awesme in everyway

Since I've started posting summaries I'll do one for today even though I wasn't into it 100%. Not sure why really, just woke up on the wrong side of the bed... Screw it, I decided to go anyway.
Conditions weren't great to start off with, fog everywhere, sun was about to come out and boil the living shit out of us, there was no wind whatsoever, so I just went with it. Let the dog do its thing I'll just follow...

First 40 minutes or so, we worked some thick young pines with heavy cover underneath... Aki was pulling away from me more than usual and a bell may have been useful but it was still manageable...we worked the side of the hill up to the ridgeline and I saw 2 hens burst out from my left (nothing to do with the dog). Aki moves in and stops on point where the hens were. Not a big deal i thought, just some cold scent, but where there are hens there are cocks. Nah, not really, a 3rd hen bursts out...
Aki fairly steady gets a pat and we take a 10mins break.


A nice breeze developed in the mean time, so upwards and onwards. Well in this case it was downwards and onwards. 20 or so minutes in the game I see a hen fly out far in the distance, eventually we get there and Aki stops. I take a photo and we roaded in for a while but no birds (definitely cold scent of the hen). Damn, I needed another break.

I had enough of tripping over and bruising my legs so we hunted some open cover for the next hour... Towards the very end Aki stops on point on top of a log, I had to menuver through the rubble to take a proper shot and that didn't even work, 4 quail up while my legs were spread wide open climbing through this shit, 2 shots nothing down. I saw the 5th bird running on the ground so I gave Aki the "go ahead", he does few loops and the bird is up in the air, by that time I had reloaded only 1 barrel, took a shot and missed again. F*CK!!!!!!!

Not much to do afterwards really, it was scorching hot. I decided to walk the beaten track and let the dog work the outskirts, if he picks up any scent we'll investigate further, if not we'll just go for a walk around areas where I haven't been before just to see what I can hunt next time I'm there.

A solid 1 hour walk and Aki stops on point of the 3rd time, much like the photo above, he was standing on a log. By the time I got to him I can't believe how much noise I made. There were 2 roosters on the other end of the logs hiding in ink-weed, they didn't move at all. Aki moves in for the flush, both take off in opposite directions. Dog wasn't quite steady here, things got a bit too much for him but 2 shots - no kills.... Seriously - if I had an e-collar I'd be better off putting it around my neck and giving the remote to the dog, the number of birds missed is ridiculous...
Did my walk back to the truck and off home.... I've got a whole week off work so there will be few hunting missions to come in the next few days....

lets hope we see some summery s from you of the dog trials this year

Originally Posted by el borracho

lets hope we see some summery s from you of the dog trials this year

you are better at doing those than me....

im sure they will have grown by then

Originally Posted by Petros_mk

you are better at doing those than me....

Originally Posted by el borracho

Attachment 28223im sure they will have grown by then

you confuse me again Brian...
What do my balls have anything to do with my choice not to do trial reports on a public forum?

Originally Posted by Petros_mk

I've got a whole week off work so there will be few hunting missions to come in the next few days....

Neat report and fotos as to your usual standard!! Could feel the frustrations just reading your journal!! Hope you have successful missions over the week...

If you go down to the woods today....



Got off to a late start this afternoon, but finally Harry, his brother and I were able to get down the river. Dionee team leader again.



Dionee worked like a demon, her work in the huge blackberry bushes was courageous...bell stopped and up the covey went...Harry did a fine shot...



Coming back up from the river, she indicated a rabbit, which was also shot and taken home...