She done really well I'm quite happy with that. She has fetching done and sitting down waiting for the best part now doesn't whine when I call just need her to stop barking/whining in the ute or on the back
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Our group of 4 came away with 5 mallards and 1 pheasant, I got zip but had a wicked time! It's much more challenging than I thought. Going back this weekend, hopefully will have something more exciting to report :thumbsup:
Went out with me boy as he came home. Tried the river but the digger on the other side of the river started at 1730hrs and never stopped till 18005hrs:pissed off:
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Farken noise pulling that tractor up:wtfsmilie:
Any way we we were tonight:)
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What to say about opening weekend?
After I pulled the pin on a hunting trip with @Toby and @upnorth uplander I was at a loose end, so ended up shooting a spot near Opotiki with my ol' man. The spot was new to us both and while a lot of ducks were seen we weren't in the best place to capitalize on that. Still, a few (and I really mean only a few, terrible shooting!) were taken both mornings, and more importantly learned a lot about shooting this spot, as it could turn out to be productive when we make some adjustments to the abandoned maimai we were using.
Went out Sunday with the Old boys dog, Howie, who was the man of the match with a find on a unusually big covey of brownies. Produced them again on the second flush too.
Then took my new recruit out for her first time on Sunday arvo, to have her find this for me. Steady to wing and shot, retrieved on command to hand. Took it all in stride. Its nice to see it all come together:
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Great work Pointer ! Good to get a bird over the new girl and I cant wait to do it myself with Failte before she gets a fat belly in some weeks .
Well done Pointer. I put one of them up at five yards myself this morning during my walk with the dog. Startled the hell out of me.
Have faith !!! it will be a child of promise ....... :redbullsmiley:
OMG -I have the child of promise my belly is bigger than yesterday :o
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The air lucky and super pole with results
Nice work pointer . Love to here more on your" brown quails " . Never ever seen one . Pulled the pin on my central South Island today . Farmer says it too wet . Gutted ! Maybe a window of hope Friday , fingers crossed
With abit of a late start, headed off to the river...dog had an ooopsy by leaping into a deep pool with the river pulling him away downstream, only to steady himself and cross over to the other side...he crossed back over some fifty odd metres upstream...all was good and slowly the heart stopped palpitating..off again, dog working ground well but to no avail, then on the way out went on point and flushed a bird...hen bird away!!!!
Would have posted some fotos but the laptop is having a hissy fit and is not accepting the card...
got my first quail of the season im embarassed to say it took 3 coveys and six shots:oh noes::yaeh am not durnk:
Headed down to the river tonight,I was armed with Rod & Gun, possom trapper set up down stream with heaps of decoys and electronic caller.:wtfsmilie:
I fished till 1730hrs and caught a small brown:)Released much to Mrs D's disgust:D
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At 1730 the farkn digger started up again!
I set up here
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One decoy in the river and settled in to the hard right of that pic.
Electronic caller going hard out down stream:ORLY:
We sat and waited,me blowing the wooden callers:D
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And results:D
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Sitting down a mob of parries just drop in but flared up and 2 drakes flew by me so bang bang nothing for the little 20g to drop them down, brother had a couple of shots at a hen she looked tickled up but kept on moving.
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Pip done an awesome double retrieve, though one drake as wounded and started biting her so called her back shot it she went out and got it then went out again half way across the river and got the one.
3 greys also came down and I got this one which Pip also retrieved, must of be though coming back through mud up to her guts
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Is that the Wairoa river toby ?
Well done Toby.
bloody dog was was looking at me looking at the departing untouched quail with a ''are you for real boss'' look:pissed off:
right to left and at a slight angle with a climb just to make it a bit more difficult,gets me every time but like mcarthur i shall return with more ammo and a better swing hopefuly:D
awesome man
we saw a few on the sat but sunday was shithouse man nothing we had a few sky busters in the pond next to us so they scared them off
Spotted some ducks from river bank.
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The stalk was on and didn't we do well.:D
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Jess brought two home in one retrieve:cool:
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Good work Dundee.
Two ducks at once that's pretty cleaver Jess :cool:
Approached this pond this morning and there was a handful of ducks on it.
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Only had a chance to fire one shot as they fled through the gap on the left between the two trees.
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2 drakes down with one shot:D:cool:
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what number cartridges would you guys suggest is best to use for ducks. At our maimai the birds are flying about 40-50m high. I have a modified choke on my shotgun.
Two for one, that is economical shooting Dundee.
This afternoon, dog and I went down to the river and crossed over...the area has had much done to it with removal of acres of old man wandering jew etc making the locale much more favourable to the pheasant. * Looks almost park like....
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We had been on the go for over an hour when dog indicated scent, then went on point and flushed the bird...yet another hen away!! * On the way back to the car park we saw a small gaggle of greylags.
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Got another 8 today, worth missing school for. Pics later
The longest retrieve for my (lab)
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The birds for the day
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Better than a wet arse and none Toby.
Look what got through the gap:wtfsmilie:
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Bad photo Dundee. Chooks?