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First ever spoonie. They are such a cool duck!
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First ever spoonie. They are such a cool duck!
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Congrats Usermane, they sure are a pretty duck. Does he have the full colours going on in the chest area?
Fuk, thats a big bill.....almost as big as my last electricity bill.......
One big walk...
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For one small bird...
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Sad thing is, I must have seen 30? In my defense it's my first outing for quail this year, and I take a bit of adjustment :P I have to keep telling myself they aren't going as fast as they look!
About time I contributed to this thread. New possie in the F&G ballot. Took a lot of work pre-season. Pulled a bloody acre of raupo, bowled the old maimai, and built a new on in a better spot.
My son and I took our usual week off work, and went duck hunting all week for the first week of the season. Had a good opening day, with limits pretty early, so went for a wander and bagged 3 roosters between us. F&G rangers spotted us coming back and checked us out. Seems we did better than most in the area. Got limits most days for the week, but at 6 each per day, not a big bag. Here's a few pics.
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Went for another rooster hunt later in the week and managed another couple each.
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I also got about 2-1/2hrs of video, so a bloody great time really. Been slim pickings since, with 3-4 birds between 2 of us each day for the weekends since opening.
Score Lentil, well done mate!!!!
I could see the birds decoying in to you, a great reward for the effort put in.
Hell - you have good eyes. It seems that more birds came from our end than last year, so a bit hard for you guys. Nice to meet you on the Friday before. You going back this last weekend?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
A few images of my 2014 season
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I like the contrast of blues in that top photo
i feel that pain pointerQuote:
Originally Posted by Pointer
great morning on a big irrigation pond today.
a ton of birds about but the usual indecision ,overexcitement, read safety catch on ,reared its head :D
still 10 mallards taken ,mostly drakes, and a couple of parries between 3 0f us.
pic to follow at some stage .it was fn freezing and i didnt even get the phone out but fortunatle massive did the honours after scoring himself a few birds to on another pond on the farm:yuush:
Finally after putting in a bit of preseason recon (well a lot really) My mate got his pheasant 3.5 minutes after leaving the vehicle and I finally managed to shoot one over my own dog and which my dog , actually pointed). Stoked would be the understatement of the day.
Since the limit is one each we ended up back at the car for coffee. All very civilized and a bloody good show, what!
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Congrats mikee:cool:
Brilliant Mikee.
Awesome mikee :cool:
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Too easy aye Mikee :cool: Well done
Awesome! Top effort!
Thanks guys. Only took my wee girl today to help me find em. My wee boy is the better hunter but unfortunately is gunshy :( He has been relegated to 'pretend hunting. He's much happier as the season is much longer for him.
Fantastic result Mikee !!!
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some barely warmed up hunters did i mention it was f.....n cold:omg:
It must be wearing that nurses outfit under your hunting clobber that makes you freezeQuote:
some barely warmed up hunters did i mention it was f.....n cold
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Dix and I went down the river with Harry...Dix worked well and finally a hen was flushed...then this afternoon we were down the Tutaekuri...no pheasants. Poor foto taken on cellfone.
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Aidan (14) and his last ducks for the season.
shh tattle tale:Dwent on the rakaia thisorning 8 odd ducks on spot only 2 came back only one offering a chance:pissed off:Quote:
Originally Posted by workingman
Well we finished the season yesterday with 11 ducks, 7 were off one pond while jump shooting, that was awesome to see that many left laying on the water when they first jumped!
Think our tally was around the 80 mark, pretty good for 3 shooters I reckon. Was a awesome month I should have gone out more then I did but was good to get the dog doing some work and to hunt with my granddad for the last time, according to him, well see next year. I don't think he can stop himself coming out to the mai mai
5 ducks the other 2 were just out of the camera view.
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This was the first real drake we got. Nice green head white ring around the neck and had a good curl on the tail.
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Good stuff Toby, still got two more months of shooting down here!
your cruel stug:thumbsup:Quote:
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yep cant wait to harvest a real coloured up fully mature drake.
strange there were plenty around in febuary
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And that's it for us. All plucked gutted and in the freezer.
Worked out 81 ducks for 11 hunts this month between 3 people but mostly just me and dad as granddad only went on 2 hunts and my brother came with us once.
Me and dad are rapt with the season.
Thats a good season mate well done. How long do you hang your ducks for?Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby
Yeah best season I've ever had. Best season dad and granddad have had in many years too.
Just until the water stops driping so just a few hours.
I'm glad ours has come to a close. I went out for the 3 mornings of the long weeken (being the last days n all), and not one duck came into the wetland (23 possies). Took the surfcasters on Monday, but no fish either. Bugger.Quote:
Originally Posted by stug
My wife asked what I was going to do now that duckshooting has finished as an excuse not to talk to her. I said "actually, I was thinking of going into the bush". I know one bush I won't be going into for a while!!
Haha!
:D:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Lentil
Fortunately there's plenty of other bush out there Lentil
Some of it might even be virgin bush. ;)
Cheers
Pete
Not in Papamoa Pete :DQuote:
Originally Posted by P38
Native bush then?Quote:
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Plenty of that around.Quote:
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Ha ha :thumbsup:Quote:
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Plenty of "native" bush these ways!Quote:
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Ya can still smack the parries and pukes Toby
Some of you "keener types" need to get down here for a duck hunt;)
