I hope you shot them both unless you only had one shell left in which case I hope you messed up the moggy.
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I hope you shot them both unless you only had one shell left in which case I hope you messed up the moggy.
Oh woe!! One more day to go...
Went and collected Harry and off we went to revisit a covey we had had an eye on, Dionee again team leader...
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The upstream wind was as mean as the proverbial dastardly mother-inlaw which probably explained why the covey was reticent in exposing itself...once the sun leaves the gorge, naturally enough the temperature drops markedly. Harry is getting to understand the little birds more and he is thinking about the outcomes...ie too close a shot on a small bird, and why shoot a bird if it cannot be retrieved and to think about the birds roosting times etc.
Dionee worked the ground and the huge blackberry spreads like a demon but to no avail...
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All was not lost...two rabbits were shot on the way home.
Again saw some Greys, and a couple of spawning trout.
As I edit this, the rain has come in and it is teeming...grrrrrrrrr...
Good results getting the bunnys. Roll on next season:)
Yes, seems a long way off...but there is tomorrow:D
Awoke to teeming rain and instantly thought...well, of course it would be a bad weather day!...but all was not lost...by 11hr00 the rain had abated and the sun actually forced itself to break on through...so it was off to Harry's for corn fritters and venison sausages (I supplied the sausages...bartered for pancetta) for lunch and then down the river.
Decided to take the young dog Jarlou...we have wandered about the farm but I wanted to do some shot work...birds allowing. And allow it did...a greylag was brought down, the dog steady...then a shot was fired at rock pigeons but they were so fidgety they were not going to take any risks...again the pup was steady to shot. He worked the ground like a machine...the covey we had in mind to revisit were not in the locale...
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Harry and Jarlou on the way back to the vehicle...greylag in hand!!
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So, that is it, Gamebird 2014 is over...
Gander?
Goose!
We want to see it when you eat it EeeBeesQuote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
Bring on next season I will be waiting:thumbsup:
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Rushy, Harry took the bird home...he is going to breast it and in his house they curry it...
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Nice pics Eeebees:)
Thank you, Dundee:D We may have not got any number of birds this season but it has been great...the dogs have worked so well.
Thank you for that, Dundee...now I feel even worse:D:D:D:D 243 days...far out!!
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Didn't think I'd get out again for closing weekend
But managed to sneak out. Was worth it
Nice one Hamstring - a blue phezzie!
nice melanistic hamstringQuote:
Originally Posted by hamstring
how is it some taken phezzies look so majestic and some look like they,ve been dragged thru a gorse bush backwards ala my only bird thies season:pissed off::pissed off::D
I think it's because some birds have actually been
Dragged through a gorse bush backwards.
That would make sense thenQuote:
Originally Posted by hamstring
true nothing like a blackberry or boxthorne manicure:DQuote:
I think it's because some birds have actually been
Dragged through a gorse bush backwards.
Went online to the Fish and Game site and entered in the details of the band...he was banded this year...he had gone 5.6 kilometres from where he was banded!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Poor bastard didn't get far you top shot!:DQuote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
I think it is really neat knowing where they are from!! Don't know about top shot, Dundee!! There seem to be ducks everywhere at the moment!!!!
Yep heaps here too should be a good season next year if everyone does there bit on predator control.
Countdown to 2. Mai 2015 in Wellington
No, yes, no, yes I do have stuff I should be doing on this dowzy day, but I don't have the inspiration at the moment to braid a lanyard or two, so found this...Ray Stevens..
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Sorted for ammo...
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Sean and I went up to the green pond tonight,I got one mallard drake.
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So we were off to disturb some Paradise Ducks and disturb them we did...no silhouettes, no callers, no nothing, just camo gear and shotguns...
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then to breast them out, and have a nice little beer, or two!! Foto very dark as we got back to the ute on dusk...
No birds harmed tonight. At the green pond as the cattle were in the big pond paddock.The Mrs,Sean and Jess joined me tonight.
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Late opening post- headed over the coast as i have every opening weekend of my 5 years duck shooting to shoot with the father inlaw although only 5 years i love the tradition as much as the actual shoot and can't wait for my boys to be the age to get really involved.
Changed our opening morning plans last minute and we only managed 2 greys and a mallard saturday before rehydrating and planning for our original pond sunday morning.
the pond is below bluffs in native bush just of the river and the short jet boat in in the dark always gets you primed, the birds drop in so fast you hear the whoosh before you see them and i shoot from a platform about 15ft up in a white pine thats been there 25yrs apparently and still sound (ish:O_O:)
14 birds in 2 hours should of been 20 really but oh well, good excuse for more practice dog was awesome we lost one runner when 3 went down, and he caught and killed a feral moggy when we were plucking, so that will help replace the 17 we took.[ATTACH=CONFIG]36356
Crap pic of the pond
and what its all about!
Good work @seandundee :thumbsup:
Cheers
Pete
Took the young fella out again. Rain and wind looked promising but didn't happen.:(
I dropped a drake from great altitude but the steel hit the tastey breasts and was only good for eel bait.
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Baited a few decoys and had them swimming just on dark.:)
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Nothing else came in so the remainder of the drake was stuffed into the eel trap:ORLY:
Two eels were caught earlier but escaped the trap.:oh noes:
On the way home we saw a few hares and gave the young fella a go but when I turned around and said shoot it he had bailed,and was in the middle of a dark paddock with no light. So the dog and I gave chase and got one:)
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We are going to get are bro to deal with the eels for preperation to eating as I would rather have a trout.:)
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First pheasant for jet Waipawa river
dont bother goin in to the patangata for a refreshin beverage i found to my disgust last year its only open certain days then only from 3pm:XD:and now it looks more like a fuckin cafe than the farmers/workers /shearers oasis it was and not a rousy or land girl insight:O_O::XD::oh noes:Quote:
Originally Posted by prattpoint
Three birds came in but Jess couldn't hit them:D
A few eels in the trap and they went back into the pond:)
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Jess was thinking what am I doing out here again:)
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Early season dumb rooster [emoji1]
Nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Wildman
I had a go yesterday and put up a couple, unfortunately the bastards flushed out of range. No dog.
Nailed a few peacocks instead.
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Smacked one tonight on arrival.
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No bloody wind again or rain,so I livened up the decoys:D
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