Driving to work Tuesday morn, pair of quail with eight little bumble bees skittering across the road...then today, Maman and Papa with ten poults, with emerging head pieces...gorgeous...
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Driving to work Tuesday morn, pair of quail with eight little bumble bees skittering across the road...then today, Maman and Papa with ten poults, with emerging head pieces...gorgeous...
Great to see them,driving out of the Leathem Valley,saw several coveys one with at least a dozen tweenys,idled along behind them all hopped and flew a couple of feet,all at differing times,then dived into the fern.Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
glad i removed a couple of the cats from the equation.
think theres at least 2 more the farmer is rabid anti cat because of the pheasants and quail.
but has never hunted just like seeing them around
bout 120 geese going next door to my farms they cant seem to make up thier minds yet what they want to eat??
some on grass some on peas some on grain probably saw 200 odd altogether so just waiting now untill the hop the fence.
great to see and hear them again.
I hears ye old slow D8 rumble from the way beyond ,coupled with a shuffling sniffing -obviousy the boys can still read you ya rotund hobbit-hook into it and while ya there bang a couple for me.christ had a bit of canada and noodles the other night for me tea -bloooooooooooooddddddy cracker -farts warmed the old fartsack up too.
dunno when im home next but keep me posted.no luck with sending emails to you thru this PC but forum PM is OK.
geese spread far and wide last night to many burns at the mo.
but since theyre ploughed under pretty quick hopefuly my access will be the only game in town for a while at least untill a few days after they finish thier barley harvest.
Poor foto...enjoy watching the family going about their business, Papa on sentry...poults doing well...
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good photo eeebees, but that is an alarmed mama, not papa.
The poults have all got their head pieces...saw them again today...a kilometre up the road, someone had dealt to a scrawny wild cat or a cat homed but on lean rations...
gspf-email incoming from my homebase ,general standby to RR,KC,AM,and GM if you require a team to deal to the threat.incidentally have been living on canada breasts 3/7 last week -bloody gorgeous apart from one steel pellet(who put that fucker there)and the end result -hard as concrete and stink that would shame a dairy cow!
Only 37 more days...getting there...
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Countdown Timer - Countdown to 7. Mai 2016 in Wellington
Haven't been to the big pond since last season.Water level is low.
Few pics from today.
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Dundee, I will put it on my list of things to do to send you some rain.
shit if thats your idea of low dundee :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
you.l be right hewey loves us duck hunters and seems to always see,s us right a week or two before the season.
havent been near ours on purpose the more we leave it alone the better it seems.
will have a sneak peek this weekend hopefuly
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cannot wait for the day...bought another box of ammo today...not that I needed too...:)
It is not about need Eeebees it is about want.
you are so right, Rushy!!! Custer knew what it meant not having enough ammo:D
14 days to go...Mr D not Mr T for ffs some shops can't get it right.:D
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Dundee you have gotten it wrong. It is not a mistake that they have made with your name. It is the abbreviated description of who to look out for that the manager who knows you well put there for the counter assistant that doesn't know you from Adam. I think he nailed it really. What do you other guys reckon? MRT is short for Midget, Rough, Trolleyed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
I like Eley...good ammunition...Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
On the drive in to chch earlier this week all the riversr looking pretty dry, need a good rain soon...
Um your last name starts with a TQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Shssssssssssssss;)
plenty of water in them if the bastards would stop sucking it all off.Quote:
Originally Posted by 223nut
rakaias not to bad given its headwaters are on the west coast almost and its always raining there;)
but yes the increased take is definetly having a visible consequence.
if the forecast is to be believed helps on the way this anzac weekend.
Least you using good ammo ,just need you to get a Browning auto now .
Licence purchased today,bring it on!!I'm ready.
Got mine a month ago, decoys sorted this morning & Shadow was right there supervising .Stitches out but think he been ready for 9 months .Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
How many more sleeps Mr D ?
Went for a drive up the Waitaki valley and surrounding districts today Saw a beaut rooster, alot of Parries and many Mallards
bodes well.
just got to get some ammo for the shelduck of paradise and all is sorted...five days...
got to do my gst there is going to be a lot of pest destruction claimed:D
I'm reading this after looking at some ducklings:wtfsmilie: while walking the dog this morning, they were being bothered by a couple of crows, might just take a walk with the shootgun and sort those two out.
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Big drive , visited 4 rivers . Supposed to be duck recon not deer ;)
A hen and a covey of quail for me today, but no ducks. Crikey the rivers are low in the manawatu at the moment...
our Rivers are low and gin clear too
Rivers in the Manawatu a full of weed might not be safe for the gun dog..algae bloom
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Our wee spot on the manawatu is looking good, apart from the fact the maimai was washed away and we have had to construct a makeshift one. 200 plus birds on the water hopefully there is no significant rainfall to raise river levels.
the rakaia per chance munsey:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Munsey
check with your local medical officer of health if there a warning out. some algae is ok but its that peas soup looking shit and the black stuffs thats the danger..Quote:
Rivers in the Manawatu a full of weed might not be safe for the gun dog..algae bloom
dont know if you saw the tv3 report on lake forsyth down here fuckin diabolical looking deadly shit.:oh noes:
Yes I did see that,I will be shooting on ponds till river gets a good flush.
