Fair enough
I'll be shooting with mine this year, it will be the first year I have shot with a break open gun since I was a teenager and used an old Spanish SXS and that... was some time ao
It will be interesting.
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Fair enough
I'll be shooting with mine this year, it will be the first year I have shot with a break open gun since I was a teenager and used an old Spanish SXS and that... was some time ao
It will be interesting.
Not long now but will be strange not having my own dog this year
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Has Sean been keeping up his swimming lessons?:wtfsmilie::thumbsup: make sure he doesn't go hard in the mouth really hard to untrained that once they start ah:PQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Have a happy Easter Dundee.
Just ordered our birds for the year 200 pheasant 150 partridge :thumbsup:
Thanks @Sideshow his dog is coming along really good hopefully sean and ace will retrieve;) well. Happy Easter to you and your family too.
checked on the pond that was diabolical last year.
only about 400 ducks on it.:D
gotta stay away till we shoot it or the wheather sends them worm hunting or they,l be gone burgers.
if its wet they,l camp closer to the paddockd ie the river back washes and if we over visit they,l just f off.:x_x:
Hey Dundee, good bag. What'd you use for the eel? Solids or #1?Quote:
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Looks like a "blue bird sky" and ducks at 10,000ft for our 2017 opening :P Hopefully my wing spinners and my new calling app RugerIhunt will do the business. Not long now will get everything organised this weekend
hook for eels or the old henaki.
Thought you might sharpen up the end of the Ole escort @Dundee
Sharpenend up my shooting skills a few weeks back,haven't got the same excitement now I don't own a dog.
I hear that dundee:oh noes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Stay safe all.... enjoy
Are young fella rang up tonight of all nights and the shotgun was stripped and he couldn't get it back together.:(
Bloody hammer sorted it!:thumbsup:
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Breakfast made I'm ready just got to make a brew for the thermos in the morning.:thumbsup:
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Weather is going to be shit for duck hunting,calm and frosts.
These should keep me trigger finger warm!
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Hot barrels and be safe! See ya later.
Stay safe fellas. I cant wait for the morning!
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It's morning now, lets go do it.
As above be carefull and Enjoy.
I am just about to finish nite shift a few thousand kms away from any ducks.
Hope you all going out have hot barrels and a good day.
I am waiting anxiously for my son to tell me how his first hunt without his old man around goes.
Lucky bugger gets to shoot the 2 best ponds on his grandads and uncles place without me.
I get home around 3am next Saturday morning and will be heading straight out for a shot and try to catch up😆
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I declare it open season where you are on anything that vaguely resembles a duck and I grant you a license to take two hundred. So even though it might not quack, if it has two feet (no need for them to be webbed) then it is fair game. Sorted for you R93. Enjoy the practice and you score will count toward the season at home.Quote:
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We carried out a bit of sustainable shooting this morning.
@Sean dog Ace did really well for her maiden duck shoot this morning.Cold frosty and foggy.
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My boy got 8 reals and some parries. He seemed pretty chuffed.
More birds around than last year apparently.
I appreciate having mates I can trust to take him out for a good day.
They should have a better day tomorrow as the sunday pond holds more birds.
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No words can tell how much I like seeing a young man with his young dog and dad on opening day! What a great day for all of you! May you all share many many more !!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Yes. And complete with toffee tops.Quote:
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Look Dundee it's a stomach on four legs:thumbsup:
You forgot to pack the blind fold :P
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Only 5 birds for the morning shoot. Another 6 unlucky birds during afternoon/ night shoot. Stug's flocked decoys, and the lads calling made the difference I think. Instead of circling for ever just out of reach, they committed early and met their demise. No birds shot at got away. Could've blazed away at dozens, and ended up with more, but it was more about 3 generations shooting, and catching up on the last year with friends, not potential birds on the ground
Good stuff mate, I got less for the Morning and slightly more for the afternoon
turns about the same
just the 6 parries for us at public ballot boggy creek.
id all ready committed to shoot their with a mate so gave our pod to 2 other guys if I'm reading them right they got 13 mallards losing 4 in the shite.
we lost birds to tho mostly they ended up at the next maimai down.
at one stage we were getting maimai ones birds in 4. woundies and missed birds that rolled out over us
f all mallards seen really and had only one chance at a greenhead.
still great day with a mate but made me realise just how much I miss and really need a dog.
just adds to the whole experience..
5 green heads and a parry for the morning, and got a young fella his first duck in the evening. Got a bigger kick out of the latter - never seem someone so chuffed to get a duck. Have shot the same pond for years with my father. He's no longer about and my boys are a bit young, so really pleased to see another shooter coming along. He's about the same age as I was when I started shooting there.
@Dundee what was the tally
No birds to show for today.One definately dropped from the green pond tonight.
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No dog with me and my mate and it went down a cuppla hundred metres away.Not a fan of steel.:(
On the plus side went into the local for a pint.:beer:
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I won the local duck calling competition and best dressed duck shooter:)
Two chilly bags with beanies one hooded fleece coat and a vest,bottle openers and pencils,not a bad haul.:yuush:
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A good opener then Mr Dundee.
Got a text last night from a farmer up the road complaining about the pigeons. Went and had a look...guess I'd better get into them just waiting till 10 for the dog walkers to finish:thumbsup:
Good times with mates and one of my sons and Seans new dog Ace, only three birds down but the haul at the pub was pretty good.Quote:
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Mate got this male spoony, first time seeing a male one. At first I thought something had escaped from the aviary at the botanical gardens.
bloody cool colours
good to hear every one had a good weekend :thumbsup:.I had a good weekend with my lab,a mate and her 2 lab's,she was very happy for her young dog getting retrieve a sawn the wee girl is only about 20 kg.ended up with 3 mallrds 16 parries and 2 sawns,having 20 odd sawn's sitting on the dam all the time did not help:pissed off:
2 greys
3 parries
1 pheasant (!)
1 rabbit
1 great day out :thumbsup:
Not sure what was going on around the Firth but I have never seen so many Parries around. Airborne mobs of 30-40 birds. I wonder if it is because of all of the storm effected maze that is still standing in the Waikato area, some of it still in a couple feet of water.
Made it fun for us. We limited out on parries plus 10 mallards for the opening morning. Would rate in the top 3 opening weekends for the last ten years. I have sore ribs from all the laughter that went on during the day :thumbsup:
I had a good weekend, pretty quiet though. Nothing was landing on, or coming even close to our pond but stalked a few other ponds on the farm during the day. Tally was 3 mallards and a parrie.
Did a walk on opening morning targeting some pheasants, instead we managed to land a single duck. For a bonus, I got the young ones to pluck it and get their hands bloody during the autopsy procedure.
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why dat boy taking off dat birds clothes teacher:DQuote:
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rats with wings :XD:
i need to go door knocking around clevedon i think
