No, I won't forget! I will be really interested in knowing where he has come from...
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No, I won't forget! I will be really interested in knowing where he has come from...
My usual hunting buddy decided finishing off his fence was more important than going hunting on a fine Saturday. So I took off mid afternoon to a small gravel pit pond we found last year that the ducks would fly to for 15 mins before flying back to dairy paddocks where whole crop was being fed out. A quick bit of recon earlier in the week showed they were doing the same thing this year.
Here's a poor shot of the pond(didn't think to take a decent photo sorry):
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The first duck arrived 10 minutes after I finished throwing out the decoys. Can you spot the real one amongst the flocked floaters?
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While I only had a few decoys out the ducks honed in on them and were landing amongst them when they had the rest of the pond free?
Dog doing one of 10 retrieves as the ducks died above the spread at a max range of 15 metres:
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I was simply hiding in the flax in the photo below in camo clothing.
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I managed to finish up with my limit well before dark which was pleasing although the dog kept on looking out for more, she's not used to leaving so early on an afternoon/evening hunt.
I decided that last year I put too many photos of dogs next to dead things. Thought I'd try take some action shots. Bear with me I'm a terrible photographer:
Public land rooster "Eastbank"
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Pretty happy looking dog there Pionter!!
I saw a mean as cock yesterday at whakaki @Pointer
Another possible place to shoot on the way to the bay? saw a couple of hens too they kept feeding didnt even care about us
Thanks Dundee - Yeah TSK bloody thing weighed as much as she did :cool:
Yeah @Toby, lets add him to the trip itinerary
You should of kept it in your pants @Toby :oh noes:
:D:D:D
No kills since I got back from the bush,but here is a few pics still out there doing it.
Big pond last night was calm and warm,had one mallard hen answering my calls below the pond in the creek.:pissed off:
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Tonight a mate and I found a pond that I use too shoot with my old man as a kid. Our early attempt saw a few birds take off but the lay off the land has changed in the last 30+ years.
The dog and I got there by 1700hrs tonight to have a better reccy and settle down for a night shoot. Cuppla decoys were found and set up but only three mallards surveyed the pond from a great altitude with a pair of paradise shelduck squarking nearby. No shots fired but I am convinced this pond might be an early feeder.
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