Picturesque pond. Very nice place :)
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Picturesque pond. Very nice place :)
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If you are coming up short guys, try the square in Palmerston North. mallards everywhere.
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Fishy is on the job for ya.
too hard to hit when they are on the side like that.
It is because the rotation of the earth down here is different.Quote:
Originally Posted by csmiffy
Not long back from a shoot on a nice slow creek 10 mins from home.
Setup a few hundred meters downstream from a mate about half 4
Didnt see a bird till half 5 ish.
Called in a flight of 6 mallards and they decoyed perfectly. I took the first bird front on and 3 others with 4 shots total, as crossers.
Dog spent a few minutes retrieving all the birds. I was pretty happy with my shooting and smoked a single incomer bird 5 mins later. 5 shots 5 birds.[emoji106]
Shot at another 6 pairs of mallards that were cautiously looking over the decoys but should have been piss easy and I didn't hit shit.
I swear the dog rolled his eyes at me[emoji13]
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A double rise with one shot here!
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And shot a beauty drake tonight
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Waited for the wind to roll in as my boy had his dog.
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The creek crossing had a big eel under it.
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Not a bad size there @Dundee surprised ya got your bird in with that fat boy around:O_O:
Decided to do something different this morning so I took the cape rifle to work and spent half an hour walking the river. Having only one shot makes you a bit more selective, anyhow 2 for 2, so Im happy. First time Ive used it on game probably the last too as sub gagues are going steel. 108 years old and still producing the goods shows theres hope for all the old bastards on, here self included.
eley do make sub gauge bismuth ??
in 20 and 16 gauge its not cheap but a box would last you a while.
think 2019,s lead then 2020 not on doc or f&G land 2021 not any water
r[QUOTEn 2020, a hunter hunting waterfowl on Department of Conservation or Fish & Game-controlled land must use non-toxic shot, nothing else.
From 2021, non-toxic shot will be required for waterfowl hunting over open water in all shotguns except the .410. This applies to all public (including DOC) and private lands.].[/QUOTE]
weekends looking ducky bit more wind be good.
This will explain why no eels had a go at the duck last night.Breast meat in perfect condition.
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Good start to the evening, hopefully a few more.
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spoke to cousin who shot on coast opening day .in past years theyve had no probs with getting bag limits in morning session on opening day.him&his brother shot a pond on a private farm -very frustrating -6 7/8 SFA mallards and even the parries played hard to get! obviously something is altering the parries habitual instincts but im buggered if i know why . westcoast F&G pre season estimates predicted good populations of gamebirds altho down on previous years -hence the daily limit reduction but still this niggling trend shows up
any bright ideas.
Ended up with 5 for the night pretty happy with that and got a banded bird.
The old man also said Southland was down on numbers aswell.
only got 1 tonight but the dog had fun and saw about 30 quail
Two greys and one mallard tonight, good rain this afternoon but the only one shooting for miles.
None for me tonight as didn't get back from work till late but my young fella went over to the big pond and saw the big eel under the bridge and has taken the remaining duck meat from his earlier shoot over to feed the big sod.
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The group I was shooting with has shot there for 7-8 years. Back in the day they were happy with 40 parries for the whole weekend sothe last couple of years has been way better.Quote:
Originally Posted by kotuku
Where we were is part of their flight path with lots of decoys, spinning flapping etc. Not targeting proper ducks so cant grizzle about not getting any but by the same token didn't see many flying around either. Not a lot of shooters out either.
sorry its a bit blurry. Cell ph took a dunking. 5 canadas last night. Ducks were high and flying nth.
Quite opening on the Waikato river, 2 ducks and 5 Black swans between 5 of us......:sick:......but still a great day out!!!!!
out to ellesmere again yesterday arvo with c404-few shooters about -a couple over from us had callers going hard out without pause!bugger all response.few ducks about on dusk -10,000' jobs obviously from the "ellesmere avian Im missing my arse feathers group". coupla decent mobs of geese but likewise ,lotsa honking from on high.had one?two mallards land in the mallard deeks just after dark but too blurry to get a clean safe shot away as they beat da feet!
lake is draining well just small patches of water about.swans galore in deeper water but well out of range.
wellIm off bnack to coast tomorrow,may get a couple of farm shoots in this week.
to C404 GSPF-thanks for the outing and keep on keeping on.
@kotuku good stuff. I wondered where you were shooting over here.
got my parries in your old stomping grounds I reckon.
A few photos......Quote:
Originally Posted by Scouser
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Ya don't want to fall off the bridge on the way to big pond!
https://youtu.be/9C9KLoZTBdc
no shit sherrlock-i bet its name is ducky too.bloody great video sean! top marks and good on the eel aquatic version of chicken burgers!Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Me and my young fella sat on my pond below my house. A lot of ducks flying around 5:00PM but not one duck even look like it was interested. Bit of water sitting around the river flats and a lot more ducks along the river then opening i thought we were in with a chance.
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Got three last weekend
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Out tonight on the river and even managed to get a mallard that me and the old man doubled tap. Good to hear some people out and about shooting and saw a heap of ducks on the river.
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Here's hoping I get on to them in morning:)
Nice jewellery @FatLabrador
I have missed one night shoot since the duck season started as I got home late after work.
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@Dundee it's got but of a story with that one someone shot it next to the house ( house by river) and the lab ran off and retrived the bird and by the time I got there the lab was bringing it back to me and the guy drove off in his tinny before I could give it back. So I am yet to shoot a banded bird.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
thats a bonus
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Images from my season thus far
On the board for this evening
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Pukeko and 2 mallards for the evening.
Weather is supposed to be horrific tomorrow but we are going to shoot a pond on the farm that has been loaded since opening day.
Should be good with a bit of wind. [emoji106]
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Three more honkers last night. Ducks were v high and heading for parts unknown.
Seen two ducks on a puddle beside the creek between our house and the cops house.Both my young fellas had seen them sitting there today also. A horse was in the same paddock as the puddle.My plan of attack worked out fine when I noticed the cops had gone to work.:D
I drove down the road on the quad and the ducks flew off between the coppers house and mine.Anyway took one shot and nailed the high mallard drake as he flew over my house only got one shot off so his girl flew free.:)
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Plan of attack for night shoot failed as one of my lads had been up to the green pond and shot two hens while I was at work.Attachment 87955
Took the young fellas out for a quick evening shoot and got a swan. They were pretty happy.
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Ha Ha @mawzer308 I just fooled my wife and said here is photo of our lad Sean and she fell for it. She said hell he was young there!:thumbsup:
