Last shoot for the season. For us 22 on a lovely crisp day.
Not bad for a walk up day:thumbsup:
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Last shoot for the season. For us 22 on a lovely crisp day.
Not bad for a walk up day:thumbsup:
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Salubrious :) Well done.
looks like the traditions keep on rolling sideshow awesome.
Year @Dundee that young falla on the left turned up for every shoot rain hail shine and we have had a lot of rain this season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Even when there was no beaters for the last two shoots he’s rocked up.
I put the hat around and made sure that he got something as well as the brace he took home.
I’ll get him out on a few pigeon shoots this year. He can then have a shot in a controlled environment.
Beating was how we made pocket money growing up in Kent, miss the taste of Pheasant haven't had one for years.
@Dundee dog looks excited and ready to goQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
im shifting to decoy spreaders stuff cords and weights.
should have done it earlier
Been hearing these guys most days lately, today flew right over my back door almost in rangehttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...e9747e2f61.jpg
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Please elaborate,been thinking about it myself but don’t you still use a cord to ad movement?Quote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
you can add in the jerker line to the package but im only thinking of not having to piss round with multiple weights lines and rubbers .Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
4 decoys on a spreader and in shallow water with no wind
weights be not needed but you could run a line to move them or just to keep them in place .
on elly I,l just need 3 lines and 3 weights 1 for each spreader instead of one per decoy or I,l run a ;line from the spreader to the shore
music to my ears
music to your ears oh great one -a little like the maestros"escort sonata "in 12g minor.Quote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
whats thatQuote:
Originally Posted by kotuku
a syphony for boat anchor in b minor:yaeh am not durnk:
licence sorted AMs off for the 23rd and 24th,not much water around but I'll find some birds.
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ya cheeky prick -when i first met ya ya used an escort 20g P/A Ya never complained cause youd down everything in sight like a hungry lab ducks geese swans quail ,rabbits -all because you bloody loved those dogs Elvis and Red and boy did they love you.reason I keep the old girl is in a salute to you as a hunter and two dogs who taught me more than a bloody lot of humans in this modern era. it will stay that way til I leave this mortaL coil.might look nice in my casket but on second thoughts i could gift it to you in my will:PQuote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
yup and I got rid of it at wrp speed fuckin thing used to come openat the worst times.
thought we were mates.Quote:
but on second thoughts i could gift it to you in my will
whats 2nd prize 2 escorts.
ps decoy spreaders are the cats bollocks
Its blue bird skies for me tomorrow
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°C
5/23
18°Hi
RealFeel® 20°
RealFeel Shade™ 18°
Sunny to partly cloudy
LESS
Max UV Index: 3 Moderate
Wind: NW at 6 km/h
Wind Gusts: 9 km/h
Probability of Precipitation: 0%
Probability of Thunderstorms: 0%
Precipitation: 0.0 mm
Rain: 0.0 mm
Snow: 0.0 cm
Ice: 0.0 mm
14 and 4 here with nor easters hopefuly strengthening for the avo/evening.
fat ducks and few misses boys
good luck all
even you kotuku you Turkish bath house frequenter
heading your way straight after work tonight for the weekend hot barrels everyone :DQuote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
Yep. Good shootin to all fellow hunters and huntresses. Just back from putting the dekes and more maize into the swamp. Fourth frost in a row here and fog still on top. I hope decoys arent frosted in the morning :(
All Teusdays grain was gone and there were a few hungry ducks bring a bit bold this arfo. Thor was grizzling a bit when I told him he must wait till tomorrow to wrap his mouth around them. Ha ha.
ponds are low,but will try big pond tomorrow.
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Nothing been on the above night feed pond.
My eldest lad had his 21st cuppla days ago @possum trapper
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Hot barrells dry ponds.
Wait for it, wait for it .... there it is, first shot fired
Five ducks so far.Bo is loving it. Cows to milk then back into it tonight.No frost this morning.Attachment 140538Attachment 140539Attachment 140540Attachment 140541Attachment 140542Attachment 140543Attachment 140544Attachment 140545Attachment 140546Attachment 140547Attachment 140548Attachment 140549Attachment 140550Attachment 140551Attachment 140552Attachment 140553Attachment 140554
4 of us got 13
out to ellesmere with a cobber to try a new maimai .beautiful fine morning ,though nippy as .cracker sunrise ,typically some cant help themselves 0620 first shot heard. birds were about and showed an interestin us but none within range of the single kill shot .
I did have a wee chuckle though .heard a mob of canadas farting about noisy buggers so out comes the electronic goose callsx2 (first time live test)-wellbugger me I got uo someones nose cause i copped a volley of goose abuse-tried it again to see if mr shit on the liver was game to front my decoys-obviously it was like the national party caucus-a new leader and two mates cackled back at me.great fun.what wasnt so funny was mates boat -bloody outboard has just been serviced after plying up ,but it started splutteringand farting again under load ,so we terminated outing early -return to boat shop this week!!
Just on blower to GSPF/c404 whoare headed out to the lake as i type this -heres to hoping boys.
to all who bagged ducks bloody well done -to those of us ewho didnt -still days to come .
to adern &co -at least ya didnt take our duckshooting off us ya misery guts!!
Heavy frost at home this morning, Been good numbers on my pond even last night setting up 50 plus ducks took flight. Been feeding since lock down but clear skys didnt help. Shit loads of teal coming in. About time they got added to the license as a game bird. Been at least 60 ducks along the creek/river today only a handful. Ended up with 5 ducks between me and the boy.
Pulled pin at 8:30.
I had to go out on the farm and the ponds that are holding water had the odd duck not any with big numbers.
Try again tonight
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We had an awesome shoot for the first time in say 5 years. Lots of birds flyin around. Dog went perfect. Retrieved everything. Had a run in with a possum for a bit but was well pleased with his efforts today. He is actually a bit buggered. Been sleeping since we got home.
I started off with a hiss and a roar shooting wise. New extreme killed a bird with first ever shot out of it.
Shot well for the first 6-7 birds then went to shit.
I was well in front of a few and could see that on the shotkam footage.
Enjoyable morning just about to head out for an evening shot. May be a quick one as we only need a half dozen for both of us to have our limit.
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Well after a sleepless night of excitement was a very good morning on the Waikato river, me and my old man both limited out on mallards the birds worked beautifully and wanted to land right in with the six decoys. Dog worked very well but was a little too excited at the start but so was I. Good luck for your avo shoots and here's to Sunday morning :thumbsup:
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We are currently sitting on about 100 ducks for the day, will be in the blinds till dark, got 2 swans this morning too.
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Got another 4 the evening very slow going.
We finished the day with 143 ducks and 2 swans which is not too bad considering we didn't feed the pond as early because of the unknown start date for opening day.
I bought a brand new shotty and christened it on opening day, very pleased with it not a single issue.
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Lucky buggers good to see you out and enjoying this after the past few months:thumbsup:
Best opening ever. 160 from two ponds. Southland
good to see everyone getting amongst it .heard some cracking bags taken on the coast too,as it seems parries are become a major infestation!!
great afternoon watching big decoy set and spinners draw all the ducks.
nah we had our chances tho some locals turning up to set flounder nets postponed them when a lot of birds were flying.
I wouldn't mind but seemed oblivious to the fact theyd parked 20 feet from the maimai and when I informed them it was duckshooting season
''what whats that''anway they were gone in 30 minutes so say lavi
anyway bit of fun and fuck it got cold quick at lake edge at 5 ish.
sold on the decoy spreaders just gotta figure a better way of carrying them.
ps waders were a bit tight for some reason.
what you done to my waders kotuku.
Back in the blind this morning managed a few more total for opening weekend 180 including 3 canada geese and 2 swans.
Ripper weekend.
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Fog hampered the first few hours on the public lake I shoot ,ended up with 9mallards,4 Canada geese and 4parrys on Saturday,coulda easily had a limit of parry’s but were waiting on the mallards.3more mallards this morning.boat blind worked mint but first opening in 40yrs I have shot without a dog at my side,gotta say I don’t like it,retrieved all the birds with the canoe and made sure of finishing shot as soon as they hit the water.
What a way to finish up opening day me and my mates brother went out look for a late afternoon pheasant.
We flushed a few hens and saw one rooster as he ran through the fence to the neighbour's but we did manage our first quails which was pretty cool.
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Did ok here 20 bird's for the weekend, my young dog worked well on his first opening :). I'm glad to see all guy's all having a good weekend as well:cool::thumbsup:
Low numbers of birds in the manawatu, with the majority paired up. Still a bloody good weekend witha mixed bag of 17 for our efforts.
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had another duckshooting virgin with us this year.....first time out in dingy with me we picked up /shot 2 woundie canadas and a few mallards...he is HOOKED
between the four of us shooting ended up with
2 camp possums
2 canadas
1 spoonie drake
1 grey
11parries (mostly pickups off lake)
18 mallards
awesome time had by all even without a breath of wind all weekend,only wind was during decoy setup on Friday...oh the sweet promise that had.
