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Originally Posted by EmpireSafaris
Floods again in lower North Island but Bo and I made our way to a pond after work and never heard one. No shooters scaring them they all probably in paddocks.
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Yeah definitely learn a lot by just watching how they react.its funny some.ducks you can howl at and they respond others more call shy. We have had many ducks just turn up in the decoys when we are mucking round without even calling. But learning to call well is a definite advantage. Most callers in our block would think they sound fantastic.. ��Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Go Dash :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Ross Nolan
We slipped and slid round forestry tracks Sunday. On my own and there were a few times I wished i wasnt as the tracks were pretty awful. Saw 3 quail (flew off as i entered forestry) logging has wrecked where i usually go. I'm hoping perserverence pays off in the end
Took a couple German girls for a walk in the forest. Only one bird seen for 3hrs of walking. Need to find another section of forest with younger pines or cutover.
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Could do with a shave.Quote:
Originally Posted by nzspearo
????? bit rude asking that of the German lasses!!!!
You know what they say about assumptions....Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
I've been called a lot worse than rude.
Those two don’t look to rough around the edges…….too soon:XD:
Midweek hunt last wednesday on the Kaipara. Back at the ramp by 8.30am with my limit of 8......
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Included in the bag was this mallard drake wearing jewellery....
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Won a bunch of decoys last year in the 'band' draw with a drake from the same spot...hope this one is lucky!
Was the only shooter out on the harbour and the birds decoyed well...Got a triple with the first 3 birds that came in, followed by 2 doubles on the next 2 pairs that turned up for dinner...
5 on Lake Kuratau yesterday with my boys, not alot around despite the wind.
No racing pigeons this time.
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Dude! your either really hungry or fekking lazy, your supposed to cook them first!!
Even the cats looking at Dundee like he’s gone mad:XD:
it would be nice if you could hook up with the bomb and get out for a hunt ,seems you two have similar method in play..always good to get out with someone else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Allgood
Opening Weekend efforts for us, 16 Mallards / Greys and 42 Parries - Northland region
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Came home from our Northland trip and started getting stuck in around the Northern Waikato close to home
We were rewarded for our efforts with some great hunts
Shot some fish and game land close to home, wind direction was perfect most of the week so we did 3 hunts in here
First shoot we got 9x Mallards, 1x Swan
Second shoot we got 20x Mallards
Third shoot we got 5x Mallards including this barnyard special we are getting mounted
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Did a midweek hunt down towards Waitakaruru, we have hunted this farmers land for a few years and while we see hundreds if not thousands of birds heading to and from the firth, very few are low enough or display any interest on coming in to the field spread.
Every year we tell ourselves we aren't going back and its just too much of a heartbreaker. This year was different, a patch of surface water had them committed in the final hour of shooting light resulting in 13x of the hardest won Mallards we've ever shot!
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Warm clear weather arrived in the Northern Waikato for a few days last week so we decided to give the ducks a break and went after some Pheasants
Best mate had purchased a new U/O Beretta just before the season and I've been playing away with a 28ga I bought for my eldest to learn with
Our first hunt we managed to bag a Rooster each making it the first for both these guns
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A day or two after that we went out again this time with 2x more friends who have never shot pheasants, the conditions were perfect with squally bursts in between sunshine and we managed to pull off the most spectacular hunt of our lives, ending in a 4 man limit
My GWP was on form, and the shooting was also, doubt we will ever replicate that shoot for the rest of my days
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Ripper of a season so far and cant wait for my days off to get back out there! Hot barrels everyone
jeeez Adam..looking at that top photo,looks like we know whos been eating all the pies!!!!! I have same problem,Im sure the wife shrinks my hunting cloths when washes them....
No MD-you may well have been litheand easy on the e ye at21 but nature is a perverse old bitch -hence she throws age and gravity into the situation.iN MY CASE SHE TOOK PITY ON ME AND THREW IN A BONUS -THE INCREASED ABITLITY TO ARSE UP! anyhow tonight is a good night-out to pick up a 3m x3mcamo net shortly so i can now put the truck under a net.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
You guys are making me jealous. All I got is ducklings.
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I would be keen if it wasn’t a 6hr round trip from my place through Auckland traffic!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Have often thought of taking someone else out midweek.....my normal hunting buddy works lol and cant normally make it..Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
Went out Tuesday morning and it was very quiet, except for a group of 5 Parries that came in. Only 2 went out, so 3 for 3.
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you could always head up night before and stay......... early start easier that way too..plenty of time to sort gear out etc your big boys,if you want to make it happen it will happen LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by The bomb
Foggy as this morning. Patience was required but Thor retrieved 4 parries and 1 fat mallard. Thor has a very soft mouth so had to stick his head under the water a few times on that winged mallard ha ha. Submarine dog!Attachment 224992
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One of the parry retrieves .
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my old pig hunting mate had an awesome bitch Sue..she was half lab half ridgeback...mean on cattle or pigs,hard as hell..but soft around kids and if flappers were in a pond she would go in and retrieve them without breaking feathers...parrie flappers would dive under to escape,SUE would dive under too and chase them and catch them UNDER WATER..... nearly 40 years ago now but I can stil lsee it clear as.Quote:
Originally Posted by Woody
Downed a mallard from here that was way over in the top left corner.
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I was using no#4 B&P steel magnum.
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when i met GSPFhe had a unique goose retreival unit a bloody 4legged d8"elvis(by rottweiller x GSP)aka by roamin catholic x opportunity. He reumbled like a d8warming up and pigheaded yep once on the retrieve nothing or noone broke his concentration til lhe reappeared load secured in huge bloody jaws."Red" a gsp was his understudy-my mate and the bane of elvis/gspfs tolerance .shed be bird down and Red would be eager to leave the maimai whining as they dso -ewlvis'big frame would fillthe doorway and yep reds neck would get leant on to a snarled get back from the shooter.back on my pack hed sit lookin for sympathy.one day it happened -a cxocky goose answering GSPfs seductive come hump me call fell to the deadly wee 20g weilded with skill... both dogs exited maimai at warp speed on the job -Elvis on seeing the carcasse .dropped arse slid to a halt -red impacted and scooped it up.elvis me rely looked turned and walked back leaving red to drag it back!! Alas both dogs are gone ,Elvis to incurable kidney disease and Red whod really come into his prime accidentally drowned in a culvert in the RDR.It broke all of our hearts . two bloody mighty characters whom illnever ever forget.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
Two of us accounted for 5 mallies and 1 pheasant on Saturday. On Sunday, this was all we got - no shots fired!!
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@Woody nice looking pond you have there:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Woody
Yes. Nice creek running through it. Full of trout and some eels as well. Good variety of wetland birds to watch and enjoy too. Am fortunate.
slow sunday in the whangamarino. Hardly heard a shot fired. Managed 3 missed a heap due to allsorts of issues. Crap shooting, mates waiting for birds to get closer when i had them close enough. And falling asleep in the hut after having to wader in to our spot due to everything been flooded. The 3k walk was sure a beauty.
Fucked up my camera settings tonight but didn't fuck the ducks up as never saw any.
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Had to fuck something up for the night so drilled a possum.
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Never plucked it I will do a solo without Bo after duck season.
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Fed it to the eels
a classic case of terminal contraception there Mr Dundee via 12g blowjob!!!well done sir!!altho the late but not lamented aussie marsupial may beg to differ.
Didn't get anything last weekend when I went down to the Waikato. Hardly any ducks flying around lake Waikare, although a couple of swans landed outside my spread that I didn't notice until they touched down. I'm busy this weekend so that's the end of the mallard season for me, tally = 0 mallards, 1 parry. I took my dog out pheasant hunting for the first time ever, it was hard getting him to stay with me, he ended up running off and putting up two beauties out of my range the other day
