Just back home tonight after two very tough days in Canterbury. 62 mallards and 6 Parries for two long days. Off to bed
Shooting tomorrow and Tuesday as well.
Photos to follow.
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Just back home tonight after two very tough days in Canterbury. 62 mallards and 6 Parries for two long days. Off to bed
Shooting tomorrow and Tuesday as well.
Photos to follow.
Thats 10x what we got up here :-)
we ended up with 13 but lost 4 in the scrubby tiger country surrounding our ponds.GSP followers dog did a bloody great job in locating two lost ones despite being pushed ,and i give credit where credits due,I dropped a mallard drake who screamed across the end of the pond like a skyhawk flying tactical.he landed in shitty willows broom,gorse and blackberry .Red went in 3 times but couldnt locate him.
still thats rakaia river shooting.
Overall though great fun and very challenging .
loved the the magnificent hospitality of GSPs family ,the banter and mateship. also I was seeing some response to my calling which is encouraging.
not many parries(one less now) but theres a few geese round,including a vast V formation who flew over us at 2000"plus(no suprises there)
Well done, all we got were 1 duck & 4 swan!!!!...still enjoyed it though
Well done, Kotuku...I have a Double Nasty II caller which cost quite a bit (for me anyway)...was told last night very gently that perhaps I should leave the calling to the leader:D:D
I dont think I will ever be a duckshooter, might just make the grade one day but sure as heck not any day soon:D
Is there no limit on the numbers shot..
I managed only 3 mallards out of which 2 could not be retrieved in 2 days.
It was may be just unlucky for us as other fellow hunters must have surely managed to reach their limits b4 mid day. I saw ducks dropping from the air near their maimai.. very few birds flew over or maimai except for the swans that were just crossing our way..
Will go mid season now and give it another go..
Quiet day round our neck of the woods as well.. Getting sun burnt on opening day again FFS ... !!
Ah well good company and a good time had by all.. Dog was a pleasure to work with as usual
He was worn out last night... Wasn t the only one ..
10 mallards for the weekend, not my best opening for sure.
just keep pluggin along me old china ,experience teaches tricks.actually GSPfollower mentioned the same thing to me ,so it was only when it got quiet that igot my callers out and tried to compliment hisand muzilas calling of the birds-if any hove in sight though its action stations as they called them round.
the main thing though is enjoy the day and your cobbers whoever they are.
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45 ish mallards today
And I shot a triple:D:D
Right back at work today after three full days shooting and a big clean up on the Tuesday. Opening was most enjoyable as always. To be fair the weather didnt really play ball. Saturday was great for sunbathing and hot as hell. Sunday was foggy morning and evening with no wind. Between three guns we managed 60 mallards and some parries for the Saturday / Sunday shoot.
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On the Monday we shot our other pond . To be fair the action was fast and furious in the morning and petered out as the day went on. Still a great time was had.
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The dog was working hard
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I had planned to shoot agaon Tuesday but it was fair to say my garage was getting a bit high by Monday night and the birds needed dealing too. A hot nor wester hadnt helped:O_O:
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Tuesday was spent cleaning up. The final total was 126 for three days. Good times and plenty of sausage to come.
Until the next hunt:cool:
Excellent Nathan.
Great shooting Nathan:thumbsup:
good shooting
First hunt today since opening week. Been busy working. Hunted from 3 pm til dark for one drake. Put off 20 odd mallards on arrival but they never returned. Pics tomorrow
old army issue swandri?:thumbsup:
Went out to the pond on Saturday Morning with very high hopes after reports of good numbers
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After sitting there for two hours and seeing /shooting one mallard we were scratching our heads. Further investigation revealed empty lead cartridges around the pond of which none were ours :pissed off:
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Further prompting of my mates father in law we found out the share milker had jump shot the pond with the neighbour on Friday night knowing full well we were coming Saturday. Not that he should be shooting there at all I might add. With this info on board we were straight around there:pissed off:
Had to go to Timaru in the afternoon to visit a family member in Hospital. With the in laws away( overseas for 3 weeks) I thought it would be rude not to "look after " his pond .
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A pair came in right on dark. One got out the other tasted good.
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Ratshit, what a dick. Hope you sorted him out
Good looking duck should go nice in the pot
Bastards!!
Had a great hunt this morning. 27 mallards and 1 parrie. Pics to follow
As above a great morning shoot at our little pond. Had a lot of singles and pairs coming in between 7am and 10 am.
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I also shot this real mongrel half bred/ cross bred drake. Green head , White neck , Parrie female brown underneath and a black back.
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All in all another good hunt. Looking forward to Monday. Off to shoot a honey hole thats been left alone for over a year. Crawling with bandits appearantly
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Well done Nathan.How many shooters? That mongrel drake is a freak alright.:cool: Looks a bit like the mongrel head with the ducks:D