Thread: Not Happy

Originally Posted by MattyP

Am struggling with this whole "buy a license" thing. Just got my first shotgun so am keen to go duck shooting. But people saying $x is cheap for a month of ducks I don't get. You know you can buy a delicious fat, cooked, roast duck from most Asian food markets for about $10-20 right? It comes devoid of shot pellets too!

I wonder how much ducks come out at costing with the licenses, shotguns, decoys, mai mai's, ammo, fuel, etc? Don't get me wrong, i'd rather shoot my own too, but I think we're all kidding ourselves trying to say it's economical!

your in the south so you got counting summer and species extended seasons about 8 months of hunting for you licence fee including quail pheasants shelduck swan.
secondly its not about economy it only partly about dead ducks it every bit about comdraderie working the dog and taking on a wild animal ,[no matter how many new gadgets that can only hope to replicate wild behavior,]in its own envoroment and ocassionaly winning sometimes winning big.maybe sometime during the season i can take you out and give you a taste of what addicts us all.trust me no,one who has tried it and got a bird or two under normal or even adverse hunting conditions has every said damn thats expensive or not worth the cost.