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We managed 1/2 a duck an hour over 12 hours for two shooters ........ worst opening morning in my shooting career.

How do you shoot half a duck?


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Originally Posted by sambnz

How do you shoot half a duck?

use a female caliber, 20 gauge comes to mind.

Originally Posted by sambnz

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Guessing he managed six in 12 hours - half a duck an hour.

we shot 46 ducks this weekend not the best weather .fine and hot ..but they are talking rain and a bit of wind Monday so will give it another go ..there are plenty of ducks in the air ..but we always have lots of birds in southland

Originally Posted by Pop Shot

Guessing he managed six in 12 hours - half a duck an hour.

1st prize!

The weather was so hot I fell asleep twice and woke myself up snoring

Originally Posted by hotbarrels

1st prize!

The weather was so hot I fell asleep twice and woke myself up snoring

Hahahahahahaha you need another sport?

Worst opening in a long time. Many factors including drought didn't help. 26 mallards and 2 pretend ducks ( parries ).

80 odd mallards and half dozen parries for us - 6 shooters. Less than half we normally get for the weekend on our pond, last year we limited on mallards both days, and limited on parries by 830-ish both days as well! Same recipe/routine as past years too. This opening we shot at least 90% of what circled in on the pond, so decoys and calling was on point, shooting was ok. Fine weather, less birds flying, less shooters in our area, etc all contributing to smaller bag. Dog worked brilliantly - best she's ever done - I was stoked. A great weekend nonetheless, looking forward to rest of the season. Our crew has been shooting together for ten years now, we started off hunting together as keen students, now it's a weekend for catching up with best mates and our families, how times have changed!!






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Pretty sure my little guy has this duck calling business all worked out.

1 mallard, 3 Black Swan....thats between 8 of us, worst opening day weve ever had.....didnt even get any pooks!!!!!

Nice looking pooch there Jake.

Is it May? the weather was certainly mild all weekend I nearly got eaten alive by sand-fly's uncomfortable sweating in waders.

New pup "Mack" was Ace only 5 months old but worth the effort taking him out for the weekend steady on the shot and pliable

Limit (8) Saturday (4) Sunday (1) Monday

Certainly wasn't my best performance shot wise the new Benelli took some getting used to

Took me awhile to get used to the Benelli M2 much like Italian cars the Italian logic is to be different, and it certainly was after the Browning.
Inertia the need to cock the 1st shell when reloading
I desperately need to shim it to suit me so I can get it patterning where I'm aiming

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