Thread: who is ready?

You should off taken fly spray for that swarm of bees Toby

Great pics everyone,just sorting through mine now.

Fog was like pea soup today ,ducks didn't move until after lunch . Was a good day with the dog earning his keep again
sorry for the GSP heavy photos , got me a new camera and I'm going nuts with it !

Originally Posted by Munsey

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Fog was like pea soup today ,ducks didn't move until after lunch . Was a good day with the dog earning his keep again
sorry for the GSP heavy photos , got me a new camera and I'm going nuts with it !

No need to apologies for photos of anything German

I like the first pic. Its a goody.

Originally Posted by R93

I like the first pic. Its a goody.

I'm real happy with that photo , fog gives it some atmosphere . May get that one blown up . "Mallard in the mist " . Haha !

posted in another spot, 8 mallards and 5 swan. Shot pretty much all of our opportunities just no ducks coming close, big water shooting I guess. Jazz just blows me away with her work rate, she would of done 2 x 100mtr retrieves on swan. Picked up all of ours and helped others find theirs when their dogs couldn't. freekin awesome just being there for the dog.

Eight of us in three possies and i shot the only duck of the day!....a Grey/Mallard hybrid....got 8 Black Swan right on sundown though!!!!!!

That mallard hen on the ute got some trauma ( shottie or hawk ? )

It's my opening morning today, good to be back NZ

Made short work of them , that's 3 years of roosters down here ! Well done . Smart looking dog

Originally Posted by Munsey

Made short work of them , that's 3 years of roosters down here ! Well done . Smart looking dog

yea and a total of 6 days to get them over that 3 years
i think theyre taking the piss f&g here munsey

Originally Posted by Munsey

Made short work of them , that's 3 years of roosters down here ! Well done . Smart looking dog

Yep and this morning he's in the vets nearly had it. Blood tests, xrays the works. Hope he makes it

Bloat ?

Our opening went very well. We tidied up our pond four years ago, changed it from a pokey little swamp puddle into a decent sized, fenced off, native planted duck mecca. The time, effort and money has paid dividends.

For us now, the weekend is becoming more of a time to hang out with family and friends. To think that 10 years ago we were all single boys, keen on smashing as many ducks as we were allowed and having big nights on the booze afterwards, to now all being engaged or married with kids or kids on the way, it's pretty bloody cool.

Our "better halves" hang out together all weekend doing girly stuff, come over to see the boys at the pond and the kids run around in the maimai or around the pond and poke dead ducks with sticks and pull grossed out faces.

This weekend we shot our limit of parries and mallards on both days, steady mobs coming in all day kept the boredom at bay. Not that we are ever bored, our crew of 6 mates have been shooting together for 10 years or more now, and it's the one time of year we are in the same place at the same time, so it's pretty special.

The next generation are all girls (so far). Keen country kids who will hopefully want to (and be able to) carry on a pretty cool tradition.

To top the weekend off, yesterday morning I took Richie (our accountant mate from Chch) hunting and he shot his first and second deer. He carried both out, the whole time with the biggest grin on his face.

Here's a few photos of the weekend;
































Cheers,

Josh

Originally Posted by Pointer

Yep and this morning he's in the vets nearly had it. Blood tests, xrays the works. Hope he makes it

Farrrrk that's not good . Best of luck !