Thread: who is ready?

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