Thread: Who's getting ready for the duck shooting season?

just to add ot some obs on GSPF report .ellesmere is mellesmmere -its a lake whixch to me is either a feast or a famine.as he said it was a famine though friday night when we did eyeball mk1 -their were morse birds is port thanships in amsterdam harbour.

speaking to a mutual friend of ours afte hed departed she (and family whove lived in this area for decades,ahve noticed changes.
she is usedto cats bringing home mallard egges or even ducklings -which in the past she raised and released back to the wild.this last year she states it was almost zero of either
my beoloved "fat arthurs"the feral geese of which there were healthy pops oher grandkids st toahve provided gran with a very large supply og goose eggs this year for baking. from the granddaughter goosegg pav -thats yummy-also apparently another cocky in that region of ellesmere declared war on em so poulation is not what it was .
however and inspite of GSPFs strident insistence it was spoonbill herons schooled up south of us and their family maimai-its was in fact a mob of ferals.!
highlight of my day -to see in total silence a mob of canadas sail towrs us in silence-i was like a young pointer on the point with GSPF quielty commanding .
it was not to be -they peeled away -good on em -another 10m and the escort would have spoken-bvut as he says since weve shot without the dogs weve lost too many hard earned ducks and geese.
Ifired two shots out of the wee russian in the PM session -Smiffy&i arrived at the maimai -whooooooa -hold up -birds galore- exit wagon load crouch watch and shoot .
bugger me murphy struck again -In like flynn whistled two parries-we were just a tad slow stopping& dropping -they peeld off afterburners in full roa.
fornt of maimai chokka with 2-300 teal&swans just doin what ya do outhere on our lake - just in case a couple of mallards were hoochies up -ilet a couple of rounds go well clear of them- some got off the awater -faltter than newly ironed sheets -the rest "carry on carrying on!are humans stupid!"

we did get a report from another shooter on the entityGSPF mentioned -not good- seems he may also be a candidate for specsavers in order to tell whats legal and whats not judging by two teal found floating in the lake in vicinity of his maimai. he did pass through where we camped but my strong gut feeling was he was a knowall and wouldnt listen so didnt engage.

yup in summary frustrating but onthe other hand I did enjoy it.knowing that my time will come as the season progresses and we willget ducks -its a patience game.other shooters at boggy seemsd of similar mind -what birds were taken required a lot of bloody effortand honining of skills.
spoke to my cousin on the coast .In the family area of lake brunner they took 65 all up but again it was no easy feat ,those ducks qwerent hanging round for seconds.

great to see some limit bags take n,but more imortantly everyone enjoyed the day after our recent boot in the guts!my rescort will only take 2x3"'with pin in mag.
commiserations go rto c404 also being called away to a traing course at the last minute .also big ups to Gadgetman who txted us wishing us all the best .no bloody wonder that man is a gem in my eyes!