2013 duck season wrap up

The 2013 game bird season was my most successful so far in terms of birds shot and enjoyment. We only shot the Saturday of opening weekend and spent Sunday plucking. I think next year I will book Monday/ Tuesday off work to clean up.
We shot the shortest day June 22 nd , one hunt in July and closing Saturday.We had three cracks on Ellesmere throughout the season for fairly limited success.The total was 285 mallards 33 paradise ducks , 6 black swans and one Canadian goose. The freezer is full of plucked drakes and I have 72 kegs of sausages in the freezer also. Duck, swan and wild ports a great mix with garlic thrown in. The time spent on mai mai prep , endless hours hand painting decoys and the auto feeder on two ponds paid massive dividends. Thanks must go to Paul Stenning too as I picked his brain a couple of times.
Every time we hit the pond we got a boil up going three days prior. Good times with good mates. Roll on 2014
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2fd0e46b.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...pse1319079.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps159cf6af.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps240b2341.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...psa8bbbf7e.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...psf5def498.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...psb2b41ddf.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps06a16d0a.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps96756e55.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3be64c7c.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9c3b9c5a.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps165b98fb.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...psaa288f2e.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7e56c914.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...ps1fad7b1e.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...psb0699d34.jpg
http://i1283.photobucket.com/albums/...pse12cb989.jpg

Thats what its all about. Bloody great.

Good stuff Nathan, great to see a dedicated guy enjoying his chosen sport.

Cracker of a season you had Nathan. Excellent stuff. :cool: