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Single ditjets know boys:cool:, who else is haveing nightmares of the gun falling apart:o and scary stuff like that.
And its looking like rain:thumbsup:
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Originally Posted by FatLabrador
nope just of some nob finding our pozzie and scaring all the birds off or rain sending them to the paddocks for worms
yep, i've decided to make it a two day trip, i'm not coming home without a bloody duck!
Might finally be safe to go look for a stag :thumbsup:
Haha sad thing is your probably right mate!Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
I'm going bush, bugger the birds!
counting down
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The "Man Van" is packed . All I need now is the dog ,food and after match beers . All going well , I'm away Friday to Wednesday.
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Since I won some decoys at the local Duck Calling night, I thought I should give it a decent nudge this year. @Munsey Friday to Wednesday. That's getting serious. I'm on holiday from Friday morning for a few days.......until around middle of July!!!
That should let me get out a couple of days. Hee hee:P
After the biggest recorded flood of the Rangitatiki River I think duck shooting will bee a non event this year habitat has been destroyed ducks are sitting on ponds, time will tell from the graph the river normally runs at 0.70 - 1.0 M it peaked at 2.6 M.
I built a new maimai over summer maimai is low in profile I throw a couple nets over it to camo it it has a shooting platform at the front (one day deal) garden shed, 90 x 45 joist's, cover sheet 2400 x 1200 sheet of H3 ply for the floor, 100 x 100 bearers, then drove 50 x 50 H3 pegs each four corners then screwed these to the bearers with 75mm sq drive galv screws. I tied the whole structure down to the bearers with CT 400s truss structural fixing. The level of water came over 1/2 up the side of the cladding of the shed yet it is still standing :-)
Rangitatiki at Rabbit Bridge: River Level
@oraki what kind of deeks did you get
Avian X early season. They look goodQuote:
Originally Posted by FatLabrador
U lucky bugger
some serious car trouble is threatening my weekend. it was a bloody miracle that i wasn't working, now this!
5 more nights of tossn n turning to endure.....snow all around the hills here and lake was plurry freezing on Sunday.
Off to get a slab of ammo and licence tonight.
You'll have a bit more water to choose your spot this year @Micky Duck.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
At least you can call it a lake this year
I am pretty new to the duck hunt and had a couple questions... what time is the best hunting? morning for a couple hours and then come back for the last two hours before dark or do ducks come and go all day, is it worth sitting there. The last season was terrible so not much info collected for me to go on. I shoot on a small paddock pond which is near a river. Also wounded ducks, if I actually manage to hit one and its wounded what is the best way to finish it?
Wounded ducks ring its neck,if ya can catch it otherwise another shot on the water is legal.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMH72
I go out all opening weekend from dawn to dark as more ducks are moving if there are plenty of shooters in the area.After that I mainly night shoot or jump ponds during work ours.Also sling the gun and try the river with rod and gun,fish till just before dark then lay the rod down and get into it.
Cool, thanks Dundee
Was watching the NZ Hunters show last night and was thinking about the prep of the bird. Once shot do you hang the bird somewhere cool for a bit or pluck and gut that day and put in the fridge or freezer. Cheers
I would agree with what Dundee said but add a couple of things.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMH72
There is a schedule to when birds fly. Seagulls, ducks, geese, parries and this schedule reverses in the evening. What this means is ducks fly early and late so if you are not out there before dark you might miss out. All of this does depend on hunting pressure and the dynamics of your particular spot so watch your spot before you shoot it and see what happens.
Opening day is different to all the other days because the hunting pressure moves birds around. If you can sit there all day it's worth doing but as always the very best time is first and last light.
If the duck hits the water and it's head is up just shoot it again. If it's still alive and swimming it's going to crawl into a bush to die and you will probably never find it. If it's floating on the pond then if the birds are still coming in then just keep shooting. When you get a break in the action go out and pick them all up.
Regarding food prep you are shooting these creatures with a shotgun so it's likely to have multiple holes right through the whole bird including the guts. If you leave it floating on the water all day then the dirty pond water will leak into the bird creating duck\guts\pond water soup inside it. Yum yum.
In cool weather birds will still be safe to eat for a day or two so you could breast everything out on sunday afternoon. However I have a particular hate for the duck\guts\pond water soup smell from day old ducks and this isn't one of the jobs that gets better with time. So long story short breast them out as quickly as possible. If you do this at home after having a shower it's a horrible job and your back yard looks like it's snowing. If you do this in the paddock before you go home with the guys you hunt with then it's part of the hunt and it's a fun social activity.
So what I would do (if my daughters birthday didn't coincide with opening day) is go out shoot ducks until 11 or 12 when everything has stopped flying. Go back to camp, tell some tales, have a beer and breast out or pluck all your ducks. Have a lunchtime bbq and throw a few duck breasts on the bbq. Then have a nanna nap and go back for the evening hunt.
If you are going to breast out in the paddock then you will need water (to wash hands with), plastic bags and a sharp knife. Keeping everything cool is important and if you can hang them by the head any gut juice will flow downhill into the guts not into the breast. If you have a slow moment in the mai mai and have a not particularly shot up duck then thats a good moment to pluck one. They pluck much better when warm.
If you shoot a lot of ducks you are not going to pluck many so most people breast them out. The legs are good too so don't throw those away.
If you need to wring it's neck then grab it by the neck and spin the body around under it's own weight. You will feel the neck break and there is some twitching after that but as soon as it breaks it's dead. Don't keep spinning as it's head will come off and that's a bit gross. This technique works for all waterfowl including geese and swans but don't try it on a pheasant or pigeon as they are more lightly built and the head will come off which is gross.
Thank you very much for the reply @MassiveAttack. Really good information there and will help me out this weekend I am sure. Hope your daughters birthday goes well. Cheers
Change of light is good, but also around 9-10 and around 3-4 when the cockies do their herd movements.
Right....I pluck them straight away. Easier to do than when cool especially hen birds with pen feathers.Quote:
Originally Posted by GMH72
Then take some scissor cut the feet off at the join just below where the skin starts.
Then hang by the head to cool. Once home I get the heat gun out and singe off the fluff and down, you will see the skin shrivel take the heat off when you see this. You can do it by lighting rolled up newspaper but heat gun is cleaner.
Now gut them. Don't forget to get the lungs there hard to get as there stuck to the rib cage.
Risen the carcass out.
Now put them in a bowl of water with one table spoon of salt and leave them to soak in this over night our twelve hours. This will help take the bruising out and relax the muscles. It also takes away some of the strong gamey flavour.
Then freezes em. Eat before the year is out.
Hope this helps.
Or if you are hunting a popular public spot 11:00am is good because everyone else packs up and disturbs the birds when they walk out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
Just been over to set pond up,7 ducks took off.Haven't seen it this full for years.
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seein them wont be a problem tommorrow fine and clear for us bugger it all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
Sitting watching the pond with a couple of prematches. They're dropping in like flies. Has always been a night pond.
Time to head away and dream about ducks. Arrrrr
Reminicing when I had dogs,all have passed away now.
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A young fella down the road has pulled his pump gun to bits and can't put it back together.:oh noes: I'm on puzzle repair tonight bugger.
@Dundee. YouTube itQuote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
i can help if its a 870 remington dundee theres a trick or two to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
