Thread: Ducks in BOP 2013-a week of it!

Took a week off work, and spent the whole time in the maimai with my son. Had a blast (literally!). Limits (10 ea) for opening morning, done pretty easily, and again on the Monday, when we had strong wind and rain. Ended up with close to 100 for the week for two of us, but more importantly, I have 90 minutes of video footage so far. Best footage is of my son trying to shoot a duck when he had a branch of camo draped across his barrel. Like shooting from the hip!!. How he managed to knock it down beats me.
I talked to others around the place, and as usual, some did OK, yet others around them got very few. I have heard some tales of woe from the Waikato though. It seems some places performed really poorly.

Good stuff lentil

My invite must have got lost in the post??????

Oh well Next year!!!

Well done Lentil! I too must have missed my invite!!

We might have to cancel him off the xmas card list i think Gibo!!!

Yeah not looking good Lentil!

Now now chaps you just can't enroach on precious father son time Nice one Lentil sounds like a great time.

Good skills

Originally Posted by Twoshotkill

Good stuff lentil

My invite must have got lost in the post??????

Oh well Next year!!!

I did give it some thought Twoshot, but that week is traditional. I am taking someone else this Sunday (working Saturday when the wind and rain is due - bugger). Maybe we can organise another day. I go past Pongakawa anyway.

Your back on the xmas card list now!!!!

Originally Posted by Gibo

Well done Lentil! I too must have missed my invite!!

Maybe it got lost with my invite when you went up and shot my pet fallow stag. Touche.
I have a F&G ballot, and after two weeks from opening (ie. after the third weekend) you can get a permit and hunt the wetlands yourself. It's pretty slow after the first week, but some rough days brings the ducks in off the sea, and can be worthwhile.

This is the first year in a long time i havent been out for the ducks...
The pond i hunted in Morrinsville now has a new owner. Bummer
No majour as iv sused out that the sika are usualy still roaring and most people are on the ponds = less hunters in the bush!!!

Do we get a sneek peek of some of the fottage Lentil???

Season looked like this on the 6th of April





4th of May water turned up like this



In between Ruger and I





Got these







And these






Weekend forecast is looking primo so it will be hot barrels all round for this team

Looks good!

Originally Posted by Lentil

Maybe it got lost with my invite when you went up and shot my pet fallow stag. Touche.
I have a F&G ballot, and after two weeks from opening (ie. after the third weekend) you can get a permit and hunt the wetlands yourself. It's pretty slow after the first week, but some rough days brings the ducks in off the sea, and can be worthwhile.

Ha Ha fair call, was a jib tis all. Never been duck shooting so would be useless anyway. Plenty of pets up the hills for you too.

Originally Posted by Twoshotkill

This is the first year in a long time i havent been out for the ducks...
The pond i hunted in Morrinsville now has a new owner. Bummer
No majour as iv sused out that the sika are usualy still roaring and most people are on the ponds = less hunters

Do we get a sneek peek of some of the fottage Lentil???

I haven't downloaded anything yet (it's a mini-tape camera), but I will post a snippet later on.