Thread: Game bird diary for all

Originally Posted by kotuku

Shooting on lake ellesemre we got six plump young mallards.
I dipped out altho did take a major dip in the bloody hallswell river trying to get on the boat!BASTARD! trying to save my phone etc today.
Leavin mates in our mamai I set up under a major flightpath.
Fridays recce=place was crawling weith ducks geese swans -best ive seen in a long time
Friday night nor easter turned to a howling norwest and this continued till mid morning saturday when all went still water like glass -we were buggered .well yours sincerely was absolutely livid as ducks came in from the exact opposite direction!!!!!
Just as we were pulling out following the PM session our possie erupted as a humungous mob of canadas went sky wards-now that Ive not heard for a few years .however i intend to make myself known to them very shortly.
the amazing thing was the boys got these birds in the first hour !and such was the speed missed two Im told
. from condition etc I can only guess its been a bumper breeding season and theres an abundance of tucker about!
me i fired 4shots missing a couple of parries -too short on the lead and another couple of mallards which in hindsight was marginal at best!still we live and learn. today unpack wet gear ,,put 4plump mallards on ice till I can sort em tommorow./

your making a habit of this "taking a dip thing" perhaps its time to buy waterproof phone cover...

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

your making a habit of this "taking a dip thing" perhaps its time to buy waterproof phone cover...

no ,in all honesty Im going to have to give this serious thought -my medical list is on the increase and its blatantly obvious i cant expect mates to carry me forever and a day,nor do i want them to.should a hard decision have to be taken then so be it.yes Iwouldnt give away one memory of the kindness ,the humour ,the wisdom of kind mates and teachers,but i wont ever be a burden!
well done on your tally -seems to reinforce my thoughts -good breeding season good tucker and lots of youngsters on the wing.the only noticeable thing for me was not as many parries as usual in our spot . I slept in my truck friday night -bloody mob of canadas in the close paddock filling fat wee guts all night till0500 when as i got up they buggered off!!
lastly my son works at a kiosk in westfiled mall -than ks to all the duckshootoers who came seeking fresh batteries for their calls etc on thursday -kept him out of mischief!!!!!