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...