Thread: Game bird diary for all

Sorted for ammo...

Sean and I went up to the green pond tonight,I got one mallard drake.

So we were off to disturb some Paradise Ducks and disturb them we did...no silhouettes, no callers, no nothing, just camo gear and shotguns...



then to breast them out, and have a nice little beer, or two!! Foto very dark as we got back to the ute on dusk...

No birds harmed tonight. At the green pond as the cattle were in the big pond paddock.The Mrs,Sean and Jess joined me tonight.

Late opening post- headed over the coast as i have every opening weekend of my 5 years duck shooting to shoot with the father inlaw although only 5 years i love the tradition as much as the actual shoot and can't wait for my boys to be the age to get really involved.
Changed our opening morning plans last minute and we only managed 2 greys and a mallard saturday before rehydrating and planning for our original pond sunday morning.


the pond is below bluffs in native bush just of the river and the short jet boat in in the dark always gets you primed, the birds drop in so fast you hear the whoosh before you see them and i shoot from a platform about 15ft up in a white pine thats been there 25yrs apparently and still sound (ish)

14 birds in 2 hours should of been 20 really but oh well, good excuse for more practice dog was awesome we lost one runner when 3 went down, and he caught and killed a feral moggy when we were plucking, so that will help replace the 17 we took.[ATTACH=CONFIG]36356
Crap pic of the pond
and what its all about!

My second duck

Good work @seandundee

Cheers
Pete

Took the young fella out again. Rain and wind looked promising but didn't happen.
I dropped a drake from great altitude but the steel hit the tastey breasts and was only good for eel bait.


Baited a few decoys and had them swimming just on dark.


Nothing else came in so the remainder of the drake was stuffed into the eel trap

Two eels were caught earlier but escaped the trap.

On the way home we saw a few hares and gave the young fella a go but when I turned around and said shoot it he had bailed,and was in the middle of a dark paddock with no light. So the dog and I gave chase and got one


We are going to get are bro to deal with the eels for preperation to eating as I would rather have a trout.

First pheasant for jet Waipawa river

Originally Posted by prattpoint

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First pheasant for jet Waipawa river

dont bother goin in to the patangata for a refreshin beverage i found to my disgust last year its only open certain days then only from 3pmand now it looks more like a fuckin cafe than the farmers/workers /shearers oasis it was and not a rousy or land girl insight

Three birds came in but Jess couldn't hit them
A few eels in the trap and they went back into the pond

Jess was thinking what am I doing out here again

Early season dumb rooster

Originally Posted by Wildman

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Early season dumb rooster

Nice!

I had a go yesterday and put up a couple, unfortunately the bastards flushed out of range. No dog.

Nailed a few peacocks instead.

how did the brittany's go on retrieving the parries eebees?they handle okay?

Smacked one tonight on arrival.


No bloody wind again or rain,so I livened up the decoys