Thread: Game bird diary for all

Might be a good spot for an evening shoot @Sparrow?

One less duckling murderer.

Haven't got out as much this season with work, weather and seem to be less birds around. But got this fulla today


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not to kill the mood but this has been the shittist season in the last 5 for me uncooperative wheather no trust worthy dog and f all motivation .
but no longer geese are on the horizon a few weeks of ducks left and decisions made on dog woes.
the glory days will return even if i have to use steel at the lake but given my past experience with 3 inch steel 2,s on mallards im iffy.
but thats not going to stop me trying christ there geese ducks shelducks ansd swan somethings going to get unlucky.
pigs are getting baited now and someone took a sucker by the look as well as a 50 and 90 pounder
the suckers little head left by a deer carcass was a sad sight but im guessin the dogs killed it before the hunter could do anything id hope thats what it was rather than it bieng sniped.
longterm i want another versatile i love quail and pheasant hunting and point is a beautiful thing but so is a long retrieve on a 10 pound goose in shitty wheather or a mallard drake .
like it says in the movie ''get busy livin or get busy dieing'' hunting is really bieng alive

duck down...

Originally Posted by EeeBees

duck down...

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Well and truly plucked Eeebees. Me thinks the instinct is strong I that one.

cheer up GSP follower. You're not alone. I've shot one pheasant this year I never thought I'd say this but I'm a little bored of it!

Originally Posted by Pointer

cheer up GSP follower. You're not alone. I've shot one pheasant this year I never thought I'd say this but I'm a little bored of it!

You will have your hands full now too mate

Originally Posted by Pointer

I've shot one pheasant this year I never thought I'd say this but I'm a little bored of it!

Oh God, the world is going to end...

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Oh God, the world is going to end...

On the contrary, it is just beginning

I've never shot a pheasant

Tongue twister for yas

I'm not pheasant plucker
I'm a pheasant pluckers son
I keep on plucking pheasant till the pheasants pluckings done.


Now say it 10 times and you will fuck up.

Originally Posted by EeeBees

Oh God, the world is going to end...

Yea, I feel more excited to just train with my dog instead of hunt. Not sure what that's all about. its a weird year.

Works been crazy lately so after work today went for a quick walk to keep the insanity at bay. Wasn't expecting much and took all the dogs for an "armed walk", normally only take 1 if serious

Wandered round and dogs got keen, trying to watch them all and young dog tracked off unseen, put up a rooster just over the ridge, bugger, Saw roughly where it landed, went over and old pointer put it up again but couldn't get a shot till it was at extreme range, had a stab in frustration (wouldn't have normally taken it), bird flew on and landed behind some trees somewhere roughly where I was headed. So I carried on, after a good 200m the pointers got keen so was waiting hopefully for a flush, then looked at the Lab X who normally stays close, he was very interested in a tussock, next thing I notice a tail feather sticking out,stoked. No idea where I hit it, only found a small bit of damage. Was very lucky to find it and will go back to only taking sure shots

Then I was fast tracking back to ute as getting late, young dog was running flat out on the dunes and suddenly locked up solid, I went over and she wasn't moving so I knew it was close, took a couple steps and up he went, this one was very well hit with a big cloud of feathers, got bugger all meat off it unfortunately,

So was a great team effort from the dogs and sanity is restored, well at least till the morning

headed out to my favourite spot at lake elly
cold as a well diggers arse but the sound of heaps of geese vacating the area had hopes given the sign on the ground of some loafers returning.
but no cigarespecialy once theflax planters turned up.
i predict the week after ducks close or the week after that i,l be taking picks of me and our premier waterfowl.
so good to hear good numbers of them in flight and to see hundreds of ducks even tho not shootable