Thread: Game bird diary for all

Weather is supposed to be horrific tomorrow but we are going to shoot a pond on the farm that has been loaded since opening day.
Should be good with a bit of wind.

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Three more honkers last night. Ducks were v high and heading for parts unknown.

Seen two ducks on a puddle beside the creek between our house and the cops house.Both my young fellas had seen them sitting there today also. A horse was in the same paddock as the puddle.My plan of attack worked out fine when I noticed the cops had gone to work.
I drove down the road on the quad and the ducks flew off between the coppers house and mine.Anyway took one shot and nailed the high mallard drake as he flew over my house only got one shot off so his girl flew free.

Plan of attack for night shoot failed as one of my lads had been up to the green pond and shot two hens while I was at work.

Took the young fellas out for a quick evening shoot and got a swan. They were pretty happy.

Ha Ha @mawzer308 I just fooled my wife and said here is photo of our lad Sean and she fell for it. She said hell he was young there!

Originally Posted by Dundee

Ha Ha @mawzer308 I just fooled my wife and said here is photo of our lad Sean and she fell for it. She said hell he was young there!

hardcase mate

Two Mallards yesterday morning, bugger all flying full moon certainly doesn't help.

My first outing this season with a gun and no pansy padding.Havent pulled a trigger since the Big Bore shoot. Up until now it's been supervising jr and not shooting.
2 up and 2 down so far
Stug's ex-decoys doing the biz again.

Originally Posted by oraki

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My first outing this season with a gun and no pansy padding.Havent pulled a trigger since the Big Bore shoot. Up until now it's been supervising jr and not shooting.
2 up and 2 down so far
Stug's ex-decoys doing the biz again.

Nice looking pond you have there @oraki !

Originally Posted by Sideshow

Nice looking pond you have there @oraki !

Cheers. It's on our place and been 40 yrs in the making. Always produces something, but has been attracting some attention lately by trespassers.

And I still haven't pulled the trigger yet. To slow and the boy is beating me to the bird. Next week.....

No bugger is shooting in our district to keep the birds moving.I don't get home from work till 1730hrs sometimes later.Last two nights hooned to a couple local ponds and no birds seen or heard at each pond. Shot a couple pigeons while at the river during the day but couldn't retreive them as they fell in and it was bloody swift.Got 4 weeks left in the Wellington region.

Originally Posted by Dundee

No bugger is shooting in our district to keep the birds moving.

Apart from opening weekend I have only heard a couple of shots when hunting the lower half of the Kaipara during the season.

Headed out in the boat solo sunday week ago when we had that major storm. 1.hr 45mins later I was back at the ramp with my limit. Not another shot heard anywhere.

Got out for the final day monday. Heard 2 shots about 2 k inland . Got 4 drakes. Would have had much more but took a disabled shooter out with me to get him back into the sport. He managed to get 4 birds for the season in 2 outings after 8 years of not shooting. THAT was worth gold in my book.

@Dundee same for us opening. We had a cracker but there wasn't really that many out going by the shooting.
Just as well I had a good one-doubt I'll get out again in Canterbury.

Summer looks to be finally here in the UK had a spare afternoon yesterday so took my next door neighbour out for a crack at the local Pegion population. Haven’t been out all year due to work load
Bill doesn’t get out much either as his wife Has Alzheimer’s so he’s her full time carer. But his kids were visiting so he got a free pass
Started around 2pm and finished up at 7pm.
I set us up in a beech hedge standing back to back so we could call the out what was in coming to each other.
If you cocked the shot up our the bird went just out of range put was vectoring into Bills position then he could have a crack and vice versa. Some of the language was a bit ripe as we missed a few sitters, but good fun all round.
I even managed to get two left right crosses and one really long range crossing screamer that was paced out at 51strides.
41 picked and a few in the hedges that we could not get.
Best laugh of the day was Bills call of “Incomer straight going over you”! Bang! Im looking up for the bird and it hits me clean in the back of the head

a 3 man waikato limit and a very ugly stag shot last weekend