Thread: Game bird diary for all

A good fog at broadlands. Just me and my young gwp. We got our 8 limit of mallards and 6 limit of parries plus 2 geese. Its heavy cover and hard work where we hunt and so we took sunday off to pluck and breast and rest. Very happy but missed my old dog Burl. Young dog Thor did quite well for his first "alone and unmentored opening". Will put up pics when I get them onto a computer.

.Above is the sum total of shots fired n ducks shot.... only saw two....


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A duck hunters yarn I know, but over the west coast to the in-laws as always for opening, could of limited. But boy did most of the shooting for not much ( 0 ) we ended with 12 and dog recovered all

We (me, 2 sons and grandson) ended up with 18 ducks, 30 gurnard and a sambar for the weekend. The sambar was meant to be a pheasant. Carrying a pheasant would have suited me better.

Originally Posted by gsp follower

great afternoon watching big decoy set and spinners draw all the ducks.
nah we had our chances tho some locals turning up to set flounder nets postponed them when a lot of birds were flying.
I wouldn't mind but seemed oblivious to the fact theyd parked 20 feet from the maimai and when I informed them it was duckshooting season
''what whats that''anway they were gone in 30 minutes so say lavi
anyway bit of fun and fuck it got cold quick at lake edge at 5 ish.
sold on the decoy spreaders just gotta figure a better way of carrying them.
ps waders were a bit tight for some reason.
what you done to my waders kotuku.

youve succumbed to age ,gravity and youre arse is as wide as ya shoulders!was talkin to his lordship today -reckons youve got an arse like a gypsy cob mare!

22 mallards 3parries 1puke over1.5 days 3 shooters

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

had another duckshooting virgin with us this year.....first time out in dingy with me we picked up /shot 2 woundie canadas and a few mallards...he is HOOKED
between the four of us shooting ended up with
2 camp possums
2 canadas
1 spoonie drake
1 grey
11parries (mostly pickups off lake)
18 mallards
awesome time had by all even without a breath of wind all weekend,only wind was during decoy setup on Friday...oh the sweet promise that had.

be bloody interesting watching them possums go through the motorised duck plucker micky -fur for miles.

14 mallards 2 spoonies, 3 parries, and 3 swan. So a mixed bag, but enjoyed myself. Only down side was the gun decided to be tempormental in the loading and chambering department. Will have a small looksee today. The guys looked after me and made sure I had enough energy and pain relief to get the most from my day.

they were HUGE possums.....and I confess they still have fur on....hanging up the tress to add to the many from previous years. @Sparrow how did the young fella get on with shotty????it was you asking about loads was it not?

Craig with the biggest pheasant we have got in a while He's lugged a few solids around chasing pheasants for years now and this was the first opportunity...

Fortunately his brother and I were there so we got it out in one load. 3 year old hind I think.

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

14 mallards 2 spoonies, 3 parries, and 3 swan. So a mixed bag, but enjoyed myself. Only down side was the gun decided to be tempormental in the loading and chambering department. Will have a small looksee today. The guys looked after me and made sure I had enough energy and pain relief to get the most from my day.

Good stuff. Glad to hear that the guys looked after you.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Craig with the biggest pheasant we have got in a while He's lugged a few solids around chasing pheasants for years now and this was the first opportunity...

Fortunately his brother and I were there so we got it out in one load. 3 year old hind I think.

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hell of a fancy shot with a shotty

Originally Posted by gsp follower

hell of a fancy shot with a shotty

I thought it was a bit off centre.

Foggy opening on the mighty Waikato, ended up with a dozen Black swan and one noisy pook......