Thread: Game bird diary for all

7 feral geese
4 parries
1 mallard drake
1 pigeon
5 others.
good weekend in new spot
highlight for me was an epic paddle in kayak..maybe 3-4kms out across lagoon and rounded up the geese/swans/ducks and set them to flight,the geese played ball and flew over lines of maimais ABSOLUTE CARNAGE ensured..3 dropped here 4 over there more over somewhere else and sounded like world war 3 had started..I was happy as a dog with two dicks my efforts worked and others got to share in the spoils...picked up 2 canadas and feral and delivered to one maimai..guys were stoked.... pushed a feral up towards another maimai for fellas to shoot/finish it off... took that one and another unclaimed floater/lunger home for my effort.
to say Im a little fatigued now is understatement.

My brother in law, his mate and their sons have had a bumper opening weekend.

197 for the weekend so far.

Oh and I should add that in 35 years of being related and only living 12 k’s apart, the bugger has never invited me. Ha ha ha ha but he is otherwise a good prick.

Shooting my 62nd year on the Kaipara....
The spot I chose this year didnt fire up so I moved about 1k to an old traditional spot. Had my limit ( 8) in 30 mins....my mate also shot his limit at his stand 2 k away.
Went back to the same spot when the tide came in this morning along with my mate......Both scored our limits again. Off the water at 1.45pm.
Watched about 300 Canada's flying around.....Mental note to myself, go chase them down in the off season.

Despite all the crap in this world at the moment Duck hunting pushes that to one side and gives inner peace to those that partake in my view.

It was a bit slower than normal however all 5 guns shot our limits (plus a couple of extra's in case the eels got some).
Stoked with how the dog went, she didn't get to do much last year due to having pups in the first week of May.
Even managed to pull one out of a tree hanging 3 feet above the water.
All birds recovered that I sent her for plus some I didn't see.
Went for a walk down some drains this afternoon and collected a couple of drakes. (A lot easier to be selective when hunting by yourself)
I've noticed all of the drakes are a bit drab like these two from this afternoon. Is that an age thing or hybrid/grey?

Originally Posted by 7mm tragic

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It was a bit slower than normal however all 5 guns shot our limits (plus a couple of extra's in case the eels got some).
Stoked with how the dog went, she didn't get to do much last year due to having pups in the first week of May.
Even managed to pull one out of a tree hanging 3 feet above the water.
All birds recovered that I sent her for plus some I didn't see.
Went for a walk down some drains this afternoon and collected a couple of drakes. (A lot easier to be selective when hunting by yourself)
I've noticed all of the drakes are a bit drab like these two from this afternoon. Is that an age thing or hybrid/grey?

could be not yet in mating plumage thing either...two of the three drakes we had didnt have the culdecunard feathers..curly bit on bum

@7mm tragic
is she a Toller?

the ducks could be a cross breed with a domestic type duck

Pretty good in the mid north - more ducks flying than last year. Only problem we had was our spot being 2m under water due to flooding. Had to shoot the edge of the flood on a paddock instead which made the retrieving much easier for Belle.

20 Bore, Yes she is a toller.
We had 2 ducks yesterday that definitely looked like a domestic cross. They had a lot of white on their breast.

Not many ducks around, but the dogs had a big morning recovering these big buggers @buzzman you might recognize the dog on the right?.

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Slow for us in the swamp. Others did better further down.. had a good shoot today thought got 7 so we ended on 18 for the weekend.. stayed in 2 night so will give morning a go.theb head home for the clean up

Changed ponds tonight only had three come in,so will be back at the big pond tomorrow.
A duck and a few pooks,pretty quiet today.


planted this oak two years ago.

High flyers.

Gave Bo a rest and grabbed Ace for a retreive.

Back to the big pond with Bo

Patience, Bo the last 15 mins before dark is the buisness!

No shots fired in the district just me.

Looks like we went to band camp! Got the jewells!

More birds seen this year than in the past but wind wrong direction for my end of the lake,ended up with 7 mallards and 3 sky panda for the Saturday morning,pulled the pin before dark as boat retrieve was going to be too hard in the dark,slippery paddock launch with steep hill as well makes things interesting in good weather much less wet and dark,took boy for a drain walk and got a nice fat green head that the pup did a good retrieve on so good weekend all up ,pup wasn’t too keen on the wounded Canada retrieve though the look on his face was priceless as he motored back to the boat birdless!!

Originally Posted by The bomb

More birds seen this year than in the past but wind wrong direction for my end of the lake,ended up with 7 mallards and 3 sky panda for the Saturday morning,pulled the pin before dark as boat retrieve was going to be too hard in the dark,slippery paddock launch with steep hill as well makes things interesting in good weather much less wet and dark,took boy for a drain walk and got a nice fat green head that the pup did a good retrieve on so good weekend all up ,pup wasn’t too keen on the wounded Canada retrieve though the look on his face was priceless as he motored back to the boat birdless!!

yup the big sods are daunting for even a experienced dog
but one thats learnt to grab them by both wing stubs is a dag to watch as even the goose just enjoys the ride till the tornado hits

got a parrie in the paddock on opening day, it's partner came circling back and tried to land again while I stood there... Missed two mallards on the lake because I was chatting to Dad and we didn't see them come in only a few metres from the maimai argh!