Thread: Game bird diary for all

Went out Tuesday morning and it was very quiet, except for a group of 5 Parries that came in. Only 2 went out, so 3 for 3.

Originally Posted by The bomb

I would be keen if it wasn’t a 6hr round trip from my place through Auckland traffic!!

you could always head up night before and stay......... early start easier that way too..plenty of time to sort gear out etc your big boys,if you want to make it happen it will happen LOL.

Foggy as this morning. Patience was required but Thor retrieved 4 parries and 1 fat mallard. Thor has a very soft mouth so had to stick his head under the water a few times on that winged mallard ha ha. Submarine dog!

One of the parry retrieves .

Good morning on public water in waikato.

Originally Posted by Woody

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my old pig hunting mate had an awesome bitch Sue..she was half lab half ridgeback...mean on cattle or pigs,hard as hell..but soft around kids and if flappers were in a pond she would go in and retrieve them without breaking feathers...parrie flappers would dive under to escape,SUE would dive under too and chase them and catch them UNDER WATER..... nearly 40 years ago now but I can stil lsee it clear as.

Downed a mallard from here that was way over in the top left corner.

I was using no#4 B&P steel magnum.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

my old pig hunting mate had an awesome bitch Sue..she was half lab half ridgeback...mean on cattle or pigs,hard as hell..but soft around kids and if flappers were in a pond she would go in and retrieve them without breaking feathers...parrie flappers would dive under to escape,SUE would dive under too and chase them and catch them UNDER WATER..... nearly 40 years ago now but I can stil lsee it clear as.

when i met GSPFhe had a unique goose retreival unit a bloody 4legged d8"elvis(by rottweiller x GSP)aka by roamin catholic x opportunity. He reumbled like a d8warming up and pigheaded yep once on the retrieve nothing or noone broke his concentration til lhe reappeared load secured in huge bloody jaws."Red" a gsp was his understudy-my mate and the bane of elvis/gspfs tolerance .shed be bird down and Red would be eager to leave the maimai whining as they dso -ewlvis'big frame would fillthe doorway and yep reds neck would get leant on to a snarled get back from the shooter.back on my pack hed sit lookin for sympathy.one day it happened -a cxocky goose answering GSPfs seductive come hump me call fell to the deadly wee 20g weilded with skill... both dogs exited maimai at warp speed on the job -Elvis on seeing the carcasse .dropped arse slid to a halt -red impacted and scooped it up.elvis me rely looked turned and walked back leaving red to drag it back!! Alas both dogs are gone ,Elvis to incurable kidney disease and Red whod really come into his prime accidentally drowned in a culvert in the RDR.It broke all of our hearts . two bloody mighty characters whom illnever ever forget.

Two of us accounted for 5 mallies and 1 pheasant on Saturday. On Sunday, this was all we got - no shots fired!!

Originally Posted by Woody

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@Woody nice looking pond you have there

Yes. Nice creek running through it. Full of trout and some eels as well. Good variety of wetland birds to watch and enjoy too. Am fortunate.

slow sunday in the whangamarino. Hardly heard a shot fired. Managed 3 missed a heap due to allsorts of issues. Crap shooting, mates waiting for birds to get closer when i had them close enough. And falling asleep in the hut after having to wader in to our spot due to everything been flooded. The 3k walk was sure a beauty.

Fucked up my camera settings tonight but didn't fuck the ducks up as never saw any.


Had to fuck something up for the night so drilled a possum.

Never plucked it I will do a solo without Bo after duck season.

Fed it to the eels

a classic case of terminal contraception there Mr Dundee via 12g blowjob!!!well done sir!!altho the late but not lamented aussie marsupial may beg to differ.

Didn't get anything last weekend when I went down to the Waikato. Hardly any ducks flying around lake Waikare, although a couple of swans landed outside my spread that I didn't notice until they touched down. I'm busy this weekend so that's the end of the mallard season for me, tally = 0 mallards, 1 parry. I took my dog out pheasant hunting for the first time ever, it was hard getting him to stay with me, he ended up running off and putting up two beauties out of my range the other day