Thread: Game bird diary for all

Good on ya Gibo,yep haven't carted water since Friday down there.

Nice one hillclima, dog looks nonplussed!

Had the car booked for WOF when a mate turned up so biffed the gun, ammo and dog at his ute.

Car dropped of in town and we off



First pond we saw two mallards depart as we approached down the track,next one had two that sat tight as we drove past.

The dog unleashed and stalk on. On the approach to the wall of the pond no ducks were seen as they had headed for cover against the bank. Dog climbs the wall and two ducks dispatched both drake and hen.




Another farm was visited with hundreds of parries on river flats and no shots fired as we couldn't stalk them and weren't in pocession of siloughettes.

Back home to a full moon and frosty night.


Only 4 swans seen at night and one parrie heard,no shots fired.

Two in the hand Dundee!!

Day of humour Me and 30calterry hit the river in the jet boat at 8.30 Plan being drive upstream 20 or so k,s then drift back down All good boat goin awesome bloody cold at 30 to 40 kph down in the water .Heaps more debris and fallen trees since end of summer
So we prk up to get organized to drift back and I said do you have your pin in your gun ?(we allowed three shots only over water been rabbit shooting so took them out ) He says no worries I'm gonna fit it now. I m havin a pee and he says imagine if when I undo this if my spring goes boing then splash I said that would be hilfuckinlarious and you'd be in the shit big time . Nek minute sproing twang splash followed by oh fuck ! You guessed it we were laughing for 10 mins the dud nows has a gun with no mag spring at all. I was calling him one shotwonder all the way down the river.One mallard three or four puks round 40 Kim's good way to spend a morning . Boat cleaned and in shed by 3ish and beat the rain . The dud needs a mag spring for his Browning . Anyone know where to buy parts for these?

Good skills Tussock she looks like a champion and shes a big bitch compared to my Lab X, hes long and fast like his old man the hunterway was.

I had Jess with me tonight and yesterday she was asleep on my lap up at the pond tonight. And on the couch when we got home.

Bolt is friggen fast 40km going up the track and 50km on the way down


He is vocal,good on the stock and not bad on retrieving birds for a lab X.
Heres a wee run up the track with Bolt.

Bolt is a smart dog Dundee. He cuts the corners. What next from you mate? You are becoming a bit of a Peter Jackson

Originally Posted by Tussock

Went out with my brother and his mate and Sca the dog.

74 ducks in all. Not a bad morning shoot.

Sca with our (her) share before I breasted them. Roll on the Duck and jalapeno and cheese pies.
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Good day out just one problem forum sheriff dude by your own words
Originally Posted by Happy
So after all that you bought a license ?

" Iwould never buy myself a licence. I am boycotting the whole thing.

I did by the dog one though. She really likes it. "

Better pic now then. You did say that you hadn't though!
Why would you mislead ? Fun or boredom ?
I make no apology the laws are clear.
Waikato rangers visited a drain they had not visited for a few years on opening morning. All participants shooting with lead and no licenses the rangers dealt to them only to find on returning to their car another person in the process of stealing their outboard off their boat. Whilst sometimes we wonder why we support them we have no choice when there's guys doing the wrong thing

Originally Posted by Tussock

Dogs can't buy licenses. There are forms to fill out. Dogs can't fill out forms. They also struggle to hold a shotgun because they don't have hands.

Happy, it's militants like you who remind me I paid $90 to be policed by people who are to lazy to do any policing let alone any local improvements.

Also correct, I wouldn't shoot

And don't panic. 74 ducks is well inside out limit of 150. Seems ducks thrive in the absence of fish and game.

Itching to give me a serve and jumping to conclusions big time. Do you really think my dog has her own licence?

No not at all You said you had no license My bad assumed you meant you regoed your dog . Not itching to give you a serve I d take anyone to task on this same as breaking other laws

Originally Posted by Tussock

Self appointed forum sherif. We really don't need one Happy.

How did you know I was not shooting on my own place Happy? Which I can do legally without a licence.

This is not the Waikato. No one is in a huge panic around here. I probably saw 1000+ ducks in the air yesterday. The total neglect of the area by Fish and Game seems to really help.

Nah don't want yer job
You are lucky to have such populations .I did apologise OK?

if we were to be fussy bro, read your regs over pinning shotguns, ie unable to be removed in the field goes both ways, had you been checked or stopped prior to starting the drift ya mate would have lost his gun and the boat would have also been fair game.
it could also have been argued the lack of spring means the gun was tampered with in the field as well

Originally Posted by kawhia

if we were to be fussy bro, read your regs over pinning shotguns, ie unable to be removed in the field goes both ways, had you been checked or stopped prior to starting the drift ya mate would have lost his gun and the boat would have also been fair game.
it could also have been argued the lack of spring means the gun was tampered with in the field as well

Correct thanks for the input However it was not my error I was the one who asked before any hunting commenced you are right should have been done earlier My gear was fully legal before leaving home. Ever forget something yourself then fixed it before it became a problem.?
It's a funny rule as I can field strip my gun in two minutes with only a pocket knife They did actually say permanent pin not required which sorry means easy to play with no matter what. The numbers they catch will maybe mean that definition becomes a roll pin.It would so easy for us to break any of those rules we choose not too We have private way off road 4wd only ramps and it's kinda hard to stop something doing 50 km per hours in a river with 30 foot shear banks. We choose not to play those games

Originally Posted by Tussock

Also Happy, the licence I out up was a 2013 Fishing licence

Although have a green one round here somewhere to. Did not buy it for me, bought it for the dog as it did not seem fair she missed out. Its in my name though! I shot about 6 out of 74 and just watch her retrieve the rest of the time.

A forum is like a glass house.

Back when selling yr Shottie I commented it was sad to see another duck shooter leaving. Ok I bit Yeah I saw your fishing license and got the point you were playing. I m so sorry for giving you a serve up. Please forgive me you are not an unlicensed illegal shooter Now I realize you're statements may mean something totally different to what they say

Moving right along . Next comments gonna be like two chicks trying to get the last word.

Originally Posted by kawhia

if we were to be fussy bro, read your regs over pinning shotguns, ie unable to be removed in the field goes both ways, had you been checked or stopped prior to starting the drift ya mate would have lost his gun and the boat would have also been fair game.
it could also have been argued the lack of spring means the gun was tampered with in the field as well

I had a look at the regs but cant find the bit about not being able to alter your gun in the field, all i saw was not altering it without dismantling your gun