Thread: Game bird diary for all

Three birds came in but Jess couldn't hit them
A few eels in the trap and they went back into the pond

Jess was thinking what am I doing out here again

Early season dumb rooster

Originally Posted by Wildman

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Early season dumb rooster

Nice!

I had a go yesterday and put up a couple, unfortunately the bastards flushed out of range. No dog.

Nailed a few peacocks instead.

Smacked one tonight on arrival.


No bloody wind again or rain,so I livened up the decoys

Dundee decoys
https://youtu.be/iW6Km5l_vb4

Twilight decoy, bit dark but cheaper than the fancy moving ones from the shop
https://youtu.be/jXMuP0phqD0

I'm glad this thread is still going!

Went and took Betty out for a waddle this morning, and being 7 weeks preggers to Baz a waddle it was. The most unlucky pheasant in the BOP happened to be down the end of the paddock I was waddling her in. Betty remained on point while I went back home, maybe 5-7 minutes away, until I came back with the shotgun and shot the bird. She even waddled under the fence, and waddled back with it for me : )

Originally Posted by Pointer

I'm glad this thread is still going!

Went and took Betty out for a waddle this morning, and being 7 weeks preggers to Baz a waddle it was. The most unlucky pheasant in the BOP happened to be down the end of the paddock I was waddling her in. Betty remained on point while I went back home, maybe 5-7 minutes away, until I came back with the shotgun and shot the bird. She even waddled under the fence, and waddled back with it for me : )

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hope she bit you in the bum for the cheek poor old girl

She wouldn't, she loves me

Originally Posted by Pointer

She wouldn't, she loves me

She's mad!

no, just knows no better

@lophortyx, my friend's Epagneul Breton retrieving a Mountain Duck from a lake in Victoria, Australia...the Mountie is the Australian version of our Paradise Duck.

First really wet night here since duckshooting started


I have come too the conclusion that this eel infested pond is not liked by ducks



We had a dry roof over our head and no birds seen or heard.

Went to the big pond with mate since we were promised a wet southerly. Saw a lot more birds than opening weekend. Mate ended up with 4 mallards and 3 pigeons. I ended up -4 goose decoys and -1 parrie decoy.

The goose decoys slowly sunk in the water. No problem, I thought, once we'd dealt to a couple of ducks I went over to pull them back up but couldn't find them, they just vanished. We scoured the bottom with weighted rope covering about 50m x 50m, nothing. They would have been handy to commit the waves of geese I called over later that stayed just out of range.

Still good fun, can't wait till the next mission.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Went to the big pond with mate since we were promised a wet southerly. Saw a lot more birds than opening weekend. Mate ended up with 4 mallards and 3 pigeons. I ended up -4 goose decoys and -1 parrie decoy.

The goose decoys slowly sunk in the water. No problem, I thought, once we'd dealt to a couple of ducks I went over to pull them back up but couldn't find them, they just vanished. We scoured the bottom with weighted rope covering about 50m x 50m, nothing. They would have been handy to commit the waves of geese I called over later that stayed just out of range.

Still good fun, can't wait till the next mission.

ya dont need to wait-anytime is ducktime ,just yodel ya big hearted arthur.
cobber &I sallied forth for a big pond scoot &shoot;same place .me -bloody comedy of errors that Billy Connolly could run a concert on but we did drop a spoonie -the first Ive ever seen -what a magnificent set of plumage compared to our "Beige" mallards.
home for a quick brew and resupp,then I had great delight in taking a new recruit Matty P down to GSP Follower turf for an outing on our wee pond.
Sorry Matt,but the Connolly syndrome continued with my trusty Nissan Gooserolla halted trying to hump a stump-;3 men and a Nissan pathfinder never get stuck -temporarily immobilised OK but not stuck .
all this hooha after finding our well worn riverbed track has suddenly developed a 5'drop off into a reasonable creek where it used to be a wee slope onto gravel
However after gettin the trusty steed uncoupled from that bloody log and a strong cuppa with strawberry wafer bikkies- we sallied forth on size 9 multicoloured rubber personnel carrier(=dundees gumboots) for the supposed haven of the ducks!
Alas saw 6 7/8 of SFA but birds seen were well out of range and not remotely interested. considering this is "winter"a nudist could have got severly sunburnt!
what a day -bugger all birds but good mates and laughs galore -wouldnt miss it for quids.