Thread: Glorious end to the season.

For a few weeks now i have been observing a pond from a distance and learnt that from 7.30am till about 10.30am there will be ducks landing in a certain area of the pond and they wont circle they will just cup there wings and dive similar to a Jap fighter plane.
After some investigating i found out who owned the pond and asked him if i could shoot it on the last weekend, to which he said "get into it" and we did.
Left home this morning with Scotty at 7.20am and arrived at the pond at 7.25am
We quickly drove around the side of the pond and in the low light we could make out several hundred Teal and a few Mallies, so as quick as a Hare in the spot light we set our gear up roughly were i thought was spot x and parked the truck.
Well it didn't take long before the ducks started streaming in and like predicted and observed they just folded the wings out and dive bombed us.
We were loving this new spot and by 10am were ready to go home with limit bags.
We put the stalk on a couple of swans up the top end but they were to far out for any shots to be effective on them so we left them, later on in the morning we had about 12 Canadians wanting to come in but with no Deks of that species and no caller either they eventually flew off into the distance.
There was a number of spoonies about as well but they all survived to live another day.
Here are some pics, unfortunately they are from my cell phone or point and shoot but you get the idea.

Rock on 2013.







Yeah we shot the Hares too, a mixed bag.

Nice shooting - great end to the season!

Skills you fullas had a long season,have you got tomorrow as well?

Yeah i think it is tomorrow as well but could be till the end of the month, but that is it for me this year i'm planning next years opening already.

Mallards finish tonight, parries another month...

My 2012 season.

Havent gone through game log but suspect this year wont be my best bag...but the most enjoyable...

A few shots on the lake opening weekend.....thankfully my shooting buddy could call a damn sight better than me...



Another lake and my first spoonies of the season, love the colour on these birds..



Could have done with some more of this rougher weather this season..



Good season for new hunting grounds having scored two new spots... got the layout blind and full body decoys out, a chilly start which lead to bright sun and blue skies. Then some bloody buzzard had a crack at one of the swans i shot...



Got some foam canada geese to try down by the lake....



Some more random shots from the season...








I hope you all had a good season memories made and shared with mates.


As always not enough pics taken, mistakes made and lessons learnt, calling improved but thats a never ending skill, feeding a couple of spots for next year will add a whole new dimension to next years duck season. Bring it on.....!!