Thread: How to hunt parries in summer cull??

Hi all

Keen to get out in northland for the February parrie shooting but I know hardly anything about hunting them. Any tips would be appreciated re where to hunt them, decoys etc

I'm not an expert, but find a place where they hang out and attempt to get permission to shoot on that land. Usually paddocks rather than ponds. That's the biggest hurdle. They respond well to decoys and callers and are the easiest duck to hunt. They can be downright dumb at times. Use larger shot than you would otherwise use for ducks as they are somewhere between a duck and a goose in size. Big birds that can take a bit of knocking down.

I was up there this year for the cull. Beginner duck shooter. Had a farm to shoot on, setup up blind and decoys in a paddock beside a pond and waited for them to come. Experienced mate called them in. Boom boom.

Our decoys are just painted ply silhouettes and was really surprised how well they worked.

Use the .222

Originally Posted by Bos

Use the .222

yea and lose your gun, licence and freakin mind

as soon as you do shoot a bird or two,add them into the decoys.
steel #3 work good #2 even better
if lead is allowed #3 is awesome.
squauk to get thier attention then shut up...if you manage to drop one out of sky wounded...DONT RUSH OUT TO DISPATCH... often its mates will circle straight around and be easy pickings...Im not saying leave wounded bird in pain for long,but a minute wait could allow you to bag another 3-4 birds really quickly.
if only have mallard decoys...make half your hends into white heads...Ive decoyed parries with lump of punga log with white paint on wing slashes and a crude head poked into place.
dispite all the rumours,most birds are good eating,the younf ones beak/bill will break if held up by bottom half.older birds still good eating,crockpot is your friend. if you cook a corned beef/silverside in water,take out beef and add your frozen parrie,leave overnight and flick switch on in morning,by dinner time it will be falling off bones,dont be afraid of some sauce when serving,it can be a tad on dry side.

And take a chilly bin,the meat goes off real quick in summer,breast them as soon as possible and chill down the meat,you can still use them as decoys even after breasting them.

On another note ..massive botulism outbreak in whangamarino swamp.

Originally Posted by Quackers

On another note ..massive botulism outbreak in whangamarino swamp.

you cant say botulism anymore its ltgbq or some such crap now

Originally Posted by Quackers

On another note ..massive botulism outbreak in whangamarino swamp.

I'm surprised to read that. With all the flood water about this year I thought botulism would be a non-event.

Nah it's pretty bad atm

Some videos on Facebook auckland waikato ..

Originally Posted by Quackers

Nah it's pretty bad atm

Some videos on Facebook auckland waikato ..

is it me or does it always seem to start or be worse at the local treatment ponds

A farm where I had permission to hunt in the far north employed an odd job man. Turns out he took out parries with his 30-06 on a daily basis. Strange that we saw very few birds in February last year! I haven't been back since. Shame.

Originally Posted by MB

A farm where I had permission to hunt in the far north employed an odd job man. Turns out he took out parries with his 30-06 on a daily basis. Strange that we saw very few birds in February last year! I haven't been back since. Shame.

bet f&g dont know about that .
seems a bit overkill to me nit to mention exspencive

Originally Posted by gsp follower

bet f&g dont know about that .
seems a bit overkill to me nit to mention exspencive

No, of course not. Private land behind locked gates in the far north. Bugger has also shot a large number of pigs, he counted 172 over a year. Maybe he's bullshitting, but I wouldn't be surprised. I was happy taking a few each year. No doubt, he's better at pest control than me, but he virtually lives on site, whereas I'm 2.5 hours away.