Mai Mai Prep for 2012

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04-12-2011, 08:31 PM
Nathan F

Mai Mai Prep for 2012

The kind cocky has had the digger in and cleaned out the pond . She even went as far as having the driver mound up some earth in the correct position to form the beginings of a small mai mai

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...4122011261.jpg

Am really looking forward to next year as we were reguarly getting 20 plus mallards from a night shoot at the season end here . We used to sit in lay out blinds in the same spot.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...4122011263.jpg

With a bit of planting and TLC it will be good to go in 5 months.

The mission the weekend before was moving the other mai mai 200 m further out into the lake while it was dry .Again this will be completed before the end of January to give the locals time to get used to it.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...7112011256.jpg

No tractors were stuck this time but thats a different story:yaeh am not durnk:
04-12-2011, 10:07 PM
Breda

Both are great looking possies you've got there Nathan.
04-12-2011, 10:20 PM
morgun

perhaps we should be thinking about ours eh breda ;)
05-12-2011, 07:59 PM
Breda

Yeah, "that" time of year is rolling around!!
05-12-2011, 08:49 PM
Nathan F

Quote:

Originally Posted by Breda

Yeah, "that" time of year is rolling around!!

Those decoys I brought off you are still doing their thing ! Some might need a lick of paint. I cant wait
for it.
05-12-2011, 09:51 PM
Breda

Good to hear the decz are going ok. I can't wait for my next days hunting to be honest. I am in the middle of my longest period of no hunting in maybe 10 years!! Been busy with work and domestic chores. I should be back down next season.... we might have to "T" up a day on the lake.
06-12-2011, 09:12 AM
Nathan F

Yep no worries
10-12-2011, 08:49 AM
no i deer

Nice looking dam, hope you post some more photo's as your TLC goes forward.
30-12-2011, 10:37 PM
upnorth uplander

i need to camo my boat, anyone know whats a good paint for a fibreglass boat ???
22-01-2012, 09:17 PM
Nathan F

Went and cut a trailer load of manuka today and headed out to the lake with some power tools to add the finishing touch's
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2012012301.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2012012299.jpg
All the manuka was wired into place and scrub and grass cut back to allow better visibility of the full bodied dek's!
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2012012305.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...2012012306.jpg
It was very pleasing to see all the ducks and geese hanging around when we arrived. They seem very comfortable with the
new structure:cool:
22-01-2012, 10:17 PM
Breda

Geese, what geese? Aren't they all dead? Mai mai looks the ducks nuts!! Great job.
22-01-2012, 10:26 PM
distant stalker

I'm going to shift mine a couple of hundred metres as well, how low was the lake Nathan?
22-01-2012, 11:59 PM
Wirehunt

Got POND EYED UP WERE i'M WORKING, just gonna ease the boss into giving it to me. Maybe....
23-01-2012, 05:37 AM
Nathan F

The lake is still pretty low and I dont think they have even dented the goose numbers.
23-01-2012, 12:03 PM
Jrobs

Nice!
Hope that tea tree doesn't die by opening :cool:
23-01-2012, 01:15 PM
Nathan F

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jrobs

Nice!
Hope that tea tree doesn't die by opening :cool:

Probably will but it will get a re fresh with a couple of months to go. Just gives the birds time to get used to it being in a new spot.
23-01-2012, 02:50 PM
MassiveAttack

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wirehunt

Got POND EYED UP WERE i'M WORKING, just gonna ease the boss into giving it to me. Maybe....

I hope you are right but they have done further culls since those photos were taken in december.
23-01-2012, 03:28 PM
upnorth uplander

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nathan F

Probably will but it will get a re fresh with a couple of months to go. Just gives the birds time to get used to it being in a new spot.

wouldnt matter if the tee tree dies off anyway, looking at the surrounding colours brown looks good and blends in
23-01-2012, 03:29 PM
upnorth uplander

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jrobs

Nice!
Hope that tea tree doesn't die by opening :cool:

welcome to the house of good bastards bro
23-01-2012, 04:28 PM
distant stalker

just build your maimai in a bush, makes dressing it up easy, pruning is easier than dressing and looks good to visiting birds (I never even used one of my maimais last year, just sat in scrub where the birds were flying)
31-01-2012, 09:09 AM
upnorth uplander

doesnt look like i will get up north till parrie shoot at end of feb, hopefully its still hot enuff to paint the boat.
05-02-2012, 06:16 PM
Nathan F

Got the pond sorted today . Will start feeding from next weekend .
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...oting12006.jpg
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...oting12005.jpg
The view from the mai mai
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...oting12004.jpg
05-02-2012, 10:51 PM
upnorth uplander

that looks the shiz bro, now we need to see some ducks on it