Thread: Mai mai prep and feeding

Right we are officially feeding. Lots of mallards and flappers around. Put 100 kg of barley into the hopper. Spent another hour spraying as the weeds are seriously out of control. Hopefully photobucket will let me put some pics up soon.

We have a new balloted place for this year, and I'm sure Fish and Game look for the place that needs the most work, and give it to us. We have spent 2 days up to our chins in swamp water pulling out raupo, and cutting reeds. Next step is to bowl the maimai and move it to the waters edge (why they built it back 15 metres is beyond me!). They have a locked gate which stops vehicle access until late Feb, and closed again in March, so it's out with the duck punt and row to the maimai. No sense in feeding our spot. It is a coastal lagoon, and purely a loafing spot. There are maimais every 100m, so you learn to deal with the frustrations of shots going off just as ducks are looking set to come in. Skybusters are a constant problem, but we love the challenge. We always do OK, and stay every day for the first week. Thats when we have heaps more fun, and calling and camo really come into it's own. I go to sleep at night lately building the maimai in my head. I'm now on plan C !!
Bring on opening day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Bonecrusher - seems that Aongatete packhouse is missing a bin. Any ideas where it could be?

Originally Posted by Lentil

Hey Bonecrusher - seems that Aongatete packhouse is missing a bin. Any ideas where it could be?

They are actually missing four bins three are full of firewood and one is at my duck shooting possie, all brought and paid for surplus to their requirements when they get past their use by date so they didn't fall off the back of any truck....$5 ea from memory
Bin was the easiest thing to float in so extremely practical as its about a 400M walk with chest waders to my spot instant base structure that fits on the little island

Originally Posted by Lentil

Hey Bonecrusher - seems that Aongatete packhouse is missing a bin. Any ideas where it could be?

what number stand are you

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

what number stand are you

Public water not F&G Ballot Spot X ...

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

what number stand are you

14

Originally Posted by Lentil

14

I'm pretty sure there was nobody in that one last year

Originally Posted by Gapped axe

I'm pretty sure there was nobody in that one last year

Well there will be this year!!!!. We were at 23 last 3 years. Had a ball.
Where you at??