I cringe when I think how much I've spent over the years pursuing ducks. Tens of I would have thought.
If anyone wants mallards and is prepared to pick them up PM me and come take em away. They are last seasons drakes.
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I cringe when I think how much I've spent over the years pursuing ducks. Tens of I would have thought.
If anyone wants mallards and is prepared to pick them up PM me and come take em away. They are last seasons drakes.
I dont give license cost a second thought .bloody cheap considering the hours of fun we can have shooting ,exploring,writing on forums(except when you get banned:ORLY:)and being around bloody great mates.having just received a load of venison yesterday ,Im all for this organic food lark. The more i see of these pretentious arseholes who want the ultimate privelege of telling me how to run my life ,the more inclined i am to grab a gun and head out into the wise blue yonder.
i also admire the wildlife who live their lives happily and simply and occasionally give them up to us.long may it go on
PS-dont forget to renew your DOC permits for waihora ,as current ones run out next month.happyhappy ,joy joy -theyre free!!!
gadget -if you need a ahnd etc just yodel.anyhow even if you dont make ,I suspect you'll see a coupla birds come your way ,as it should be with all good bastards!!
That was very cheap Massive. Was that deer from The Warehouse?Quote:
Originally Posted by MassiveAttack
I once caught a measly, skinny trout that I worked out cost me $3000 !
Fortunately my missus is as bad at maths as she is good at cooking, so she still believes (sort of) we get free meat occasionally.
go no ya silly bugger it was a bloody fat whitebait!:pacman:tell the truth ,cause like the rest of us youre gettin a bit shortsighted!:ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by C404
matty -this shootin game aint that bad if you can start out with basic recycled gear.i was very lucky in that a good mate shifted over the ditch only for his marriage to go tits up whilst he was away.hence i got his plant as he couldnt take it with him.apart from that i make a lot of my stuff -not overly flash but it works and helps the team effort.
id be only too happy to help you out in this respect.in fact i shoot with GSP follower C404 and a few others so if you do come out with us well you can see for yourself.
The Season runs until September, you all might need to travel and experience the whole of the country regions and species.
yep we pretty deprived in these here parts:yuush:Quote:
Originally Posted by Uplandstalker
nothing much happening october thru to late january ofcourse :O_O:
unless you count the ungamebird canada goose:yaeh am not durnk:
if theres anything more pathetic or funnier than watching half a dozen of the other mob giving each other backslaPS and the secret handshake over our demise, ive yet to see it:yuush:
Happy to take up any offers to take me out with the new shotgun :). Have only shot clays with it so far, and a few shots at patterning sheets. Still figuring it all out. Will go after some rabbits/hares when i'm next back in town. Am pretty sorted for normal hunting gear, just need some electronic earmuffs so I can still hear (don't need them with my rifles). But have nothing in the way of decoys or other duck shooting stuff. Feel free to show me all about that!Quote:
Originally Posted by kotuku
Come on now- look forward. There is a certain amount of amusement to be had in current activity but at the end of the day it is a commercial site and most have commercial aspirations be it just advertising revenue from the exploits of others work or political manipulation. They are perfectly within their rights to do what they think will attract more traffic- be it banning you, me or anyone else. Good luck to them.Quote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
For what it's worth having hunted with a lot of people the culture you display as a hunter is first rate, at times your tact isn't. Keep it light, jovial and not fake and you'll grow the following on this forum as well. Roll on May.
i hear thatQuote:
Originally Posted by Tim Allen
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It always cracks me up when you hear people moaning about the cost of a licence...you can hardly go to the movies for under $30 after admission, and a few treats...none of us would think twice to spend three times the licence price for a jacket or some other gear that we convince ourselves we really need...
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Originally Posted by EeeBees;350584[B
all true eebees and the season it gives is a bloody sight healthier and entertaining than any movie not to mention usually remembered longer
Absolutely, @gsp follower, I cannot think of many things that can surpass being in the company of your dogs in the wilderness and having a chance to bring home something for the table...money cannot buy those moments we have all experienced in the field...when your dog does something that not only has the hair on back of your neck standing on end but also has you awed at his maturing abilities...I love too after getting home, hanging the bird or birds up and marvelling at the fabulous colours of their feathers, the dog in front of the fire after working him or herself so hard, the smell of the gun oil and that sound of the cork coming out of a port bottle...
Well having paid the $92 it is my right to bitch. Its not the $92 . Lets face it thats a round of drinks . What does your licence money get used for ?
Im not really interested in parries or quail or pheasants to be honest. Greenheads are where its at for me. Again I may be wrong but I feel my licence money is not being used wisely.
I couldnt give a toss about the dogs working. I want to kill mallards .This season im not going to be as forgiving as I was last year.
yep and tho your as proud as punch theres usually no mate within 2 miles so you can modestly 'say'' yea mate thats what he,s supposed to do'':yaeh am not durnk:i take a leaf out of that dad on the tv ad and tell red ''if i do this son[kiwi head lift and sniff] it means your awesome:DQuote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
mine would have to weave it between the mrs moggies if he was even allowed in.
funny how her useless pot licker and assorted feline food guzzlers are allowed even on the bed.:O_O:nathan i think you are in serious need of a pre season man hug and settle the crusaders will come right:ORLY:Quote:
Well having paid the $92 it is my right to bitch. Its not the $92 . Lets face it thats a round of drinks . What does your licence money get used for ?
Im not really interested in parries or quail or pheasants to be honest. Greenheads are where its at for me. Again I may be wrong but I feel my licence money is not being used wisely.
I couldnt give a toss about the dogs working. I want to kill mallards .This season im not going to be as forgiving as I was last year.
why limit your fun with so many gamebird species to frustrate,age and send us to the poor house
we all think our licence money is bieng used unwisely usually on anything to do with bloody fishing,:O_O:
aimless bloody pasttime waiting hours to catch something that tastes like mud[trout]:wtfsmilie:
christ who,d sit all day in a bush by the water hoping something might come past,oops:oh noes:
:) how true!!!! Cats are evil creatures and should only be kept in zoos!!!!
or hollowed out for winter slippers:yuush:maybe a daniel boone hat.Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
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Originally Posted by gsp follower
This explains a lot. Thank you.
Now that's nostalgic
The sound of a cork coming out of a port bottle
just checked our ponds tagged both fed one :O_O:
i thought our water levels wouldnt be bad but hell where in need of about 4 inches of water just to makre the front end of one perfect.
the back of it is great with wall to wall ducks and if rain dont come we,l all pile in the back.:yaeh am not durnk:
fed ponds low but birds and pigs are decoying well.
didnt realise how low things must be, a couple of rdr schemes turned off and a natural pond or 2 very low that aquaintances hunt.first time in 5 years apparently that they,ve ever been this low.Quote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
our customary pre season rain is due in the next week or two tho.:D
@Gapped axe, nothing nostalgic about it:) if you ever get a chance of buying a bottle of Pedro Ximenez Duquesa your expenditure will reward you...the Romate is good but just not quite as good as the Duquesa...Scenic Cellars at Taupo usually stock it...was first introduced to this nectar of the gods when on a duck shooting trip to Lake Bulloake, Victoria...Quote:
Originally Posted by Gapped axe
Sunrise...
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awesome looking spot if a little dry:yaeh am not durnk:Quote:
Originally Posted by EeeBees
@gsp follower, this was in 2012 and apparently the lake had been completely dry due to droughts for about ten years or so...the shoreline measures around 90 odd kilometres..it is HUGE...it is an amazing place...apparently over the drought years, the guys would hunt hares and rabbits on the lake bed...it was so neat for me to see the different ducks they have over there...
Well the licence's fee is most of the reason I don't shoot birds or fish for trout.... It goes against the grain weather it is 5 dollars or 5000 dollars.
This country was liberated/invaded/colonised whatever you want to call it and many animal's from around the globe were released here with a free for any man(or woman I guess/ probably not in those days)to hunt goal in mind.
When the day comes I have to pay to hunt red deer and catch snapper/flounder Guy Fawks is going to have nothing on me!.
I have nothing to do with trout other than spotting the odd one while hunting but yet I have to agree with this article, NZ is becoming the rich mans playground , it was slowly but surely but now it is the proverbial avalanche.
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yep given the restrictions in some nth island regions and short seasons i can uderstand your retisence and with eastern moving a motion to allow duck shooting on properties with special conditions [one of which is no duckshooting of any kind, cos given an inch they,l take a mile] it.l give other regions the precedent to allow it on there pwsc,s.Quote:
Originally Posted by veitnamcam
which will only reinforce that thinking inline with what a lot people think of driven pheasants:oh noes:Quote:
NZ is becoming the rich mans playground , it was slowly but surely but now it is the proverbial avalanche.
my main problem with it is f&g might look at it as a easy way of replenishing duck numbers[ it aint] in aw and eastern therefore putting the expensive and long term process of rehabilatating the many stuffed lakes and waterways in the reigons in the to hard basket.
DOCS STICKINN THE KNIFE IN TO by issueing release permits to associates of a pwsc[1200 birds] and stone walling f&g,s enquiries.
looks like nick smiths plant to root f&g by making them irrelivent and undercutting thier authority is coming to fruition.
despite what we may think if f&g goes we,l be the lesser for it we may need some change but not annihalation by a mob shitty cos they,re not getting thier own way with the water and farming practises.
okay hughie enough already
stop bloody rainin:D
hughie really turn the friggin tap off properly:on fire:Quote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
Mr Allen .calling mr Tim Allen-you are a man of some providence :thumbsup:.could you use some of it and persuade Hughie to turn off the irrigation -weve had enough sprinkle:XD:.so bad even me old lab cross cant smell the tree his pissed on 5mins ago!:x_x:
What rain:wtfsmilie:
this bloody rain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
bout 3 days worth this week three fine then 3 more rain days not to mention last weeks down pours
and unsurprisngly enough clearing up the thursday just before opening:D
I guess your lake and ponds are full? :thumbsup: Mine are half full or half empty depending on witch way you look at them:)
to bloody full:pissed off: raised the level over a foot or more and now it doesnt look so open with water upto the trees looks a little claustraphobic[do ducks get claustraphobia]:yaeh am not durnk:Quote:
Originally Posted by Dundee
so your one of the guys who looks at a pond half full?or half empty? dundee:D
Ducks love getting amoungst trees
One of my best spots is right after water comes down from a flood theres this corner on the river that is just heaps of poplars right to the waters edge and ducks go nuts in all the trapped mud from the flooding under them
problem is now toby its all enclosed and creepy amazon jungle looking where as before it looked open and inviting:oh noes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Toby