Thread: Tick......Tock.......Tick.........Tock......

Originally Posted by Woody

Good keen man

1st got introduced to duck hunting when my father took me to this spot when I was 7 yrs old........... Havent missed an opening day in this spot since.....over the last 63 yrs I have had quite a few good mates/duckhunters to hunt with but unfortunately they have all passed away apart from one. Sitting on the mud waiting for the tide to come back in gives me time to remember them all and reflect on how fortunate we are to have had some great ( and not so great) times together.
Learned a lot about the area, wildlife behaviour and how to hunt it. Have introduced quite a few people to hunting the area... many found it daunting and never came back. 40 to 50yrs ago I used to take a boat rod and bait with me, cast it into the creek and catch snapper ( biggest was 22lb).....also used to take a flounder light and spear and hang over the side of the boat and spear flounder as they swam past the boat on an incoming tide.....Picked oysters off the rocks around the corner for breakfast when the tide was out....learned to navigate in pitch black conditions using the movement of the current and the glow of the lights of Auckland over the horizon and the movement of car headlights on SH16.......

Dont know how long I will continue.......but one thing is for certain, while the body is capable, you will find me out there on opening morning.