Ive been getting ready for the last 360ish days...... got dekes out today,wrote out gear list.
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Ive been getting ready for the last 360ish days...... got dekes out today,wrote out gear list.
Checked my pond today. Hasnt been shot for 360 days.
Somewhere around 1000 mallards and 1000 parries on it. Always gets me excited... trouble is you fire one mag full and they all fly away :D
DONT fire that mag......chase them off in morning and any time more than 20 arrive spook them off....HOPEFULLY they will come back in smaller easy to handle numbers and you will get your 50 by days end.
I checked the battery in my mojo today, ran it for over 4 hours and it was still going strong so put it back on the charger and it should be all good for the big day
my one cooked the charger and fuse in stove last year.....didnt have time to get replacement....sorted this year,but the quiver magnet has died...will dry it out by fire and see if it comes back to life...if not oh dear how sad too bad..excuse to buy some more stuff LOL.
Yeah nothing like getting all the gear sorted. I have been checking batteries in everything, and giving the gear a once over. It only comes around once a year so you don't want anything letting you down. A guy at work came up with a good idea to make a decoy move on the water so I'm going to give it a try this year.
Duck Shooting,
Batteries ?
I must be older than I thought.
permits sorted, made the shotgun compliant, sorted decoys, checked batteries, tested the Mojos, gears pack, foods sorted, sent the outboard away to get serviced and the inflatable to get repaired both 3 weeks ago........still not ready but i have faith!!!! so can't wait, ive already booked leave for next year!
right now ANZAC days over and ive got the base for me new mancave sorted ,this week willhit my q store and assemble sotres for operation bare bird bum.wee reccec wednesday with the "senior partners".
better get some tucker in a couple of beverages (very limited )decide on which gun and what ammo ,decoy mix.boats reqd or not.
friday move into FUP ,set up ambush ,and kipdown
-430saturday -stand to -watch your front and 0645-open fire .
hot bareels fat ducks and hopefully not too much visiting by rangers and"inquisitve coppers".
Ive already had orders for 3 -ya gotta love those optimists!
@Ryan_Songhurst you ready mate?
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Looking forward to it!
Pretty well all set. Gun ammo decoys hide boat callers clothing dogs stones cookup gear all ready.
Trying a little idea for decoy movement this season. A stream runs through my swamp so there are varying degrees of current from zero to about three knots. I have taken strings off about 15 decoys and drilled holes though keels a little forward of centre, then tied weight strings there. Tested this and decoys move from side to side changing direction. More current equals more movement. We will see :)
Just been shooting high volume doves in argentina. Fly back the day before then into it. Shoulder is raw so not to keen on firing to many shots...
Dog is ready, I am not. Still got to sort my decoy setup out but that is about it.
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Hopefully some ducks turn up as they are not eating the barley I have put out.....
if you need any proof that god loves duck shooters ??
take a look out your window its persisting down.
I haven't even bought my ammo yet
Getting tempted now. I'm off at the weekend and the Mrs said why don't you go duck hunting. Even have a new pond to shoot on. $96 to sit by a pond all day and not fire a single shot... decisions.. decisions...
Good for the guys with empty ponds, not good for everyone else will disperse the ducks a bit and make things a bit harder.Quote:
Originally Posted by gsp follower
How likely are you to get checked? Just claim that you're iwi and they'll let you off Scott free.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
@BRADS Bro im sorted as, got twenty nine 24 packs of speights, sorted out all my spots to throw the dead ducks afterwards (got camera ready to take photo of ducks all lined up on my bonnet first) got 70,000 rounds of 12 gauge cos even though I say I know the limits of my gun and only take shots inside 40yds we all know ya just gotta pray and spray at anything that comes within 200m, the farmers will clean up the stragglers later on anyhow.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
Pretty ignorant Ryan an inaccurate generalisation of duckshooters, grow up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
Batteries for head lamp, for battery operated duck call and battery in mojo. You can't take anything for granted, I even have a heap of spare batteries. I'm probably older than you ha ha :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by jakewire
Good luck for Saturday, I will be keen to see photos of every ones day out :thumbsup:
Forecast looks sunny with light winds as usual :D
Yeah and we had a storm todayQuote:
Originally Posted by mawzer308
Do you live in the country and put up with the same shit every year? Last year I said the same thing, I think I even said something along the lines of "mark my words" and what do you know... a landcruiser full of shotguns and still half drunk idiots that had been drinking all day on the Saturday and were headed down to their spot on the Sunday morning managed to go straight through a giveaway and kill a woman travelling to watch her son play age group representative rugby - this happened on the very road we lived on. I agree, it's a generalization, which is generally what happens when an overwhelming proportion of any group act or behave in a certain way. If your nose is clean good for you, maybe you could teach some manners and etiquette to the idiots. Certainly seems to be familiar enough to strike a chord.Quote:
Originally Posted by mawzer308
** waiting for "all dairy farmers are animal abusing environmental terrorists" comeback **
Zero, but I'm too honest for my own good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Russian 22.
That sort of carry on is crap and I don't condone it however, it is a generalisation from your point of view and your area. It is not representative of the vast majority in my experience. I'm not going to slag the dairy farming community because once again, most are following best practice and care for their animals. Don't bring everyone here down due to your bad experience. Let us have a yarn about the upcoming weekend without yet another thread turning into a shit fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
No good deed goes unpunished.Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
All dairy farmers are animal abusing environmental terrorists.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
Himmm coming from a guy that logs on and trolls this forum and gets told behave from admin guess its do as I say not do as I do ah!
Sounds like good entertainment to me:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by MB
yep and what eva branch of our sport you take part in are angels huh ryan??Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst
never wound anything never shoot more than they need
don't blaze away at signs.
never drink drive and make all their own dresses.:D
for fucks sake get the shit out of your liver
Ryan is always digging at people especially duck hunters , for some on here duck shooting is there thing & in this day and age we are all up against a wall of sorts we need to be a more united front last thing we need is total Ass holes like Ryan stirring his usual crap slagging people off that are getting excited about the coming weekend , why don't you do all us all a favour if you are capable of that & piss off .
Im being spoilt this year my mate has been feeding the pond for the last 6 weeks or so & invited me along but now my mate has been invited to shoot the big pond so iv got this all to my self until mid day ! mite take the kids along will see how it pans out , cant wait to get the "feeding frenzy" out there it works awesome .
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I will tell you who's ready . Ruby Ford thats who . SHe's peaking already . :yaeh am not durnk:
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Pond looks good Boaraxa, my dog also knows somethings up with the decoys and gear out etc
Who exactly did I slag off? Can you point it out for me? I'm pretty sure I just lay down a little tongue in cheek sarcasm that obviously hit close enough to home to strike a chordQuote:
Originally Posted by Boaraxa
Well it starts with this post here : @BRADS Bro im sorted as, got twenty nine 24 packs of speights, sorted out all my spots to throw the dead ducks afterwards (got camera ready to take photo of ducks all lined up on my bonnet first) got 70,000 rounds of 12 gauge cos even though I say I know the limits of my gun and only take shots inside 40yds we all know ya just gotta pray and spray at anything that comes within 200m, the farmers will clean up the stragglers later on anyhow.
so now you have laid your trap awaiting for someone to come along and set it off there's nothing tongue in cheek about it your just trying to hide behind a seemly harmless post which most have come to realise your just doing what you do best being wanker & baiting people up so then you get to really say what's on your mind , which is the same as last year ...the Grinch of duckshooting
be a slow trip on that green quad:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nathan F
New decoys sorted,licence sorted feed sorted new gun can't wait.
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Where going through our gear soon along with the ritual gun cleaning over a few beers , its about the only clean my shotty gets so it seems to take sometime :ORLY:Quote:
Originally Posted by mawzer308
