Thread: Who's getting ready for the duck shooting season?

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.

Originally Posted by jakewire

Duck Shooting,
Batteries ?
I must be older than I thought.

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

Good luck for Saturday, I will be keen to see photos of every ones day out

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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Originally Posted by BRADS

@Ryan_Songhurst you ready mate?

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@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.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

@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.

Pretty ignorant Ryan an inaccurate generalisation of duckshooters, grow up.

Originally Posted by mawzer308

Pretty ignorant Ryan an inaccurate generalisation of duckshooters, grow up.

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.

** waiting for "all dairy farmers are animal abusing environmental terrorists" comeback **

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

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.

** waiting for "all dairy farmers are animal abusing environmental terrorists" comeback **

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.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

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.

** waiting for "all dairy farmers are animal abusing environmental terrorists" comeback **

All dairy farmers are animal abusing environmental terrorists.

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

@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.

yep and what eva branch of our sport you take part in are angels huh ryan??
never wound anything never shoot more than they need
don't blaze away at signs.
never drink drive and make all their own dresses.
for fucks sake get the shit out of your liver

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...