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Shankspony Forum Guide Donor Member Staff Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 1470 Location: Waitomo Joined: Sep 20^th, 2018	How did you get on? May 2^nd, 2021 at 4:41pm	Print Post
	Pre season there was definitely less birds about, and judging from lack of shots around the district, I think that was generally the case. However our crew shot quite well at the birds available and all up we got somewhere around 100. Mixed bag of mallards and parries. None of us pushed on to limit today. We felt we had a good day yesterday and a good morning and had shot enough, so packed up, cleaned up and headed home early. My personnel tally was 18 parries and 14 mallards/greys from roughly two boxes of ammo.


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Micky Duck Forum Senior Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 602 Joined: Apr 30^th, 2020 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #1 - May 2^nd, 2021 at 8:21pm	Print Post
	9 mallards,2 hares and a wasp nest.... that no more wasps powder is awesome stuff,big puff at 7AM today and all dead by 9. never shot this pomd before so had no idea what was going to be like...we had super relaxed weekend and if had hit every bird maybe would have had 15. not many about at all,didnt have any flare...actually had harry hawk smack down on sleeper decoy,seen it twice before but still laughed like heck,gives confidence in your set up if you can fool them birds.


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headcase Global Forum Guide Donor Member Offline Former Youngest Person in the World Posts: 27775 Location: Ponsenby Joined: Jul 9^th, 2007 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #2 - May 3^rd, 2021 at 1:02pm	Print Post
	Nice

	“We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves strong. The amount of work is the same.”
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gmm Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 105 Location: Northland Joined: Aug 5^th, 2015 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #3 - May 3^rd, 2021 at 1:24pm	Print Post
	Shot maize paddocks. Opening day was full on for the first 2 hours but slowed down quickly after that. Ended up with 96 on the first day, mostly parries. Second day very slow as was a day much more suited to fishing than duck shooting. Good time had by all and was good to be back into another season.


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QUACKERS Forum Font Offline DUCK FEVER NEVER DIES. Posts: 1681 Location: The Pa Joined: May 13^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #4 - May 3^rd, 2021 at 3:39pm	Print Post
	really slow in the swamp, we ended on 17 mallards and 6 parrys.not much going on . not much flight and not much banging to be heard . lack of water may have contributed . But all in all a good weekend away .


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mallardbuster Forum Font Offline Bad day hunting beats a good day working Posts: 1401 Location: invercargill Joined: Jan 17^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #5 - May 6^th, 2021 at 1:16pm	Print Post
	We had a very slow opening,only managed 23 ducks,1 Canada goose,it was good to catch up with the brothers and in-law,had fun with banter ,great times, Also it was great to see the three dogs working in the tight scrub was amazing,Sometimes it’s not about the tally,but the time you have with family and friends,


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hauraki hunter Donor Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 912 Location: ngatea Joined: Dec 25^th, 2012 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #6 - May 7^th, 2021 at 7:17pm	Print Post
	Piako river and surrounding swamps worst season ever i only got 4 on opening.My sons pond normally 3 shooters get limits sat and sun they got 9 mallards and 3 parries.There was a real lack of ducks before the season was a bad breeding season here and to dry .


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Got-ya Full Member Offline I Love The FishNhunt Forum Posts: 288 Location: Waiuku Joined: Apr 4^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #7 - May 19^th, 2021 at 5:56am	Print Post
	I shoot in the Whangamarino swamp and while I had ok water the rest was basically dry. Normal opening barage was sporadic and by 7.00am all you could hear was the odd shot, by 8.00am it was all over with not a shot to be heard anywhere. I personally did not fire a shot. It's getting worse every year with this as bad as I can remember for a long time.


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QUACKERS Forum Font Offline DUCK FEVER NEVER DIES. Posts: 1681 Location: The Pa Joined: May 13^th, 2008 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #8 - May 23^rd, 2021 at 9:23am	Print Post
	More ducks around this Saturday. Maybe with the water in the swamp help. Had some folk amd a dog jump the stop bank into our pond. Shot into the neighbours to let a shot off then apppered to get there dog to start to work our pond as we were sitting there in the hut. Didn't even see us sitting there which is good in a camouflage perspective but super dangerous. I can see how people easily get shot. I yelled out to them. Nothing wrong with looking in as long as you got permits etc but need to be more observesant of surrounding areas. I did tell them to be careful there are people shooting in thr block.


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les Just Joined Offline labs are the best Posts: 21 Location: Waiau Pa North Waikato Joined: Dec 14^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #9 - May 23^rd, 2021 at 11:36pm	Print Post
	Shot down Aka Aka Waikato river lots of shooters got none worse year in memory .


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Beeinmybonnet Just Joined Offline New Zealand's Hunting and Fishing Forum Posts: 1 Joined: May 29^th, 2021	Re: How did you get on? Reply #10 - Jun 4^th, 2021 at 8:07am	Print Post
	the disappointing game bird numbers we have is largely a result of climate change. Most drains in the Hauraki plains are drying out during breeding time so the options for ducks are canals or oxidation ponds which create botulism as part of the process. Local authorities need to use bird scaring devices or hunters to keep the ducks from settling. Dry summers are not able to be changed so we must adapt to help increase our population. Ring your council to see what can be done or what reception you get.


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mallardbuster Forum Font Offline Bad day hunting beats a good day working Posts: 1401 Location: invercargill Joined: Jan 17^th, 2011 Gender:	Re: How did you get on? Reply #11 - Jun 18^th, 2021 at 8:15am	Print Post
	Went out yesterday with two friends,on a new spot paddock shooting,we ended up with 17 parries,8 mallards and put a very good dent in the pigeon population,also a good dent in the ammo supply ,We had good fun stayed until 4pm,We had trouble with mallards not decoying,it was frustrating,but that’s us for the season personally,but the season goes for much longer,hope everyone is getting behind the save fish and game !!.So happy hunting for the rest of you guys


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