fenboy Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 (edited) I was invited for a flight on the ouse washes this morning by Muncher off the forum. We met up at the arranged time and was soon at the wash , Jules ( muncher) decided that our best chance for some action was to shoot the river as most of the washes were frozen over and he had some info from a friend that a lot of wigeon were seen grazing the river bank the previous day. With the duck getting rather decoy shy this time of year he elected just to put 5 out in the river on a mother line . The hide was soon up and we waited for the action to start , a couple of shots further up the washes told us the duck were on the move and it was not long before we had our first chance as a pack of widgeon headed our way , we saluted them with a few shots and they carried on without a feather ruffled . Jules had the next chance but on pulling the trigger he got a click instead of a bang , something that happened on another 3 or 4 occasions they were eley lightning that had previously got wet and they clearly did not like it , I tried one in my gun with the same result so we knew for certain it was the cartridges rather than gun . We missed another chance or two and its fair to say neither of us were shooting our best though most chances were high and fast , we did have two or three decoy which were dealt with efficiently and both shot some nice ones . Jules dog Millie did some sterling work while mine disgraced me by twice crossing the river for a retrieve and refusing to come back across So much training to be done once this season is done and dusted . We finished with a nice bag of 9 widgeon 2 teal and a unlucky pigeon . Thanks for the invite Jules a very enjoyable flight . Edited January 21, 2015 by fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Hi Glad you had a good flight Thanks for sharing All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Good flight. Your dog didn't want to return to the pair of you shooting blanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent bag of duck , both you and " muncher " done well in the icy conditions , as for your dog, hes still young and he done well going across the river and like you say, you know what he can do and what he needs more time spent on what he cant or wont do . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent bag of duck , both you and " muncher " done well in the icy conditions , as for your dog, hes still young and he done well going across the river and like you say, you know what he can do and what he needs more time spent on what he cant or wont do . Yes I will be working on his faults in the closed season , not sure what went wrong this time as he is confident enough in the water , in fact he retrieved the first one I dropped in the middle of the river no problem , just the ones that I dropped over the river caused problems , unfortunately when they are one side of a river and you are the other there is very little you can do to correct the situation and its rather embarrassing when your with someone else its very frustrating as he is capable of doing it all perfectly well when he is in the mood . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 well done, sounds like you had a good day, any sight of that elusive pintail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 well done, sounds like you had a good day, any sight of that elusive pintail. We saw a pair of pintail drakes but unfortunately they stayed out of range . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aister Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Excellent, sounds like a nice flight, nice looking birds too :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widgeon man Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I maybe wrong but jules dog is Millie I think?! Unless she is going under an alias?! Ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 I maybe wrong but jules dog is Millie I think?! Unless she is going under an alias?! Ha! Your quite right , thats what early mornings do to you , I best edit my post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonychez Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Which one of the washes were you shooting fenboy. Looks like you had a good do well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Which one of the washes were you shooting fenboy. Looks like you had a good do well done As a guest I dont think it would be fair to give the exact location as I know Jules has a few more days shooting planned between now and the end of the season . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well done both of you. Quite a bit of water about on the Washes isn't there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 Well done both of you. Quite a bit of water about on the Washes isn't there. Yes they were fairly well covered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK fowler Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 As a guest I dont think it would be fair to give the exact location as I know Jules has a few more days shooting planned between now and the end of the season .your learning .lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 your learning .lol I dont think I have ever given a exact location for anything I have shot on here , I have a few people who I will share what I know with as they will me . I am happy to point other people that ask in the right direction (not that I know a lot ! ) without serving things up on a plate for them , on this occasion I was shooting as a guest and I don't think giving the location away would be the right way to treat the person who has taken me out . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muncher Posted January 22, 2015 Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) I was invited for a flight on the ouse washes this morning by Muncher off the forum. We met up at the arranged time and was soon at the wash , Jules ( muncher) decided that our best chance for some action was to shoot the river as most of the washes were frozen over and he had some info from a friend that a lot of wigeon were seen grazing the river bank the previous day. With the duck getting rather decoy shy this time of year he elected just to put 5 out in the river on a mother line . The hide was soon up and we waited for the action to start , a couple of shots further up the washes told us the duck were on the move and it was not long before we had our first chance as a pack of widgeon headed our way , we saluted them with a few shots and they carried on without a feather ruffled . Jules had the next chance but on pulling the trigger he got a click instead of a bang , something that happened on another 3 or 4 occasions they were eley lightning that had previously got wet and they clearly did not like it , I tried one in my gun with the same result so we knew for certain it was the cartridges rather than gun . We missed another chance or two and its fair to say neither of us were shooting our best though most chances were high and fast , we did have two or three decoy which were dealt with efficiently and both shot some nice ones . Jules dog Millie did some sterling work while mine disgraced me by twice crossing the river for a retrieve and refusing to come back across So much training to be done once this season is done and dusted . We finished with a nice bag of 9 widgeon 2 teal and a unlucky pigeon . Thanks for the invite Jules a very enjoyable flight . Your welcome glad you had a good time, I enjoyed the hobnobs ,you forgot to mention Milo bringing the decoys back in mid flight. Edited January 22, 2015 by muncher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted January 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2015 I was invited for a flight on the ouse washes this morning by Muncher off the forum. We met up at the arranged time and was soon at the wash , Jules ( muncher) decided that our best chance for some action was to shoot the river as most of the washes were frozen over and he had some info from a friend that a lot of wigeon were seen grazing the river bank the previous day. With the duck getting rather decoy shy this time of year he elected just to put 5 out in the river on a mother line . The hide was soon up and we waited for the action to start , a couple of shots further up the washes told us the duck were on the move and it was not long before we had our first chance as a pack of widgeon headed our way , we saluted them with a few shots and they carried on without a feather ruffled . Jules had the next chance but on pulling the trigger he got a click instead of a bang , something that happened on another 3 or 4 occasions they were eley lightning that had previously got wet and they clearly did not like it , I tried one in my gun with the same result so we knew for certain it was the cartridges rather than gun . We missed another chance or two and its fair to say neither of us were shooting our best though most chances were high and fast , we did have two or three decoy which were dealt with efficiently and both shot some nice ones . Jules dog Millie did some sterling work while mine disgraced me by twice crossing the river for a retrieve and refusing to come back across So much training to be done once this season is done and dusted . We finished with a nice bag of 9 widgeon 2 teal and a unlucky pigeon . Thanks for the invite Jules a very enjoyable flight . Your welcome glad you had a good time, I enjoyed the hobnobs ,you forgot to mention Milo bringing the decoys back in mid flight. Oh yeah I had forgot about that little gem , at least he brought them to our side of the river rather than sitting on the far bank with them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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