Ira Posted September 28, 2015 Report Share Posted September 28, 2015 Well after a couple of abortive attempts to sit out on the old effluent ponds at work, now disused,cleaned up, fed and cut back, I took a local lad up to the farm to see what we could see. I owed him a shoot for allowing me to shoot his permission on my doorstep and a couple of roost shoots,looks like we could have a good shooting partnership happening with land each in diverse areas. So basically I have a disused reed bed pond system for taking care of farm effluent, there are 3 ponds in a line with a 4' bund between each. Each bund has 3 breaks to allow a flow. The ponds are deep and one entire side has power cables and a large tree line, which I can do nothing about. In reality it is not an ideal set up but its what I have. So I have tethered a raft out in the middle pond, I have used 2 posts and a wire rope so I can pull it in and out and feed it up with barley every so often. Also a large bucket feeder with a spring wosit me call it up on a bank. A little bit of cutting back the reeds to expose some banks and a willow hide crafted using some hedge laying skills and I think we are ready. The food has been going so unless the coots are having it all I know there are ducks getting in, when I don't know!! Well tonight didn't break any records and I would never want to on duck, the ponds suit only 2-3 guns so the pair of us rolled up and soon a flight came over, they circled a number of times and eventually committed and we had success, this was swiftly followed by another couple of smaller flights and each flight saw us with a pair. Then the banter started and the ducks stopped, they went into a quieter splash a hundred yards up. We came away with a brace and a drake each, all mallard. The moon came out and lit the ponds we had a laugh, we both shot well, we left and the splash rose up with a half dozen birds, we left them to feed and keep the ponds healthy for next time. Cracking night and looking forward to a fortnights time and hopefully another great evening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted September 29, 2015 Report Share Posted September 29, 2015 Perfic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Sounds like a great evening, and what it is all about. Going home with a couple of birds and having fun doing it. Well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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