fenboy Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) I met up with washwildfowler for an evening flight tonight . A nice easy and relatively short walk for a change and we were soon at our intended spot which covered a nice splash on the marsh. I set about getting some decoys out using about a dozen each of widgeon and teal between us . Washwildfowler gave me a shout while I was putting them out and I looked up to see five pintail coming straight into the decoys as I stood there gun less , they soon spotted me though and turned away at the last minute. So early signs were good , we found a nice creek to get sat in and awaited the first arrivals ,it did not take too long as I spotted two wigeon curling in from my left I missed with my first shot but caught up with it with my second as it was making a fast getaway and the first was in the bag , washwildfowler missed the other of the pair , it was lucky as it proved to be the only one that made it away safely tonight ! Our next chance were a pair of Mallard which came over from the left , I took the left hand duck while washwildfowler took the right and we were rewarded with them both hitting the ground . We continued to have wigeon coming to us fairly regularly and made the most of our chances tonight shooting some very good birds between us , washwildfowler pulled off a lovely left and right to finish the flight , a great flight with good company , perfect I would say ! Final count was 12 duck , 10 wigeon and 2 mallard , 5 for me and 7 for washwildfowler . We was shooting some of my new homeloads tonight and I was very impressed with them , we shot some duck at decent ranges and did not have any pricked birds at all , every thing was dead in the air , just the way I like it ! Edited October 2, 2015 by fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old farrier Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice write up Well done and thanks for posting 😋 Don't shoot them all and I like the sound of the short walk 😚😂 All the best Of Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Nice write up Well done and thanks for posting Don't shoot them all and I like the sound of the short walk All the best Of There should be even more when you visit OF , they may well be a little wiser though ! I did have the area we shot tonight marked as somewhere to take you if we can squeeze a evening flight in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I think you are becoming a serious health hazard to the Widgeon population in your neck of the woods fenboy , Sound as good as it gets , nice gentle walk , fairly mild evening , shooting well and obliging duck . ..... What more could you ask for ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 1, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 I think you are becoming a serious health hazard to the Widgeon population in your neck of the woods fenboy , Sound as good as it gets , nice gentle walk , fairly mild evening , shooting well and obliging duck . ..... What more could you ask for ? Well a pink would be nice I am having a decent season so far , my duck tally is only 10 less that the whole of last season, I have been putting the effort in though and the more I go the luckier I get ! Still another couple of flights to get in this week . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 A nice flight but 9 wigeon plus 2 mallard equals 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 A nice flight but 9 wigeon plus 2 mallard equals 11 Well spotted , now edited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washwildfowler Posted October 2, 2015 Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I think the flight will be one we both remember for a long time Fenboy , I can't believe I missed the first wigeon but it made good for a bit of banter afterwards Fenboy lol , I did redeem myself after that tho .. It's always good when things go right . We had a cracking set up and most ducks we're committed to the decoy setup . ..just to clarify the count is still wrong it's 13 . Because l thought it was 7 i put in my bag but in fact when I emptied my bag there was 7 wigeon & 1 mallard . So 7+1=8 +5 = 13 is that correct Mr greeny ..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted October 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 2, 2015 I think the flight will be one we both remember for a long time Fenboy , I can't believe I missed the first wigeon but it made good for a bit of banter afterwards Fenboy lol , I did redeem myself after that tho .. It's always good when things go right . We had a cracking set up and most ducks we're committed to the decoy setup . ..just to clarify the count is still wrong it's 13 . Because l thought it was 7 i put in my bag but in fact when I emptied my bag there was 7 wigeon & 1 mallard . So 7+1=8 +5 = 13 is that correct Mr greeny ..? I reckon you must have put one of mine in your bag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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