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Our stone hide was completely demolished by last year's floods. We had it rebuilt before the end of June.

 

I also have seen reasonable duck numbers although we always do this time of year. It did make it hard to concentrate on the hide building though.

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Sorry for the delay in answering mate been flatout, to be honest it's pretty hard to get in anywhere on lough neagh, unless u know someone who already shoots it to get u in to their club it's few and far between, u could contact shaftesbury estate who own all the shooting rights and see if theirs any open location s that u could build a new hide from scratch, hope this helps.

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Tony

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Im moving to Northern Ireland in two weeks and keen to take up wildfowling. Can i get involved?

Lough Neagh is fresh water duck shooting. Granted it is a very big lough, but it is still a fresh water lough.

 

For coastal wildfowling contact BASC NI. Most coastal wildfowling clubs and contacts can be found through them. To be more specific, I'd need to know where in the country you'll be based.

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Are you talking North or South ?

That will determine shot size as we can still use Lead in the South . If using steel you will need to drop down at least 2 sizes , ie my preferred shot size for duck is 5 Lead so for steel you are talking at least size 3 , but then

you need to take into account what load you want to use , 34 gr , 36gr etc. will you be shooting over decoys or pass shooting . Most costal fowling here is Pass shooting .

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Well you can still use lead. 36gr of no 5 , or 4 in a good quality cartridge will take care of your needs , 5 is my preferred load.

The Geese down this way , when I see them are protected so no need for anything bigger .

 

Duck are very scarce on the coast here right now , I shall be Bass and Pollock fishing for a few weeks into the season .

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Well you can still use lead. 36gr of no 5 , or 4 in a good quality cartridge will take care of your needs , 5 is my preferred load.

The Geese down this way , when I see them are protected so no need for anything bigger .

 

Duck are very scarce on the coast here right now , I shall be Bass and Pollock fishing for a few weeks into the season .

Thanks I know a guy in wicklow who says there does be ducks around him sometime and Geese but as you have said the Geese are protected so might ask him to let me know if there are many ducks down with him during the season!
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The National parks and Wildlife service manage the Seasons with the Minister for the Environment /Dment of Arts, Heritage, / that title has changed slightly with our New modified Government) signing into to Law the OPEN SEASONS ORDER .

This is updated from time to time , so the date on the one in the link here , is current . https://www.npws.ie/legislation/irish-law/open-seasons-order , lists species and dates hunting allowed .

 

The main Ducks you will meet will be , Mallard , Teal and Wegion , possibly Shoveler and if you are very lucky Pintail and Gadwall . That's on the coast the other duck listed would be Mostly Inland lake shooting , though any species could turn up

anywhere at anytime . Snipe , Jack Snipe and Golden Plover should be easily found and there was a good number of Jack Snipe around last season . All the same shooting dates , Sept 1st to Jan 31st .

If you are Costal shooting you need a Foreshore Licence from the NPWS , its free but you need to apply for it now . It has gotten a little more red tape like of late but its easy enough to fill out , link for form here .

https://www.npws.ie/licences/hunting/fauna-state-owned-foreshore. It will also cover you for inland state owned lakes a list of which will be included with your paperwork . You do not need this licence if you are shooting over other lake and ponds on private land , but you will need land owner permission to shoot there .

 

A few things to look out for . Bird ID , make sure you know what you are shooting at , with low light and 100s of waders around at times , things can seem Fuzzy . Make sure your dog is up to snuff and retrieving well.

Make sure you know your patch of foreshore , walk it by day at High and low tides , remember an onshore wind , low pressure and a spring tide will drive water levels way past norms . Safety first , theres nothing else like Wildfowling on the Coast in rough weather , enjoy it and make sure you get home in one piece .

Anymore you need to know , fire away.

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The National parks and Wildlife service manage the Seasons with the Minister for the Environment /Dment of Arts, Heritage, / that title has changed slightly with our New modified Government) signing into to Law the OPEN SEASONS ORDER .

This is updated from time to time , so the date on the one in the link here , is current . https://www.npws.ie/legislation/irish-law/open-seasons-order , lists species and dates hunting allowed .

 

The main Ducks you will meet will be , Mallard , Teal and Wegion , possibly Shoveler and if you are very lucky Pintail and Gadwall . That's on the coast the other duck listed would be Mostly Inland lake shooting , though any species could turn up

anywhere at anytime . Snipe , Jack Snipe and Golden Plover should be easily found and there was a good number of Jack Snipe around last season . All the same shooting dates , Sept 1st to Jan 31st .

If you are Costal shooting you need a Foreshore Licence from the NPWS , its free but you need to apply for it now . It has gotten a little more red tape like of late but its easy enough to fill out , link for form here .

https://www.npws.ie/licences/hunting/fauna-state-owned-foreshore. It will also cover you for inland state owned lakes a list of which will be included with your paperwork . You do not need this licence if you are shooting over other lake and ponds on private land , but you will need land owner permission to shoot there .

 

A few things to look out for . Bird ID , make sure you know what you are shooting at , with low light and 100s of waders around at times , things can seem Fuzzy . Make sure your dog is up to snuff and retrieving well.

Make sure you know your patch of foreshore , walk it by day at High and low tides , remember an onshore wind , low pressure and a spring tide will drive water levels way past norms . Safety first , theres nothing else like Wildfowling on the Coast in rough weather , enjoy it and make sure you get home in one piece .

Anymore you need to know , fire away.

Thanks for that very helpful! Most appreciated.
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