unapalomablanca Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 I wonder if anyone could tell me where i can go duck hunting in the bucks area. Who could i get in touch with etc?. I am a pigeon shooter but would like the oppurtunity to try duck shooting. Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
borntoshoot Posted September 27, 2010 Report Share Posted September 27, 2010 Where abouts in bucks are you mate? I may be able to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unapalomablanca Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Where abouts in bucks are you mate? I may be able to help. aylesbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Pigeon Posted October 5, 2010 Report Share Posted October 5, 2010 I'd love an opportunity near there too. I am in London at the moment, looking for a place to shoot. Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RossEM Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Bucks is a bit of a desert for duck & goose shooting unfortunately - I'm always on the lookout so will drop you a PM if I hear of anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 Bucks is a bit of a desert for duck & goose shooting .............. Surely not in Aylesbury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cam-S94 Posted November 2, 2010 Report Share Posted November 2, 2010 (edited) Bucks is a bit of a desert for duck & goose shooting unfortunately - I'm always on the lookout so will drop you a PM if I hear of anything! I can't help with getting you guys some shooting but Bucks is far from a desert for Ducks. There are loads of gravel pits, lakes, etc holding tons of duck. Take Tring reservoirs for example, they hold several hundred wigeon, several hundred teal, several hundred divers, and I personally have seen every species of duck that you can shoot there. They are probably no more than 4 miles from Aylesbury as the crow flies and thus are well within a duck's flying distance each evening. My dad, my bother and I shoot approximately a dozen ponds between Bicester and Tring. Some ponds are what you'd call average with maybe a couple of dozen ducks visiting a night, but some spalshes in particular that we shoot on private land have in excess of 300 duck visit them a night. Last year on a pond no more than 5m in diameter, situated in the middle of a sheep field, my dad and I shot 17 ducks between us and we stopped earlier than normal. We shared a gun between us and the duck's were still pouring in while we picked up. That night we picked Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, Gadwall and Shoveler. I know it is very hard to find land to shoot on in Bucks but any pond, properly fed will attract good numbers of ducks. If you already have a permission that doesn't have any water on it, I advise asking the farmer if you could dig one. I know it is a long shout but if granted permission, you would have a very good piece of shooting on your hands. I wish you good luck in trying to find some duck shooting and I wish I could help but most of the ponds we shoot on are through invitation and the ponds on our permissions are owned by landowners who like strictly no guests. Cheers, Cameron. Edited November 2, 2010 by Cam-S94 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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