washwildfowler Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) well this was the last morning flight for me today as i have work in the morning , i was going for a flight with ayano3 this morning but i got a message from him last night saying he was not well and could not make it... (i hope you feel better soon mate ).. i had been out lamping till 2.30 am and when the alarm went off this morning the thought was there at the back of my mind should i , should i not!! but no i slung the quilt back and got my old aching bones out my pit got dressed and down to put the kettle on and get my kit ready , it was 10 past five when i left the house, it's about 10 minute run to the particular marsh i was shooting this morning ... i got to the car park and to my suprise there was no other fowlers down so i got kitted up and set off to my chosen spot , it was just breaking light when i got to my spot there is not much cover where i was, so i got in on the side of the river on a cliff ledge with the dog at the side of me , i loaded the auto up and was sat waiting when there was a single grey come up the river but he went to wide for a decent shot ... another 20 minutes past and i could hear some canadas on the move , i got tucked right in as i could hear them getting closer. i had a quick look and could see they were going to be just wide of me , with that my chance was on..... i pulled onto the last bird of the outside of the skeen as it would be the closest , i hit him with my first but he carried on, i gave him a second shot and rolled him over mid air but no! he was still not finished he picked himself up and dropped to about 2ft of the water and was banking left back towards me , i stayed on him and he was heading straight back towards me , i dropped my gun and pulled back onto him and took him clean out straight over my head and he dropped behind me the dog was straight onto him .. after about 5 minutes , i thought the dog was taking his time, so i went over to have a look where he was and i could see him trying to drag it out a little ankle snapper , it was quite funny to watch but with a bit of encouragement he did drag it back by it's head .. when he got it back to me i could see the reason why he struggled it was one big mother of a canada , we got back in and sat there for another hour and seeing just 3 golden eye go up the middle of the river to far out for a shot i decided to head for home , i put the big mother in my rucksack and onto my shoulders and i thought **** i can see why you struggled lad with it, also i was pleased there was not more to carry off .. well all in all it was a good flight with a nice sunrise plenty of waders about with some great sounds too .. Edited February 19, 2012 by washwildfowler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 (edited) Well done mate good write up and pics edited to say "i slung the quilt back and got my old aching bones out my pit" This made me laugh when you are just a pup to some Edited February 19, 2012 by harrycatcat1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK fowler Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 sweet The end of another season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted February 19, 2012 Report Share Posted February 19, 2012 Good stuff , gutted it's the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 Very well done I went out yesterday evening, we had about 6 Canadas come from the field behind us but they came out about 20ft to my left hand side at about 3ft off the ground, so all we could do was to watch them go past But a great flight and really looking forward to next season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted February 20, 2012 Report Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) Good write up! Went out this morning myself but I didn't get up untill 5.30,(you're keen leaving by ten past! ). Had a mallard and could have had a springing teal so was well worth a trip out. Nice pictures btw Edited February 20, 2012 by wildfowler.250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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