Goose hunt Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) Lookin forward to a few flights of ducks and geese on this months moon! Edited November 20, 2012 by Goose hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Tuesday 27th with a high tide around 22:30 ish at Liverpool. Perfect for moon following evening flight cloud cover being right i should be out, just me and the dog at a favourite spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) And then ten days after the moon will be gone thank god. I never like the full moon period. It plays havok with goose flight times . Give me a dark night and then you will know the geese will flight at dawn \ dusk. Over the years i have spent too many moonlight nights when the sky was perfect nights and they just decided to stay on the roost until dawn , nights when the sky blew clear and you cound not pick them out against the stars and nights when the cloud was too thick and not a goose had moved . Yes i have had a few magic nights , but I recon on 95% of the moonlight flights I have done over the last 40 years I have never had a shot. Edited November 20, 2012 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 (edited) And then ten days after the moon will be gone thank god. I never like the full moon period. It plays havok with goose flight times . Give me a dark night and then you will know the geese will flight at dawn \ dusk. Over the years i have spent too many moonlight nights when the sky was perfect nights and they just decided to stay on the roost until dawn , nights when the sky blew clear and you cound not pick them out against the stars and nights when the cloud was too thick and not a goose had moved . Yes i have had a few magic nights , but I recon on 95% of the moonlight flights I have done over the last 40 years I have never had a shot. Yep, geese need to be pushed off by tide or by desire to feed inland say. tide is a lot more predictable than the desire to feed under the moon especially if its acompanied by a good blow. I will be out for Duck with the chance of goose, without saying too much i know they are likely to come and it aint got too much to do with either food or tide. non the less there is something special about being there Edited November 20, 2012 by kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherwayup Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm new to all this so have a couple of beginners Full Moon / Duck related questions - Don't Ducks flight inland in the evening, so won't they just stay put, feeding inland throughout the night of a Full Moon? - If they have moved inland, will a High Tide during the night have no relevance? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose hunt Posted November 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 When the moons on it messies up everything feeding patens and flight times ! Thay can feed and fly at anytime . Think about it it's day time 2 them! I tend 2 find a field were geese and ducks r feeding, walk them off at half 3 4 ish and go bck around 8ish . May go out earlier or later depending on tides!! But not all the time thay go back to the forshaw , thay can drop in somewhere else in land!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markyboy Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I'm starting to dislike the moon, had one of my best nights 4 seasons ago but since then it's been poor with poor numbers, poor tides and no wind!!! At first it was something differant shooting in the light of the moon but the novelty soon wears off! The only way you get me out if there's a good few thousand birds there and a force 10 gale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfgpm Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 In Germany we are only allowed to hunt ducks and geese 1 1/2 hours befor dawn to 1 1/2 hours after dusk. The best days are windy grey and rainy days without any moon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzypigeon Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I've never had a flight under the moon.....it's one thing I'd love to do maybe in the new year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Still a good time for poachers though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I'm new to all this so have a couple of beginners Full Moon / Duck related questions - Don't Ducks flight inland in the evening, so won't they just stay put, feeding inland throughout the night of a Full Moon? - If they have moved inland, will a High Tide during the night have no relevance? Thanks. ducks can feed inland at any time, they can also roost all day there. they can also use the marsh to feed though they still need acess to fresh water at some stage. if they are already well inland obviously the tide has no impact. I have seen geese sit on the tide edge and not move off to feed all night on a good bright moon and i have seen no duck be on the marsh at normal evening flight on a dark moon, that the thing with wildfowling its rarely a sure thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose hunt Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 (edited) In Germany we are only allowed to hunt ducks and geese 1 1/2 hours befor dawn to 1 1/2 hours after dusk. The best days are windy grey and rainy days without any moon. Edited November 21, 2012 by Goose hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfgpm Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose hunt Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Sorry about that jfgpm!! How do I reply 2 you with ur reply in the same box!! Like Kent has done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 use the quote button in the bottom of the post you wish to paste Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Never seem to get the cloud right. Do you guys go out and hope the cloud comes. Or wait at home and leave if it looks right? I tend to do the latter and it can come and go by the time you get out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 i just go up around 2am and sit and wait to see if the moon shows itself,stay up til morn flight done then back to me pit...satday me thinks might be a goer!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Go out at 2? I was thinking more like 10-11pm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayano3 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I must go early, the last moon I was there about 8pm and stayed to midnight. Still got nothing. Would stay longer but had to be up for 6 for work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goose hunt Posted November 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Kent ! Done that then do I clear all the wrighting in the box o write it undereigh !! Sorry about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daz2202 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 And then ten days after the moon will be gone thank god. I never like the full moon period. It plays havok with goose flight times . Give me a dark night and then you will know the geese will flight at dawn \ dusk. Over the years i have spent too many moonlight nights when the sky was perfect nights and they just decided to stay on the roost until dawn , nights when the sky blew clear and you cound not pick them out against the stars and nights when the cloud was too thick and not a goose had moved . Yes i have had a few magic nights , but I recon on 95% of the moonlight flights I have done over the last 40 years I have never had a shot. I am 100% with arnser. I have spent more hours than I care to think about sitting under the big cheese looking at a blank sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I don't like moon either. But, on the other had, its another excuse to be out on the marsh. Never had a good moon flight yet at geese. Wigeon yes, but not geese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Go out at 2? I was thinking more like 10-11pm works for me been doing it for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Well no cloud tonight and the morning and evening flight has been poor. Don't like a full moon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler12 Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 A fair few pinks have just flew over my house, I wish I was on the marsh :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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