Big Mat Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Does anyone else here make trips to the marsh in the off season? I made a few trips to sheps whites access point last year in the months before the season as it was my first season and it allowed me to get a feel for the place and have a look around without interrupting anyones shooting. It certainly helped as it gave me a rough idea of the place before i started shooting there. While i was down there is gave a chance to pick some samphire, and pick up any rubbish i came across while i was down there. I shall be doing plenty more trips in the next 6 months so have a look at places i didnt visit over the course of the season and look at the routes out there etc. As well as picking samphire and walking the dog! Does anyone else do the same? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 123 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Was out today at grainthorpe looking at some new spots plus doing some dummy work with the dog I enjoy it as much as being out there with the gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 (edited) I quite often walk the dog on the marsh during the closed season and usualy take my bins or sometimes a telescope to watch the wildlife. Edited March 9, 2013 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigman Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 Sounds like a good idea mate , never been wild fowling but hoping to get involved one day , a friend of mine from Lynn is always banging on about samphire hoping to try that soon also Atb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Ghost Posted March 9, 2013 Report Share Posted March 9, 2013 I will be on the solway Marsh next week with some family shooters for a look about prior to some crow shooting. It will allow them to tell me about the season they have had, and for me to show them all the places I fell in. I have got a weeks leave from the Fens & can't think of a better place to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrold Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 I'll give you a shout soon matt and have a walk out with you in a month or two, we'll go find our way to them places we talked about and see what the crack is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Some marshes are best left undisturbed as they hold ground nesters and other creatures that are better left alone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 (edited) I was out this morning in a north east gale and driving snow on my local marsh. It was alive with wigeon with a few mallard and teal. The dog enjoyed her walk - I think - she was caked in snow by the time we got back to the car . The flask of tea was bliss when we thawed out , but what a morning. Close views of a small flock of pochard , a duck we never seen during the season , plenty of cracking drake pintails and shovellers in the creeks and brents everywhere. A few things to note too for next season , a creek changing course to cut through the sand dunes following last nights storm and the height of the strand line showing how high the tide came during the hours of darkness. Kent is right some marshes or areas of marsh are best left quiet now the nesting season is almost upon us. Though the marsh i was on this morning on the North Norfolk coast has 100s of visitors ( walkers , bird watchers , cockle diggers and fishermen ) over the course of the summer so I do not think my walk did any harm. Edited March 10, 2013 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washwildfowler Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 with it only being a 2 minute walk to my nearest marsh .... myself and the family spend a lot of time down the marsh though the summer months swimming having BBQ down there walking the dogs and so on .. my daughter loves the mud baths .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted March 10, 2013 Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 yeh always go up lindisfarne in the close season..seem to find sumit differant each time and a new place to try for forth coming season..put the time in and you get ya just rewards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted March 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2013 Part of the marsh i visit gets regularly gets blown up, so i dont think me going for a walk down there will do it any harm! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoggy Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I walk the dog on Nene Washes everyday Mat......Same as Washwildfowler its right on my doorstep. Always take my Bins with me. Today was absolutely freezing, the wind chill factor being the culprit. I actually enjoy the Washes out of season....the wildlife is amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayano3 Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 No sense of adventure mat You wouldn't be the first to wander on the range and won't be the last. I go down a fair bit to walk and keep the dog training ready for the season and to get Samphire. Hope to get the fundog scurry organised if there is enough interest once it stops snowing...maybe May ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 I walk the dog on Nene Washes everyday Mat......Same as Washwildfowler its right on my doorstep. Always take my Bins with me. Today was absolutely freezing, the wind chill factor being the culprit. I actually enjoy the Washes out of season....the wildlife is amazing. I occasionally walk the dog along the sea wall near ongar hill in the summer, always full of wildlife down there! I can agree about the cold, i managed 5 minutes working on the car this evening before my fingers were that cold i couldnt do up a nut and bolt No sense of adventure mat You wouldn't be the first to wander on the range and won't be the last. I go down a fair bit to walk and keep the dog training ready for the season and to get Samphire. Hope to get the fundog scurry organised if there is enough interest once it stops snowing...maybe May ! I should think it'll stop snowing and start to get really warm, somewhere around 31st August Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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