widgeon man Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Having had a successful start and some good flights upto now, including several great trips away fowling, my sport has slowed considerably! Pondering this over a cup of tea, we saw crows locked in flight and blue tits inspecting the nesting boxes( in the back garden)!!!! I'm wondering now if the lower numbers of duck will be all we see?? Seems perhaps nature belives spring is in the air and perhaps the duck are stopping back in Europe?? Has anyone else been thinking similar?! I was still hopeful that this cold would ring a change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Things have certainly slowed after a good start , barely saw anything last time I was down the marsh , I thought the duck may have left the foreshore for the inland washes but even they are not holding the duck I would expect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 You are both right it has been quite but it hasn't been a waste of time . there are duck about but not as many as last year at this time . If we keep waiting for the right conditions or duck using a particular marsh or whatever we could be in for a long wait. I have had several blanks but I have had a nice lot of duck in between and a few Pinks . Each season I put in my diary at least once ( that was the best flight of the season ) and up to now I haven't had one that I would class as the best of the season , maybe over the next six weeks one will come along.......but if it don't it wont be for a lack of trying . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowlingmad Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 The duck have disappeared off our patch, seen only one teal and a pair of mallard in last 2 flights! No shots fired, but there are plenty of geese about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Having had a successful start and some good flights upto now, including several great trips away fowling, my sport has slowed considerably! Pondering this over a cup of tea, we saw crows locked in flight and blue tits inspecting the nesting boxes( in the back garden)!!!! I'm wondering now if the lower numbers of duck will be all we see?? Seems perhaps nature belives spring is in the air and perhaps the duck are stopping back in Europe?? Has anyone else been thinking similar?! I was still hopeful that this cold would ring a change? Plenty wigeon at Sutton yesterday Brad ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver pigeon 3 Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Was out this morning and it was dead on the estuary, nothing moving. Had a good night last night on the teal though putting 4 and a drake mallard in the bag so a few knocking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Still plenty of good goose numbers still about if you are prepared to travel about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 On saterday I and a couple of friends were shooting in the Broads and we had a good flight getting 19 duck and a pink and 4 greylag and my gun jammed letting 6 skiens of very low greylag past unshot at. So we have plenty of duck and geese on our marsh. But our main duck are wigeon on this inland marsh and we only had 2 in the bag of mallard gadwall and teal , usually they make up 75% of the bag. Wigeon seem in short supply inland and on the coast in my shooting areas. On the subject of jamming I use a Browning Gold but it does not like mixing 3 and 3.5 inch shells which I was doing as a mix of duck and geese were flighting over me. Sometines it fails to eject the second cartridge, sometimes failing to cock the gun.Anyone else hav similar problems. Shoot all 3 or all 3.5 inch shells and all is fine. The problem was I had no 3 inch goose shells with me ( I was not expecting more than an odd goose to be about and there were hundreds ) so had to use a mix of both lengths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 On saterday I and a couple of friends were shooting in the Broads and we had a good flight getting 19 duck and a pink and 4 greylag and my gun jammed letting 6 skiens of very low greylag past unshot at. So we have plenty of duck and geese on our marsh. But our main duck are wigeon on this inland marsh and we only had 2 in the bag of mallard gadwall and teal , usually they make up 75% of the bag. Wigeon seem in short supply inland and on the coast in my shooting areas. On the subject of jamming I use a Browning Gold but it does not like mixing 3 and 3.5 inch shells which I was doing as a mix of duck and geese were flighting over me. Sometines it fails to eject the second cartridge, sometimes failing to cock the gun.Anyone else hav similar problems. Shoot all 3 or all 3.5 inch shells and all is fine. The problem was I had no 3 inch goose shells with me ( I was not expecting more than an odd goose to be about and there were hundreds ) so had to use a mix of both lengths. Your not the first to have problems with the browning gold , the solution is simple here is a step by step guide . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FJ2FDcIZs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Your not the first to have problems with the browning gold , the solution is simple here is a step by step guide . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FJ2FDcIZs That was a bit extreme Fenboy , he should have tried to get the case out for reloading Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I cant afford to chuck my gun away and 99% of the time its no problem , its mainly when I mix 3 and 3.5 inch shells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Perhaps its not letting a 3.5 " out of the magazine quickly enough , could be it needs a new magazine spring or the inside of the magazine tube needs a clean through . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I cant afford to chuck my gun away and 99% of the time its no problem , its mainly when I mix 3 and 3.5 inch shells. I would try a new mag spring. The only trouble I have had with my gun (xtrema) has been when the spring has got too worn. A replacement soon sorts this out. Worth a go, and the spring should be cheap enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawntredder Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 I never used to have bother with mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 Your not the first to have problems with the browning gold , the solution is simple here is a step by step guide . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FJ2FDcIZs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
widgeon man Posted December 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I have shot from one end of the country to the other this season shakin!!! Visit the wash and surrounding area most weeks despite living in the south! : o The south coast has reasonable numbers, but the east coast has not had the numbers, not where I have looked anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 I have shot from one end of the country to the other this season shakin!!! Visit the wash and surrounding area most weeks despite living in the south! : o The south coast has reasonable numbers, but the east coast has not had the numbers, not where I have looked anyway Where do you shoot on the east coast up North ? Pm if you like, I've had two trips up north this year and shot my personal bag limit on geese by the 4th morning , I do move round a bit usually don't shoot the same firth twice in one day. 0ther than that I shoot the wash , had a few good flights on the geese not had many duck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted December 15, 2014 Report Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) I was out on the N Norfolk Coast guiding an winner from the 1213 Rockland auction today we saw plenty of teal tide flighting with several hundred comming into the decoys giving us both some very good , but testing shooting, but very few wigeon with only one in the bag . Unfortunetly the pinks are all roosting on a flooded field inland and just two small skiens came in off the sands at dawn. Edited December 15, 2014 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted December 16, 2014 Report Share Posted December 16, 2014 Your not the first to have problems with the browning gold , the solution is simple here is a step by step guide . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-FJ2FDcIZs I have only just watched, now that was funny He must have been seriously peed off with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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