Smiler23 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Well that's my first season done, ......does it always feel this bad waiting for September or does it get better in time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Gets worse. Well that's my first season done, ......does it always feel this bad waiting for September or does it get better in time ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Have you considered trying sea trout fishing? Cheers Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Close season blues. This is the time of year for WFWD , wildfowlers withdrawal depression. Wildfowlers withdrawal symptoms ; bored , always glancing at the sky and wind , watching wildfowl on the marsh , cleaning the gun for the first time since September , counting down how many days to the start of the season , clearing wildfowling gear out of the car , telling the dog how many full moons until September 1st, bringing the game diary up to date , but this can cause worse problems when finished as you just want to pick up the gun again. For married wildfowlers there may be acute problems as spouse will have all those odd jobs that have piled up over the past 6 months for you to do. O I nearly forgot , writing rubbish in wildfowling chat rooms. There is not much you can do to relive the symptoms , a few days pigeon shooting does help , but the relief is short lived , club AGMs and meeting with other wildfowlers also gives a short respite though the more drink consumed the better the results. Then the final stage is anticipation , country shows and buying all that gear that you really do not need like the latest in decoys that you can add to your collection of 99 others , repainting old decoys and sorting out gear and at last as the summer draws to a close visits to the marsh again and planning your tactics for the opening day. And as your first duck of the new season hits the water you will be cured for the next 6 months, but beware like malaria the disease is not gone away , just lying dormant but will return next February 21st. Edited March 6, 2015 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E.w. Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 It's all very sad but very true, I spend my time pigeon shooting and training the young labs I have, but there is nothing to replace the pull of the marsh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIDES EDGE Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 anser2 post was spot on I have just finished my 42nd Wildfowling Season and it does not get any better even started reading all my fowling books all over again roll on Sept 1st. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 I do agree with most of anser2 reply , as for being bored no I am sorry I very rarely ( if ever ) get bored , sometimes the weather might upset your plans for whatever you intended to do on that particular day but then you can catch up with the chores that had built up over the winter months. Time is also a big healer , I looked forward to Sept 1st the same as most people , where two or three weeks leading up to the big day I would be down the marsh watching and waiting till it got dark to see what was about and where they were going and for a number of years it paid off as there wasn't many first days where I didn't have a few duck and the odd goose hanging up in my shed. Then three years ago I passed my 50th first day out and if I am honest the two or three years leading up to it was just going through the motions as I didn't really had any intention to shoot what few duck there were on the marshes I go on , so the last two years I have given September a miss as far as taken my gun with me . I still enjoy the sights and sounds of the early season , but the shooting wildfowl bit is gone now , so the craving will ease and get slightly better but it will take time.........a lot of time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) However despite the above post there were times when i almost enjoyed the closed season. I ran a pub on the banks of a Broadland river. Great for the odd shot in winter and for a month or so at the end of the season things were a bit difficult , but once easter arrived so did the holidaymakers and their boats. And with the holiday makers came girls . For the warmer months the sight of bikni clad girls sun bathing on the boats coupled with the nightly dances keep us teenagers happy and then as if by magic they would dissapear with the end of the summer holidays and we could apply our minds to the more serious things of life , like trying to outguess the local greylags. O it was a hard life in those days ! Edited March 6, 2015 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler23 Posted March 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Oh well, judging by you fellas who at 40-50 seasons in, looks like I'll have to learn to deal with it haha, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Do enough in the season so you glad of a rest besides anything else it lets you stay married! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Do enough in the season so you glad of a rest Utter rubbish... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry P Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 I've never been glad the seasons over. But bass fishing helps me through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 I'll agree with that Terry P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Well, I've not had this feeling you are all talking of yet, however I can imagine how it feels - I am eagerly awaiting September this year, my first full season of wildfowling as I have joined my local club for this year (after being shown the ropes by Marshman on here which really inspired me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Well, I've not had this feeling you are all talking of yet, however I can imagine how it feels - I am eagerly awaiting September this year, my first full season of wildfowling as I have joined my local club for this year (after being shown the ropes by Marshman on here which really inspired me). I am sure you will be hooked just as I was when I started two seasons ago, totally different for me than my pigeon shooting, with the pigeon shooting I am always looking for a good bag and will rarely set up if a good few are not on the cards , With the wildfowling just being out there is enough and the bag is secondary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 I am sure you will be hooked just as I was when I started two seasons ago, totally different for me than my pigeon shooting, with the pigeon shooting I am always looking for a good bag and will rarely set up if a good few are not on the cards , With the wildfowling just being out there is enough and the bag is secondary With the wildfowling just being out there is enough and the bag is secondary Well said fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony G Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 With the wildfowling just being out there is enough and the bag is secondary Well said fenboy I will agree with that I could sit out there for hours without shooting anything,and quite often do ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mentalmac Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Thanks chaps, I am really excited and can't wait. I am sure you will be hooked just as I was when I started two seasons ago, totally different for me than my pigeon shooting, with the pigeon shooting I am always looking for a good bag and will rarely set up if a good few are not on the cards , With the wildfowling just being out there is enough and the bag is secondary With the wildfowling just being out there is enough and the bag is secondary Well said fenboy I will agree with that I could sit out there for hours without shooting anything,and quite often do ! Roll on September :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Utter rubbish... without an end there can be no start, no preparation, no anticipation, no time for habitat work. Without all that it mainly just killing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Without a end you would not need a start would you ! While of course we need a close season I am sure people are quite entitled to miss their shooting during it. Kent I am sure you have been fowling long enough to know its far from just killing if that was the case there would be nobody doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 without an end there can be no start, no preparation, no anticipation, no time for habitat work. Without all that it mainly just killing! So I am not allowed to enjoy crop protection as in pigeon shooting? Of course there should be a close season but to say it is time for us to get rested etc is just plain daft. Habitat work goes on all year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Pigeon shooting is not wildfowling and what Kent is talking about. People appreciate the wildfowling season on and off in different ways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Pigeon shooting is not wildfowling and what Kent is talking about. People appreciate the wildfowling season on and off in different ways. Quite correct some just cannot except that fact, it is what it is and out of all the clubs I have been and am in today I don't see work part stuff being booked in the season . My family have put up with a lot trips all over the world for fishing and shooting sometimes you need to sit on the sofa take the kids out to do kid things stop in bed with the wife on a weekend rather than get up and out three hours before first light. I asked my youngest what her favourite day would be like and she said "fishing, birdwatching then watching a film at home with the familly a tub of Ben & Jerrys" In the season that just wont happen Found myself stopping or at least wishing to go less once the birds are locked in pairs Feb time, don't know why, it makes little difference to conservation if they have no nest yet but I have normally bagged my fair share by then Why should I care about pigeon shooting? I have two big fat ones nesting here at present but no crops for 30 miles other than grass , heather and Pine. Cant remember the last date I shot Woodies Dogs never get closed season though I was killing some Magpies the other day in the grounds and the dog was thrilled when he saw the gun so I let him out to flush all the cover with me ( he didn't know the gun was empty ) Perhaps some people need to be " a bit less dog" as the advert says Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reabrook Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Of course there could be no other chain of thought other than yours! Good to see nothing's changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted May 7, 2015 Report Share Posted May 7, 2015 Indeed, good to have Kent back. Of course there could be no other chain of thought other than yours! Good to see nothing's changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.