Crossylad Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 just thinking bout getting a small boat to shoot off . anyone recommend a set up and where the best place to get on the water is ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 just thinking bout getting a small boat to shoot off . anyone recommend a set up and where the best place to get on the water is ? I do not think any of the wash clubs will take it kindly you shooting from a boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 I do not think any of the wash clubs will take it kindly you shooting from a boat. Why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crossylad Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 (edited) surly its easy to get in to better places? seen no end use then on the ouse washes ? Edited June 13, 2015 by Crossylad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mat Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 surly its easy to get in to better places? seen no end use then on the ouse washes ? Ouse washes is a who different ball game to the actual wash. I can think of one club that has banned boats on its marsh apart from punt gunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 surly its easy to get in to better places? seen no end use then on the ouse washes ? Its not suppose to be easy is it ? , on the ouse washes a boat is often needed to get to the shooting location due to the flooding . Wildfowling being a difficult sport to master is what sets it apart , how long to you think the geese would stick around with a row of boats anchored just off the front ? how would you know who has done the legwork and is sitting behind you somewhere ? Just my opinion but if you want easy take up clay shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Some areas of the country there is a tradition of shooting from boats, while in others like the Wash there is not ( except punt gunning). I seem to remember a big row when a couple of members from one of the Wash clubs started ending with them being asked to leave the club. I can only speak from experiance on the mid and eastern part of the Wash , but shooting from a boat is not easy, mainly because almost as soon as the average tide reaches the edge of the saltings it turns within an hour or so and quickly empties back across the muds. There would hardly be time to launch before you would be left high and dry. Though this might be different with the bigger creeks found on the western shore. True there would be more time with the big springs and a strong backing north wind , but I would not like to be out on the seaward edge of the green in such conditions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konnie Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 This has been raised at committee meetings, the simple rule is access on to the marsh is only to be through the given points, as mentioned not a help on the wash as lack of water, it has two tides a day, but don't achieve enough for boat use, as no mud shooting around our area. and I would not expect any help from other fowlers if your boat got stuck. It is a hard sport out there and respected as being so, meet it head on and enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 I don't see much reason to justify a ban, though I know of one club in the NW that did just this but then again they also ran out of alphabet to introduce more rules. We are coming to a time when we need more in our ranks not fewer and yet some still think its 1950. We have a short window to build the strength of wildfowling after that the missing age gaps will finish us before anything else, restrictions that are not 100% required for conservation should be put aside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
washwildfowler Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 We've had this a few times over the last few years .. it's because there to ******* lazy to walk out there .. Only punting should be allowed .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kent Posted June 18, 2015 Report Share Posted June 18, 2015 We've had this a few times over the last few years .. it's because there to ******* lazy to walk out there .. Only punting should be allowed .... I see the funny bit of that but also the serious one, we totally need to stop fighting among ourselves though. A boat might have many uses but if it don't effect the conservation side or terms of leases its just sour grapes and a sign of the selfishness that is blighting the future our sport. Now if you walk out a long way and find the journey a waste because someone came in by boat why not just make a rule about notification at the car park or foot access point of you intentions in good time?. Wildfowling has always been first come first served and in order of arrival at the departure point, the days of being faster across the marsh or water is just not on I agree 100% with that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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