6.5x55SE Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 Had 19 so far !!! Yep thats right 19 flights for one pink and a few duck along the way[/quote Well done mate and i bet you enjoyed and can remember the shot 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 14, 2016 Report Share Posted November 14, 2016 (edited) Out again this morning for a tide flight , that's 3 Mondays on the trot I have had some birds and yet each has been in very different weather conditions. . The first was in flat calm and fog and yielded 10 duck, the second in a strong north wind and bright sunshine and yielded 12 birds between two of us and this morning in a light south wind and rain produced 3 wigeon and 2 teal. Today however there were a lot fewer duck about . The number of wigeon and teal seen on the first two days was in the thousands , but today I only saw about 50 duck. We have had a lot of rain in the last few days and yesterday while doing wildfowl counts I saw a lot of small bunches of wigeon coming off the sea very high and heading inland at midday so I would guess there must be some flooding\flashes inland now. With the waining moon midweek its time to start to think about chasing the pinks now. Edited November 14, 2016 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaniel Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Not to bad to the start of the season so far I have had a couple of teal a hen wigeon and my first canada on a low water club Marsh Next week off to the river tay and a morning on the stubble with montrose shooting breaks so looking desperately for my first pink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratty1 Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 First flight of the season last night for me due to slight accident in September, felt well enough to swing a gun so thought I'd venture out, managed to get a Canada out of a bunch that crossed with the wind up there ****, was very pleased as I thought I would struggle with swinging the gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted November 17, 2016 Report Share Posted November 17, 2016 Not to bad to the start of the season so far I have had a couple of teal a hen wigeon and my first canada on a low water club Marsh Next week off to the river tay and a morning on the stubble with montrose shooting breaks so looking desperately for my first pink Good luck on your trip up north next week and I hope we will soon be reading about your first Pinkfoot. First flight of the season last night for me due to slight accident in September, felt well enough to swing a gun so thought I'd venture out, managed to get a Canada out of a bunch that crossed with the wind up there ****, was very pleased as I thought I would struggle with swinging the gun. Glad your on the mend and well done on your Canada Goose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 A Canada and two mallard for me on Monday morning on the bit of ground I shoot in the Nene valley in Northants. My young Lab bitch made her first retrieve on a goose, all 13lb 11oz of it and made a pretty good job of it. In her first four trips she has found and picked a mallard on the Wash, six wigeon and a teal on and around a pond just inside the sea wall in Essex, including one that planned out into a ditch, a mallard on a lake at evening flight in the same fair county plus the goose and mallard in Northants. She is still a work in progress but certainly has game, well fowl finding ability. Back up to Northants on Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie10 Posted November 18, 2016 Report Share Posted November 18, 2016 A Canada and two mallard for me on Monday morning on the bit of ground I shoot in the Nene valley in Northants. My young Lab bitch made her first retrieve on a goose, all 13lb 11oz of it and made a pretty good job of it. In her first four trips she has found and picked a mallard on the Wash, six wigeon and a teal on and around a pond just inside the sea wall in Essex, including one that planned out into a ditch, a mallard on a lake at evening flight in the same fair county plus the goose and mallard in Northants. She is still a work in progress but certainly has game, well fowl finding ability. Back up to Northants on Monday. Good news she is coming good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Got up early Sat morning got to my closest marsh, had two wigeon, not a pair, there seems to be a few more birds banging about now. Going to start hitting the marshes more from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerron Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 iv had 3 flights at the Tay so far this year all have been successful, first outing we had a brace of mallard and 4 canadas,second flight produced 5 teal and the last 1 we had 6 duck including teal and wigeon, heading back out on Saturday so fingers crossed Got up early Sat morning got to my closest marsh, had two wigeon, not a pair, there seems to be a few more birds banging about now. Going to start hitting the marshes more from now. That's a bonny looking dog fal, similar to my old dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerron Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Got up early Sat morning got to my closest marsh, had two wigeon, not a pair, there seems to be a few more birds banging about now. Going to start hitting the marshes more from now. That's a bonny looking dog fal, similar to my old dog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 That's a bonny looking dog fal, similar to my old dog He's a cracker gerron, I don't know where I'd be without him, I trust him completely. He's turned out a great dog! He's 4 next year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerron Posted November 21, 2016 Report Share Posted November 21, 2016 Yeah my dog "oak" is the same but he's 10 yrs old now he still manages a couple of days a week at the beating or picking up but he's started to get cold really quickly when on the foreshore, I Put him over my bitch last year and have kept 2 pups out of him but there a bit young to try just yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) ! Edited November 23, 2016 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 (edited) Tilly's first goose. Edited November 23, 2016 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guttersnipe Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 She certainly looks keen and is a very bonny dog - i hope it's the first of many geese to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 She is a cracking looking dog! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted November 23, 2016 Report Share Posted November 23, 2016 Cracking pic of the pooch and well done done on her first goose I hope it's the first of many Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildfowler Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 A couple from a trip earlier this week. A fair few duck about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted November 26, 2016 Report Share Posted November 26, 2016 Tilly's first goose. What's the gun? Looks similar to my double full choke, Midland 3" Magnum! Oh and nice looking Lab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 It is indeed a Midland 3". What's the gun? Looks similar to my double full choke, Midland 3" Magnum!Oh and nice looking Lab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted November 30, 2016 Report Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) its not about numbers ,its about enjoying what you do,all these posts are either antis or dont get much shooting, for me up here north of aberdeen a walk with the dogs in the morning can produce a bag of five geese,yes five,no more as i have to carry the things home,makes me laugh Honestly, I don't think it's difficult to shoot a lot of geese. I've got no time for it. I always end up with roughly the same number at the end of each season. If I have a decent flight, I'll not go back out for them for several weeks. In my opinion, even leaving them in the freezer for all eternity doesn't count as using them. Thankfully most folk shoot in moderation and have self restraint. Edited November 30, 2016 by wildfowler.250 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fal Posted December 8, 2016 Report Share Posted December 8, 2016 13 degrees the truck reckons the temp was this morning, and it has been raining all night. Wildfowling on hold, we had proper frosts here last week, the weather is mad!!! I got out the night before last, absolutely nothing about, saw one very late pack of widgeon but it was too late , they were out of range by the time I saw them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjohn63 Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Morning flight at Lindisfarne end of November,got shots at a pack of Wigeon in the half light and missed,then a bit later got 40 Pinks over the top and got this one,could have probably got another out of the skein but ones enough for me these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandango Posted December 14, 2016 Report Share Posted December 14, 2016 Morning flight at Lindisfarne end of November,got shots at a pack of Wigeon in the half light and missed,then a bit later got 40 Pinks over the top and got this one,could have probably got another out of the skein but ones enough for me these days. Nice one Jimjohn like your way of thinking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted December 15, 2016 Report Share Posted December 15, 2016 Did the little cocker retrieve it? Morning flight at Lindisfarne end of November,got shots at a pack of Wigeon in the half light and missed,then a bit later got 40 Pinks over the top and got this one,could have probably got another out of the skein but ones enough for me these days. 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.