m greeny Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 (edited) I dont do many reports but here goes. I set out with not very high hopes as after a great start and mid season we hit december and things have gone down hill rapidly with just an odd duck here and there finding its way in to the game bag. The weather was wild with 40 mph wind and driving rain with the high tide an hour after day break conditions were ideal for the marsh i shot. I threw 8 decoys out and went to pour a brew and already a small group of duck were over the decoys so chucked the flask and got ready. In the half light a group of 3 birds came on and i was gutted i clean missed. Then a pair came and i dropped a pintail with my first shot which the dog brought straight back. Next 3 teal caght me by suprise and were missed. For the next half hour the action was thick and fast with singles pairs and small groups of pintail all coming for a look at the decoys and i was just taking out a single bird each time as it was that rough by the time the dog brought the bird back i didnt want to risk losing a bird. I ended up with a nice bag of 10 pintail then put the gun away and finally had that brew and just sat and watched as pack after pack of duck all came for a look at the decoys with some landing and just driting off with the tide. I wonder where all the duck have appeared from as they have been scarce for weeks but i am not complaing as it was a good flight with the little spaniel working her socks off in the rough water and doing me proud. I have tried to upload a picture but it says its to big so will have to ask the wife nicely when she comes home if she can do it for me. Edited January 9, 2017 by m greeny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokersmith Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Magic stuff, well done .... We've not had a good blow here for a while so looking forwards to something similar soon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flippermaj Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 10 pintail, that's pretty epic, don't think I have even seen 10 in my lifetime! Managed one pintail hen once, still yet to see a drake! Good stuff Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fandango Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Good flight and good write up mark, well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Sounds like a very successful flight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 You should post more. I enjoyed this one. Ten Pintail on one flight is quite something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted January 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Apologies as the wife has given up trying to upload the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Apologies as the wife has given up trying to upload the picture. There are instructions in the sporting images section. If you use some thing like photobucket, upload you photo to that then copy and paste the link into your write up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted January 9, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 There are instructions in the sporting images section. If you use some thing like photobucket, upload you photo to that then copy and paste the link into your write up She has followed the instructions and give up she will give it another go tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiler23 Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Well written, and well deserved bag, as you say it's been poor on duck here lately.. But, you put yourself in the right place at the right time, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Brilliant! I know only a few folk who have shot that many pintail in single flight. A great feat indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 A cracking flight for sure, especially on pinnies. Go to blow up a bit this week I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Well done ( m greeny ) on your excellent report and your superb flight , to get 10 Pintail round these parts now in a flight would be nigh on impossible these days as on average we only get around 100 come on the estuary each year , why that is , I don't know as all the other duck on the list are about in good numbers apart from Mallard which are not rare by no means but are a bit thin on the ground compared to Widgeon and Teal . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Sounds like the stuff real wildfowling memories are made of. Well done. With pintail its so often the case that until you have a stormy day you do not know how many there are on your marsh. Many of them spend the day far out on the muds and just let the tide lift them up , swim around for an hour or two and then get left high and dry again on the muds and carry on feeding. In a gale they can no longer sit in the sea and have to come into the marsh at high tide. I can remember a day on the Wash when after 5 days I never saw more than a dozen pintail at flight and then we had a rough tide and there were at least 3,000 on the marsh. Edited January 10, 2017 by anser2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Well done that man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Thanks for the kind comments chaps I really enjoyed the flight it will be one that I re-live time and time again. I may even be tempted to type another post two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 well done pal glad the dog is doing you proud atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Continental Shooter Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 It's alway nice when you go out with lowhopes ....and end up hitting jackpot!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted January 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 <a href="http://s50.photobucket.com/user/dawngreen557/media/bf5e8fb7-7cee-4852-824e-c38dda59c562_zpswnvofkio.jpg.html"target="_blank"><img src="http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f341/dawngreen557/bf5e8fb7-7cee-4852-824e-c38dda59c562_zpswnvofkio.jpg~original" border="0" alt=" photo bf5e8fb7-7cee-4852-824e-c38dda59c562_zpswnvofkio.jpg"/></a> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 (edited) Lucky boy. Good photo. Edited January 10, 2017 by JDog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moongeese Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Well done, sounds like a great bit of action. Have been a wildfowler all my life, and have never shot a pintail, a duck that is rare around here. A friend of mine from Cumbria shoots a lot of them. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandladdie Posted January 11, 2017 Report Share Posted January 11, 2017 Nice pictures, worth the wait 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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