scolopax Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Well, real struggle this season, but then most are. Had my fifth blank this morning, not had a duck or goose all season on my club grounds. A very good mate gave me a bit of intel which he himself had be told by a third party. I thought I would act on this and go for an evening flight. Result, one Greylag and one Pink to carry off the marsh. If I had been half an hour earlier I think I could of shot as many as I wished. Anyway, just chuffed to get something! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenshank1 Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Well Done 👍 it’s always rewarding after a couple of blanks . Good luck for the rest of your season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6.5x55SE Posted December 2, 2021 Report Share Posted December 2, 2021 Excellent result 👍 we all need a little help at times hopefully now you have broke the blanks more successful flights will come your way for the rest of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m greeny Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Great result as we all know blanks are part an parcel of the the game but I bet your glad you finally got a couple of birds for the table.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry78 Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 21 hours ago, scolopax said: Well, real struggle this season, but then most are. Had my fifth blank this morning, not had a duck or goose all season on my club grounds. A very good mate gave me a bit of intel which he himself had be told by a third party. I thought I would act on this and go for an evening flight. Result, one Greylag and one Pink to carry off the marsh. If I had been half an hour earlier I think I could of shot as many as I wished. Anyway, just chuffed to get something! Great post unfortunately my season so far been a disaster Regards numbers not that I like to shoot big bags but that’s Wildfowling lol Just Nice to get out away From the stresses of Life 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted December 3, 2021 Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 23 hours ago, scolopax said: Well, real struggle this season, but then most are. Had my fifth blank this morning, not had a duck or goose all season on my club grounds. A very good mate gave me a bit of intel which he himself had be told by a third party. I thought I would act on this and go for an evening flight. Result, one Greylag and one Pink to carry off the marsh. If I had been half an hour earlier I think I could of shot as many as I wished. Anyway, just chuffed to get something! Well done for finally breaking the ice so to speak and putting something in the bag , are you just unlucky , lack of time , live a distance from your fowling grounds or just have been in the wrong place at the wrong time ? We have had a pretty good season up to now with plenty of geese about and a good number of duck , after all the recent rains and the snow we had yesterday the marshes are now getting soaked and just about every marsh holding enough water to draw in a duck or two ,this can be good and bad , the good bit is the water attract the fowl , the bad bit is we have got miles upon miles of marshes that have from a few small splashes to some totally flooded , living near and handy is a big advantage , having the time to go at the drop of a hat is a bigger advantage and knowing the tide times , wind direction and where the duck and geese spend most of their time during daylight hours should give you a nose in front when you venture out to outwit whatever you are going after , GOOD LUCK and hopefully your luck have now changed for the better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2021 Bit of bad luck really, missed a chance or two along the way but we cannot hit them all. We have a large number of geese on the river but we have an even larger area of no shooting areas so a lot of the times I went it was a spectator sport watching Pinks flight off the back of reserve areas. I used to be much more successful when I did many more flights, because a blank flight was often regarded as reconnaissance for another flight a couple of days later. Does not work so well when it is two or three weeks between flights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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