With the forecast for some SW winds and rain, I thought it would be good to head over the hill to try my luck at JK Donald Block for a quick evening duck hunt. Drove over in the rain and found what looked like a suitable spot not too far from where I was able […]
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Well, duck hunting opening 2016 week has come and gone. I am on call for the upcoming weekend so I thought it a good time for an update. It was another great week down south, even if it was really warm, calm and clear skies. Driving back north it peaked at 27°C. I wasn’t quite
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We are getting very close to the opening of the Duck Hunting season. Last weekend there was The Gun Shop sponsored duck shooters shoot again at the Upper Hutt Clay Target Club. It was a good shoot again apart from some issues with a few traps in our morning start it went well. I had
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With the purchase of my new gun the Beretta A400 Action I thought it would be good to pattern it and see what is happening with the steel loads we are using. There are two types of ammunition that I have. Gamebore Magnum Steel in American 3 Shot (3.5mm), 36 gram and Baschieri & Pellagri
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Finally got to give the new gun a good shoot, at the annual Hunting and Fishing 2016 Duck Shooters pre-season Clay Bird Shoot held at the Hutt Valley Clay Target Club. It was another great shoot put on by the club with a couple of exceptions. With some targets and traps not overly thought
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Justin took me over to Trentham Rifle Range for him to have a go at getting used to his new rifle a Remington Model 783 in .308. Took a few shots for them to hit the target. Even though the store said the rifle was sighted in at 100m. It was unlikely as the scope
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After the controversy of “Cecil” the lion being shot and killed in Africa recently I thought this would be a good time to have a say on why I hunt. I would like to start out that not all hunting is just for sport, and hopefully my following writing can give some other perspective on
With the 2015 Duck Hunting Season finished for me, I thought this would be a great time to reflect on the season past. Season 2015 Opening Weekend The season started out great with a trip down to my Father-In-Laws place again. He had put in the hard work of feeding the place and having it
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Found this article below on the Duck Unlimited website on why we miss, it is a great read. I am sure there are plenty of waterfowlers out there that have felt the same as said here, I definitely have in my 18-year career so far. Have a read you may even find ways to improve
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A trip over to Boggy Pond Lagoon just south of Lake Wairarapa a few weekends ago to see if I could finally get a Wellington Mallard. The weather forecast was promising with strong South-Westerly with the odd heavy rain shower passing through. Justin met at my place at 5 am and we loaded the truck up
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