My Blind Bag
Things I must have in my duck hunting blind bag for a day out on the swamp. What have I missed that you have in yours?
February Fishing in the Coromandel
With Best Man Cam having his wedding in Auckland the wife and I decided it would be a great time to take some time out and go to my parents’ place in the Coromandel and we were lucky enough to get out for some fishing. We had a couple of great nights out on the
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas all, it is almost that time of year for a well-deserved break. I am really looking forward to having two weeks off work. Last year the wife and I ended up working through. Hopefully, you all are able to get out and enjoy it. The family and I are heading down to my
Duck Hunting “Off-Season” 2018/2019
To me, there is no such thing as the duck hunting off-season. As such, I have a few things I want to do before the first weekend of May 2019. Ace My number one is to keep working on Ace and improving and making sure he is ready. This is to enforce what he already
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CHITTY, Thomas William – World War I – Le Quesnoy
The 100th anniversary of the liberation of Le Quesnoy (pronounced Le Kenwah) during WWI is today (the 4th of November). I thought it would be fitting to write a small post about my Grandfather Thomas William Chitty. Thomas William Chitty was born on the 20th of April 1896 in England. He enlisted into the New
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North Island and National Compak Sporting Clays Championship 2018
I went and competed in the North Island and National Compak Sporting Clays Championship 2018 held at the Wanganui/Rangitikei Clay Target Club. The North Island Championship was on the 26th of October. The National Championship followed on the 27th and the 28th. My hopes for this event did not happen, with me shooting the worst
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DIY Pigeon Silhouette Decoys
I have made some rock pigeon decoys. This is how I made my first one, plus a full-size template for you to use. I brought a single decoy from Guncity during their sale to use as a starting point. These decoys are painted as the European wood-pigeon, not the rock pigeon found in New Zealand. These
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Duck Hunting Sneak Boat
After another season of hunting ducks on Boggy Pond and Lake Wairarapa, I am thinking of building of a sneak boat for the 2019 duck hunting season. Especially around Boggy Pond, we were never quite where the birds were. The water is too deep to safely wade to the areas the birds were. A small
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Reflection of the 2018 Duck Hunting Season
It is time to look back at my 2018 duck hunting season, it can be summed up with ups and downs, with my main focus on trying to get Ace as much work as I could and to re-enforce the off-season training. Even after 20 plus years of actively hunting ducks, I am still learning
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