if you want a evening flight feed last thing in the evening. barley and molasses soaked in an onion bag leave it on the edge of the pond.when the other ducks get the sweet smell of molasses off the ducks beeks they will come in droves.

I was going through a 40 kg bag every 5 days.feed for a week then hit it.

For what it is worth I have fed a pond for a few years now and through trial and error have found that a good size bucket of barley will feed 100 ducks, the secret is to do it every day. If you put in too much then the ducks can drop in all night and know they will get a feed. Put in less and there will be competition among the ducks for the feed so they will come earlier to get first in line.
Whole barley is better than rolled in so much as you can feed the shallows where the ducks can dabble whereas rolled barley can float away to sink in deeper water.
Pick a windy evening to shoot the pond, then the sound of the shots will be dampened and not deter too many of the incoming ducks.
Quit shooting while the ducks are still coming in, collect shot birds as they fall if possible (that way when you finish shooting you can leave the late comers undisturbed) and leave a fortnight between shoots but be flexible to allow for wind etc.
When the main rivers flood the mallard will not come to a pond so often, but by then you should have teal on tap to make up for it.
Happy shooting.

Over the years I have shot some good flight ponds that you could walk past without a second glance so size is not always the main thing. If the feed is there and they are not hounded out of it they will come.
Being too close to a river can be an issue if the birds are roosted near by but again I have shot ponds only 100m from main waterways that consistently produced the goods.
Regular feeding is the key.

marty555 wrote: »

Well I was feeding about 150kg per week and tried to shoot it twice a month. So any ideas what I was doing wrong ??

150 kilos a week! It must have been the bullocks in the field you were fattening

FISMA. wrote: »

Don't visit it with the kids and dog...
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Why?

I feed one of mine through two auto feeders. One spits out about 100kg of whole wheat per week and a half, the other about 20kg in that time. It's bringing in over 100 mallard and around thirty teal to this small pond at any one time. I have the advantage of another pond and a large lough or two quite nearby though.

After dark or before dawn

I got them from solway feeders in Scotland. Cost around £80 posted. I got them a year apart though, building up the shoot a little at a time. Barrels were just standard blue plastic barrels I bought of some lad from Drogheda for €10 I think. Legs were some off cuts of wood and then I think I spent a tenner on paint also. Best investment I ever made for the ducks. I go home every couple of weeks to fill them. Charge the battery every couple of months and in the meantime they're pulling duck in for me and holding them. I couldn't feed them otherwise.

Tommyaya4 wrote: »

We put a pallet in the middle of the pond put the feed on that ducks land on it they sink it enough for feed to be washed off so the rest are getting fed it's a shallow pond only 50 x 30 and knee high in most of it but full of bull rush with 3 parts of the pond open

Do you get much trouble with crows eating the feed?

If shooting in the evening run ducks off the pond around 2.30 to 3 and only put out enough feed that the first ducks will eat, this will ensure that the ducks will come in early to feed

A scout cam is a great thing if you want to see what is really going on at your pond and get an idea of when the ducks are coming and how many. At the moment as well as the dusk flight there seems to be all night arrivals so the winter arrivals are here I guess. It is still hard to beat feeding the pond daily so you can see if any of the grain has been left through over feeding or increase the rate now the teal have arrived. As well as grain you should keep your potato peelings as they love them.