ducks

kieran1141

make sure you dont forget anything,or forget to put you shells in the gun, and most of all be careful, happy hunting on the 1st,,,,,,

wildfowler94

kieran1141 wrote: »

make sure you dont forget anything,or forget to put you shells in the gun, and most of all be careful, happy hunting on the 1st,,,,,,

Same To You Man!! Happy Hunting..:D

macca22

its only a week away and already im up all night with excitment shannon duck shooing best there is best there will ever be:p

kieran1141

macca22 wrote: »

its only a week away and already im up all night with excitment shannon duck shooing best there is best there will ever be:p

taking out barley and mollasses today feeding, have the bag packed guns cleaned and ready, hard to beat the opening morn if nothin else the crack going the day before, happy huntin.

steelfixerking

a lot of places i shoot are completely dry, and checked out a few other spots and the numbers look small,where i am feeding is not great either compared to last year,the first can be very hit and miss i find but i wouldn't miss it for the world.

kieran1141

steelfixerking wrote: »

a lot of places i shoot are completely dry, and checked out a few other spots and the numbers look small,where i am feeding is not great either compared to last year,the first can be very hit and miss i find but i wouldn't miss it for the world.

can be a lot like that ok, weather was 2 mild last year, no good with sun beaming down on you and ducks out 500 yards bobbing up and down, hopefully a bit of wind this year, could be anything up to 3 or 400 mallard were feeding, but might not see them on the 1st, its a bit of luck too, mabey a lot of luck.

Birdnuts

Unfortunatly I came across evidence today of people jumping the gun(excuse the pun!!) at a local quarry lake:(

tfox

B******s !!!!!:mad:

elius

Birdnuts wrote: »

Unfortunatly I came across evidence today of people jumping the gun(excuse the pun!!) at a local quarry lake:(

Hope ya reported them.!!
Still waiting on my permision to come back so until then will have to take a back seat not buying deeks or getting my hope's built up until then..

kieran1141

elius wrote: »

Hope ya reported them.!!
Still waiting on my permision to come back so until then will have to take a back seat not buying deeks or getting my hope's built up until then..

sorry to hear that, is that permission, or you application for firearm, either way that is painful....... and yes they should be reported, but think he just found ducks by the sound of it,, but still should report it.

elius

Applied for a foreshore licence still no word. Shore no panic... Yet!

johngalway

elius wrote: »

Applied for a foreshore licence still no word. Shore no panic... Yet!

Same as that, must be a fortnight now.

elius

johngalway wrote: »

Same as that, must be a fortnight now.

Id say there flat out with applications......

macca22

never have to worry bout any of dat application crap wher im from the gun club is brill dey look after everytin!!on the duck scene was out walkin my springer last sunday came across a few nice duck sat der for awhile listenin didnt disturb them doh walked away with a smile on my face in the knowledge dat id be bac!!! ha ha ha ha ha

FISMA

Lads,
Leave a few for me, I'm going after the deer first and then the ducks.

Safe shooting!

macca22

johngalway wrote: »

Same as that, must be a fortnight now.

what is this foreshore licence actually all about?read up about it alot of it was jiberish to be honest!!!!

woodcock 52

elius wrote: »

Id say there flat out with applications......

Rang about fore shore licence today to be told woman that deals with them is off until Monday!!! Do you need foreshore licence for Tipperary side of Lough Derg?

Eddie B

I recon Lough Ree should be good on the first!
With a lot of ponds and drains low or dried up this year, and the Shannon not in flood, unlike this time last year, a lot of duck should be feeding on the lake!!!

wildfowler94

Eddie B wrote: »

I recon Lough Ree should be good on the first!
With a lot of ponds and drains low or dried up this year, and the Shannon not in flood, unlike this time last year, a lot of duck should be feeding on the lake!!!

Nice few mallard and black and whites hanging around ree!!;)

johngalway

macca22 wrote: »

what is this foreshore licence actually all about?read up about it alot of it was jiberish to be honest!!!!

The foreshore extends from low to high water mark on the coast. This is owned by the State, therefore you need a license to shoot wildfowl from it. So if you can walk directly from say a public road, to the foreshore, you don't need any further permission. If you need to walk across someones land, then you'll need their permission to cross their land. There are also State owned lakes, such as the Corrib. Although it's near enough me I am not 100% sure on how things work on lakes, such as can you only shoot from a boat, or can you shoot within a certain distance of the shore, I just don't know so won't say otherwise. The foreshore license is free, you just write in a few details as asked, including the areas you wish to shoot. I listed foreshores of counties Galway, Clare, Limerick and Mayo I think, and the Corrib and Lough Derg. I put down "Ducks" whe they asked what I wanted to shoot. And 12 gauge shotgun as my firearm.

It's free to apply for one, so if you can make use of it, then do

bunny shooter

Went on a recce today and to my absolute astonsishment I met two sets of young mallard with their mothers on two seperate ponds :eek:

macca22

thanks for that johngalway!!!!!happy hunting anyway may the 1st day be a good one for ya!!!!:)

johngalway

macca22 wrote: »

thanks for that johngalway!!!!!happy hunting anyway may the 1st day be a good one for ya!!!!:)

I won't be out the first, but I'll get out sometime probably in October.

steelfixerking

bunny shooter wrote: »

Went on a recce today and to my absolute astonsishment I met two sets of young mallard with their mothers on two seperate ponds :eek:

i seen young ducks with their mammy's in three different spots. i wonder would they be second broods?

bunny shooter

steelfixerking wrote: »

i seen young ducks with their mammy's in three different spots. i wonder would they be second broods?

That's exactly what I was thinking. I don't shoot duck until mid to late October anyway but IMHO the season should be put back.

Half-cocked

Went down to fill the feeders on our pond yesterday. We released 100 mallard at the end of July, we now have 107:D Those ducks sure know how to eat, 1 ton of barley isn't going to last long at this rate:eek: Won't start shooting until 1st of November, same day as the pheasants.

homerhop

It cost us more to feed 500 ducks than it did 1200 pheasants. What was worse is they figured out the spring feedere and went through them too