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Duck shooting - midlands

  • 08-12-2011 9:06pm
    #1
    rabbit assassin
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    Heya Lads,

    I noticed a good number of teal arriving here in the past 3 weeks on my local bog. I live just outside Dublin. I have shot 3 or 4 but wont be shooting any more , they're too small ! I have a foreshore license and am just wondering is it worth a trip down to Lough Sheelin or Lene ? Any geese or duck on it yet??


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  • #2
    wildfowler94
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    rabbit assassin wrote: »
    Heya Lads,

    I noticed a good number of teal arriving here in the past 3 weeks on my local bog. I live just outside Dublin. I have shot 3 or 4 but wont be shooting any more , they're too small ! I have a foreshore license and am just wondering is it worth a trip down to Lough Sheelin or Lene ? Any geese or duck on it yet??

    Geese season is over! yeah small few on it 2 weeks ago but I wasn't on it since because the birds wouldnt move let alone decoy all sitting on the middle.:rolleyes:

    WF


  • #3
    tfox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭tfox


    Wudnt bother with Lene. I live right on the shore of it, havnt heard or seen a duck in a long time, like pheasants they are all plentiful when they are out of season.

    I didnt walk my dogs round the lake most of the year because there were so many young duck about, been out good few evenngs and seen bugger all !! :(


  • #4
    landkeeper
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    most of the ducks are off the lakes round here as there is so much water everywhere ,they can choose to go where they like


  • #5
    highduck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51 ✭✭highduck


    Having some brilliant duck shooting in fields where rivers and drains have flooded over into grass land. I suss out spots with about 6-8inchs over water and decoy the that flood. The key that I have found is not to be too far from a flight-line ( my case my local river and 5 or six large drains/canal that feed into it.

    Getting a lot of teal and wigeon with the odd pintail. I find that 2 or 3 days recon gives a good evenings shooting and to be honest I enjoy the recon as much as the shooting.

    good luck. HD.

    PS have been on a couple of the lakes in the boat over the last month.1000s of birds but as said earlier all on open water and wary as hell.


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