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Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 09:19 PM
It was fine and foggy this morning with no wind, not a lot of ducks around but with our good decoy spread we managed our 45 Mallards before 9am, none of the other pond in our area broke into the double figures!

pic if of Murray and Marcus with some of our bag


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Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 09:26 PM
some of the spread
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shooter_57
05-05-2006, 09:29 PM
Paul - beautiful country! That looks awesome, the shooting HAD to be up close and personal. Congrats on a very good opener. Good to see the dekes worked out for you.
Travis Mueller
05-05-2006, 09:36 PM
45 ducks for two guy's is awesome!!!!
Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 09:37 PM
just how good do those GHG and Real Image dekes look!

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Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 09:38 PM
3 hunters Travis...i was taking the photo
Bearman
05-05-2006, 09:40 PM
No wind? Where do the ripples on the pond come from? Nice shoot!
Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 09:51 PM
OK Bearman when i took the photo after we had picked up all our birds had a coffee and something to eat chewed the fat etc. there was a slight breeze building up....calling me out as a liar are you???
HeatherReddemann
05-05-2006, 10:09 PM
Nice photos! Looks like a great hunt....I will honestly say I am a bit jealous though!
Paul Cupka
05-05-2006, 10:10 PM
"not a lot of ducks around" "we managed our 45 Mallards by 9am"

I'm on the wrong side of the big pond. I have to book that flight soon. Congrats Paul.
Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 10:15 PM
yea Paul thought you were coming out this year....was at the airport waiting for you and you did not front up......you are getting as unreliable as that Rick character saying, you are going to come over to NZ???
Eric Larsgaard
05-05-2006, 10:25 PM
Wow!!!!

I need to come over there!
What is the Tempature. It looks warm!

Eric
Paul Cupka
05-05-2006, 10:25 PM
Calling me to the carpet, I like it!

I'll be there next year, and I'm not kidding. What is the weather like there now?
Rusty Hallock
05-05-2006, 10:49 PM
Congrats Paul on a great hunt. Thanks for posting the pictures.
Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-05-2006, 11:14 PM
It is reasonably mild with temps around 12 to 15 degrees celcius but it will be around freezing to 12 degrees C before long with frosts down to about -10 C .

We have a front going through tonight but will have probally passed by the morning. we are hunting a new pond on a good flight path tomorrow have a bit of a walk in so will take a dozen FBs and a dozen OS floaters each hopfully can do it in one trip, should be interesting though will be a lot more chalenging hunting tomorrow. will try to get a photo??

Paul
Foldem
05-06-2006, 12:40 AM
Nice hunt, any baiting involved??

Foldem
Christian Curtis
05-06-2006, 01:47 AM
Wow...to hunt ducks in May...
Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-06-2006, 02:55 AM
no we have not baited for a few years now. most the ponds around us were baiting heavily and all it does is unsettle the ducks. so we just use that to our advantage. As I have stated on other forums to many in the USAs disgust that if baiting is legal as it is here in NZ and everyone is doing it there is no advantage so you have to go back to the good basic hunting priniples again much as in when everyone is using spinners there advantage is questionable???? So in the US you have the situation where some hunters can legaly bait with planted crops and they have a huge advantage over all the other hunters where as if all hunters could bait the ducks would get a huge free feed and hunter harvest might not increase at all????
Thráinn E. Skúlason
05-06-2006, 04:21 AM
Nice pictures Paul. I have to put your country on my "to go to " list.
Craig Boyd
05-06-2006, 07:25 AM
Wow, nice hunt. Y'all got a good lookin' spot.
Rick Frisch
05-06-2006, 08:26 AM
Paul,

I am coming, probably just not until next April. Tracy from Deadeye Dick's said that is the best time to hunt stag.

Thanks,
MNhardcorehunter
05-06-2006, 09:39 AM
great looking set up looks like beatiful country down there
Paul "from NZ" Stenning
05-06-2006, 10:08 PM
Rick ...yes the first 2 weeks of April is when our Red Stags Roar (Rut) and is the best time to hunt them. Just make sure you get a real hunt for WILD Stags as most of the hunts for tourists are old farm deer let go in a big paddock, it is just like shooting Daisy the cow!
shawn heggen
05-06-2006, 11:28 PM
WOW! What a trip that would be. Nice set up, looks like a great time.

Shawn
Curt Wilson
05-07-2006, 01:34 PM
Leave it to Rick to give up that duck hunting for a Red Stag. I believe I would have to wait until May and try out the waterfowl.
GooseFlocker
05-07-2006, 05:10 PM
Looks like Jurasic Park..:eek:
Wayne Radcliffe
05-07-2006, 06:49 PM
It looks and sounds like an incredible place live. Great post, thanks.
Mike Bard
05-07-2006, 08:55 PM
Awesome post! It would be scary to see what it would look like there if the ducks were around!
David Rearick
05-08-2006, 07:40 PM
It tis an awesome place. Went there last June to hunt Tahr, Chamois, Stag and some others. Wish I would have hunted more ducks, but I did manage a few Parries. I will be going back. It is the most beautiful place I have ever seen, and is great for hiking and just relaxing. The people aremore than friendly and laid back. Wish I was going again this year, airfair is just a little pricey.. and the flight is about a day with layovers.