Opening Day - Duckshooting Opening Day 2024

Opening day of the 2024 New Zealand Gamebird season, on Lake Whangape, Waikato, New Zealand.

[@kellymcconnell2436]

Just a word of advice, take the sling off your gun it will help you swing through the shot. Also lead the shot a bit more and keep swinging through the trigger pull. All the best with future future waterfowling. I just finished the Northland season with 126, time to get back into bowhunting

[@jchunting]

@kellymcconnell2436 yeah I'm not the greatest shot in the world haha, thanks for the advice!

[@brendont1082]

Great video. You at least got to do the opening if nothing else. Just a couple of suggestions get a half dozen parrie decoys for you spread but have them separate from mallards as they don't really mix in the wild . And keep your decoys in abit closer no more then 25 meters out if you don't want to spend to much on Decoys look on trade me this time of the year . Are you shooting 3s in 36 gr

[@jchunting]

@brendont1082 Yeah I need some parries in my spread for sure, I shoot 4s for ducks, and 2s for bigger birds.

[@brendont1082]

@@jchunting I would look at getting some 3s as well in either 36 gr or 40gr use 4 first then a couple of 3s as backup in your gun each time to give you some hard hitting. And to save money make some more swan silhouettes to go on poles could do the same if you have kids get them to help you. I just use long bamboo sticks you can buy cheap and are lite weight. Oh and to give you decoys some movement tie two together so they swim in a line have the line going to maimai so you can pull the line to make the decoys move and they look like they are swimming hope you don't mind me giving you these suggestions just think it will help to get better results

[@jchunting]

@brendont1082 appreciate the tips, I have thought about the ducks on a line for movement, also looked into wobblers, think it would get a few other decoys moving at the same time

[@Furyfusion1]

It opens in june how

[@jchunting]

@Furyfusion1 I'm not sure where you are, but in Auckland/Waikato, it's the first weekend of May

[@Furyfusion1]

@@jchunting I'm in Pakistan

[@Furyfusion1]

@@jchunting good luck mate 😍