Soon after the greys and three 
mallards circled overhead, I used 
the caller to bring them in, and 
they came in committed looking 
to land.  I bagged the two drakes 
as the hen just escaped which 
I wasn’t too worried about.  
Two fat drakes is a bonus!
After another hour of little 
action, I was starting to worry 
and with just a lone grey duck 
that I shot, the birds just weren’t 
flying over the dam, and there 
was a noticeable lack of nearby 
shots from other hunters.
I got up to go and retrieve the 
birds, and two mallards came out 
of nowhere and went straight past 
me before I could blink and missed 
the opportunity as the fast-flying 
birds spotted me out of cover.
As I got to the far edge of the dam 
to collect the ducks that the wind 
had blown in to the shallows, two 
low flying parries come straight 
in and I nailed one.  Then several 
minutes later another parry came 
in close which I shot.  So just 
six ducks for the morning was 
disappointing, so I packed up and 
made for another farm to shoot 
paradise ducks on freshly cut maize.
Arriving at the farm in the 
afternoon and the harvester 
was unfortunately still working 
cutting the maize with tractors, 
so the noise meant the ducks 
had all left the area and it would 
better to hunt there tomorrow.
A female parry was taken when 
the writer was standing out at the 
edge of the dam moving decoys.
68  FISHING IN GODZONE MAGAZINE
Hunting

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