b'Winchesters Invector-Plus ChokeWe started to move in and suddenlyfarms.A good start and we hoped for Tube System is one of the best and mostparries started squawking as they hadmore action, but as the light came and consistent, due to the threads locatedspotted us.I rushed up quickly on thethe wind died away with a still day, we at the bottom of the choke tube andfar right and all hell broke loose as ducksonly saw birds way up and none came they seal out corrosive gases better. Thewent in all directions.I yelled out fire!close all morning.tubes thicker walls are much strongerand swung the Winchester up missingIt was disappointing for all, I headed off than any other choke tube system, yeta mallard flying low and directly awayfor a walk to flush a few parries sitting they remain easy to remove and clean.but nailed its mate on my second.I sawin the paddocks below the maimai and They are more concentric with the borea female parry flying past my right andthey spooked and flew off then stupidly and thus produce more even, consistentI turned following her and hit it hard.Icame a bit too close on their second shot patterns. The SX4 comes with full,heard three gunshots as CJ and Derekpass as I lay in a drain.I jumped up modified, and improved cylinder flush- fired but didnt see any downed birds onand lead on the lowest bird and fired, it mounted choke tubes. the water, I looked up in time to see theplunged down and disappeared over a male parry get smoked by Derek as ithill.I started to head off when suddenly OPENING WEEKEND dropped dead in the rushes. a female parry came back and landed in I took the gun to Dargaville for the firstWe quickly grabbed the gear and asa dip 50m away.I couched down and weekend of May to shoot on a new pond. they got in the maimai, I put out somecrawled another 15m and jumped up to A mate Alister Hammond had purchaseddecoys and grabbed the three birds.Weits surprise, nailing it when it just got off a block of land up the Tangowahinewere all inside in record time and wethe ground.Grabbing the bird and I went Valley where I had first gone duckcould hear the nearby shots of otherover the hill and found the winged male shooting as a kid on my grandfather Albyhunters around us on neighbouringin the adjacent paddock.Pattinsons farm.The block happened to overlook grandads old farm and had stunning views out towards Tutamoe, the highest point in Northland.As usual the Northland weather in early May was forecasting stunning weather with blue skies, no wind, and 20-degree temperatures!This has happened over the past several years and I was hoping the pond would bring us better shooting as we had been feeding out for the past few months.Derek Bradley and Chris Jack came up to join me and we stayed out at Glinks Gully on the Friday night, enjoying a feast of tuatua fritters, fresh trevally sashimi and swordfish steaks.With several refreshing ales to wash it down, as we eagerly talked about the following morning.We arose bleary eyed at 5am and knocked back coffees, packed the Triton and headed off to the farm which was a good 45-minute drive.We drove in the gate and parked the ute to the side, it was noticeably quiet and still, with fog hanging around the farm.We had to walk 600m to the dam and pukekos were flying all around us, we then spooked two mallards in a drain right beside us!Damn, we had our hands full of gear and further along more ducks got of a small pond.We hoped they stuck around and came into our possie.As we neared the top of the hill opposite the maimai, I signalled to the guys to put down the gear and load the guns.We then fanned out and walkedStalking a lake and the writer the last 50m up the rise to the pond towinged a drake from a long shot out with the Winchester SX4, which surprise any ducks on the water. Ruby worked hard to retrieve. /FISHINGINGODZONE93'