b'HUNTING NEW DAMThis year I have a new spot to set up my decoys on a family friends farm, this is a large dam that is situated down in a gully and near the Ripiro Beach coast.It is a promising looking pond and last year when we checked it out, there were multiple mallards and greys on it.You never know how well a new spot will shoot and the past few years the weather has constantly been against us in Northland for duck shooting, with beautiful clear days and hot weather.Great for fishing but not waterfowl.We really need a wet and windy weekend for a change, global warming is making an impact as May in Northland tends to have much warmer weather with 20+degree days often.It would actually be a good call by the Fish and Game Council to look at moving opening weekend to the first weekend of June, many hunters have called for this due to the changing seasons.Hopefully we will see wind and rain for opening weekend to help bring waterfowl into the ponds for hunters.We always have back up plans to jump shoot creeks and other ponds around the area where farmers kindly let us on.This can be A fat mallard drake is typically top of mostan effective way to help increase your waterfowlers list and a good bird for the table. bag take.The Winchester SX4 semi-automatic 12 gauge has proven itself to be a very dependable shotgun for the writer over the past two seasons.92FISHING IN GODZONE MAY/JUN 2023'