Rain 'n wind 'n weather

News in from a bloke who shoots in Lake Wairarapa... (did I say 'in', as in immersed?). The rain has repeatedly flooded the farms around the lake, add in wind and you've got the flooded paddock scenario that ducks love so much. Remember when you were a kid, when it rained heavily all the worms got flooded out and made a dash to the surface - where they got caught by sparrows, mynahs etc. That scenario plays out on a grand scale in paddocks and ducks are right there on the scene to make the most of it. Chuck in some real cold and plants like Willow Weed drop their seeds - double the fun! Mark says that mallards are plentiful but that the big Southerlies haven't played out for him in terms of geese, they find different spots to go and land out of reach of his guns. Sounds like a combination of all sorts of things, including not being on the 'X'. Now, this guy is shooting in layout blinds and I suspect that flooded paddocks are not aligned all that well with those things... could explain why geese are over there and he's over here!!!