not so much a wildlife...but a human bloomer!!

**andy b** · 14-04-2008, 11:33 PM

i spotted these three ducks from afar, on lightfoot pools. using my best 'ray mears' stalking skills, i edged nearer and nearer to get a shot of them. i could make out , from distance, that the male was a mallard.. but the other two looked alittle strange. so nearer and nearer i got.... i couldn't believe it !! they were decoy ducks....and i'd been well and truly suckered!!! . they must be linked together, underwater, as they all moved together. 'what a plonker'!! as delboy would have said.

**rolf** · 14-04-2008, 11:35 PM

LOL, nice one Andy, I'd have fired off a couple of hundred shots to find that out.

***Chocky*** · 14-04-2008, 11:50 PM

Me too

Best to take bins in future

**andy b** · 14-04-2008, 11:53 PM

i had bins and a telescope....that what made it worse

14-04-2008, 11:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	not so much a wildlife...but a human bloomer!! i spotted these three ducks from afar, on lightfoot pools. using my best 'ray mears' stalking skills, i edged nearer and nearer to get a shot of them. i could make out , from distance, that the male was a mallard.. but the other two looked alittle strange. so nearer and nearer i got.... i couldn't believe it !! they were decoy ducks....and i'd been well and truly suckered!!! . they must be linked together, underwater, as they all moved together. 'what a plonker'!! as delboy would have said. Attached Thumbnails

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andy b Regular Member Info Location: preston, lancashire Gallery: 0 Equipment: for the last 8 yrs i have used a kowa 60 mm scope, but hve recently bought an opticron hr66 ga. i too have have used a homemade digiscoping adaptor with my kowa.i used two different sized bushes to accomodate the scope eyepiece and camera lense.( with some good results!).... budget has always been a massive factor with my hobby. having a family, there are always other things which take financial p Posts: 523 Join Date: Oct 2007 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	i had bins and a telescope....that what made it worse

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