Hunters Celebrate at the Bridge Hotel

Hunters Celebrate at the Bridge Hotel.

Over fifty local members of the hunting community gathered at the Bridge Hotel on Saturday to celebrate the opening of the 2023 duck hunting season. Hunters from far and wide gathered to meet old friends and share their stories of great dogs, great friends and great shots.

With three years of La Nina weather patterns duck numbers have boomed and are coming into the region in huge numbers as the floods recede. Most hunters secured a limit of eight ducks which will be lovingly prepared for special family dinners.

“There is just nothing like a roast teal and gravy. The meat just falls of the bone and the flavour is nothing like domestic duck. The only way to get them is to get out there,” said Jason West, one of the organising hunters.

The hunting community has organised previous events in Langhorne Creek supported by the local community. These events have been to raise money for waterbird habitat in the Tolderol Game Reserve and so far the hunting community has contributed around $40,000 to help provide habitat for migratory waders in that reserve.

“The generosity in time and produce of the Langhorne Creek community in supporting us to achieve our conservation gaols has been phenomenal. The Langhorne Creek Football Club, Netball club, local wineries such as Kimbolton, Howlin’ Gale and Lake Breeze and, of course, the Bridge Hotel have all been extremely generous in assisting us to put back into the local environment for hunters and bird watchers alike.” Said Graham Stopp, President of the Conservation and Hunting Alliance which organised the events.

Publicans at the Bridge, Steven and Michelle Wade, welcomed the hunting community and look forward to a similar event to mark the end of the 2023 season in June.

For more information contact Graham Stopp on 0417358500