roadkill Posted March 25, 2015 Report Share Posted March 25, 2015 Is it to late in the year now to go and roost shoot? I think i might off left it a little late this year roadkill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 As long as there are no leafs on the trees you will be fine for some roost shooting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 No, not by a long chalk. Was out yesterday with dog with the intention of just having a quick wander so only took half a dozen cartridges with me. Walking along top edge of wood on rough shoot there were blinking' pigeons all over the place. You can soon get through 6 cartridges. It was a long walk back to farm with nothing to shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Trees are late into bud this year so keep going until you can't see them any more. In this area, East Anglia, they're still bunched up in large flocks and streaming into the woods at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 If you can see them - shoot them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Even when the leaf is fully on you can still "roost shoot" by making use of the flight lines that the birds use to get to the wood. Obviously it depends on the situation but, as an example, I have a 22 acre wood which is mature but very densely planted firs. It is impossible to shoot effectively within the boundaries of the plantation as there is only one open ride and birds are across it before you can get your gun up. This wood is LOVED by pigeons all year round so I had to find a way to shoot it. I watched the flight lines and stuck up a temporary hide on a grass field about 50 yards outside the wood underneath the strongest line. Had some initial success but it was windless on the first day and the line was wide so I spent most of my time watching them pour in over a 200 yard front. Next time out I used two rotors near the hide and this was very much more effective. Then I made a permanent hide from pallets stuffed with fir boughs which are freshened up from time to time. I plan to be in it again on Saturday! If you watch pigeons you will normally have a good chance of finding a way of getting to grips with them. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 we roost shoot every saturday and getting over 20 pigeons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milo Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 we roost shoot every saturday and getting over 20 pigeons. Do you manage to get most of the local woods manned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 just 2 on the farm we shoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tedly47 Posted March 26, 2015 Report Share Posted March 26, 2015 Shot two yesterday, and three last week all roost shooting... Get into a flight line into the wood and your laughing Tedly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortune Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 I find roost shooting very frustrating because wherever I seem to stand the blighters always seem to come in just out of range. Three weekends ago there were loads coming in bunches of 10s and 20s. The next weekend they were down to 10s and this last weekend it was a few. This means that for any amount of birds coming in the amount of presented targets becomes less due to the fact that incoming birds don’t get to see other birds flying around the wood which is really like a massive rotary magnet to other incoming birds. As I have driven home from work most days I have noticed that they have diversified to all sorts of feeding areas from hedges, lawns and grass verges to fields that are still stubble from last year but that have not been tilled yet to small flocks that are obviously still on the rape. As previously written >> If you can see them you can shoot at them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandalf Posted March 27, 2015 Report Share Posted March 27, 2015 Spring drillings of barley, beans, etc splits the big flocks up. They will roost close to where they are feeding. They are still there - Just spread out more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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