Stuart049

thankyou all very helpfull comments

ahh thats what i was looking for

yea but iv also seen people give the pigeon a quick twist of the neck and its over in a second.... i know this takes more skill than bashing it over the head but its quicker and id like to learn to do it properly.... i found it very difficult to beak to the neck i twisted it and bent it but it was very difficult to break... so there must be a certain trick to it? if a gamekeeper can do it that easily then surely anyone else can with abit of practice...

Yea i noticed ...

i see, thats fine but i want to know how to wring a birds neck properly

ohhh i see, so basically just wack it on the back of the head with a stick?

thanks, iv no idea what a priest is and if i google it i just get holy men so someones gonna have to explain haha im ready to try anything i just wanna know how to do it best as id rather get it done as quick as possible rather than yanking the birds head about for 10 mins whilst its in pain...

Hey guys as i explained in my last topic about roost shooting, i'm still a beginner at shooting so iv lots to learn. i went roost shooting again yesterday and shot 3 which i'm pretty chuffed about to be honest, iv only been a few times a no one else shot that many but one of them wasn't killed in the shot, i struggled a bit to wring its neck as iv never done it before and not completely sure of the best way how... i got there eventually but i want to know the best way to do it quickly as i obviously caused the bird a bit of pain in my slow failed attempts at doing it... So yea i'm looking for the best way to wring a birds neck... i'm not talking about wacking it on a tree because i don't entirely agree with that, or using bird dispatch gadgets because i don't really want to buy one and carry it around everywhere, and if i forget it i'm screwed. i would much rather learn a quick way of doing it myself (i know these dispatching gadget things are probably much more simple but id rather learn this way). So any tips of tricks, certain techniques would be very helpfull helpful Thanks Stuart

yea thats ok hes always with me :blink: what sort of cabinet do i need? i wont be storing any more than 1 or 2 for a along while but iv herd cartridges need to be kept separate from the guns? can you get cabinets with compartments inside them or do they have to be completely separate? thanks

ok brilliant thanks :blink: ill get that all sorted out as soon as possible then then get me a gun for next year :blink:

Brilliant thats very helpull thankyou :blink: i havent yet got my cert, i was going to apply for it soon but i wasnt sure whether i needed a Gun Cabinet before applying or if i only need that when i add a gun to the cert.... At the moment im borrowing the gamekeepers guns, i dont yet have my own so i dont yet have anywhere i need to store it. I will probabaly be buying my own gun this summer but for the time being im borrowing.... So do i need to have a cabinet set up before i apply? thanks

excellent thanks :blink: so you reckon the best thing is to just keep at the pigeons? rather than getting too used to the clays... makes scene I have quite a good spot where i shoot, theres a narrow track going through the wood which leaves a small clearing above, as its winter allot of the trees i can see through but in front of my are several fur trees which the pigeons like to land in so it appear to be quite a good spot, i see a fair few birds.... i just need more practice. iv no idea how much lead to give an average bird which is party where im struggling i know it all depends how high/ how fast/ direction and everything but iv no idea how far ahead to aim :blink: so thats why i think a few clays might help? just to get the hang of the amount of lead i need to give? i suppose ill get it though with practice thanks

yea thats what i think i need, to keep practicing on the pigeons but have a go on the clays just to get the hang of mounting and aiming. and giving enough lead etc

thanks guys had another go this evening, still only shot one... but i guess thats ok for a begginer? i think my biggest problem is im mounting the gun to late, by the time iv seen the bird mounted the gun its nearly gone so i tend to rush it and pull the trigger anyway. mite consider asking the gamekeeper if hes got time one day to let me have a go on the clays just the get the hang of where im aiming

thanks guys, very helpfull ill take all these tips into thought as im going again this evening and ill let you know how it goes thanks