EastSussexLad Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 (edited) First off, sorry for my spelling.. and also went a bit camra crazy this afternoon so this should be a hefty right up with a few decent pics! Left the house around half 12 to arrive at the first field around 4miles away, got through the gate drove to the top of the hill to see a fare few pigeons/crows feeding out on the drilled wheat - So as it always happens never geared up for it, so off decoying tomorrow! Dad dropped me off at the bottom of a hedgerow that runs up the middle of the field(Pic in next post) he then took a wide birth out across a grass field to work it down to me, as he walked up the grass field a nice cockbird got up for him and bang, first bird of the day in the bag - looking out across the field i noticed around 7hen birds and 3 cock birds feeding so a quick phone call to dad telling him to slow down i pushed the birds back into the hedge the walked back down to stand at the bottom of the hedge. I could see dad walking down in the distance, a flash of a bird flying through the hedge around 40yrds to my right happened to be a hen bird, swung through MISSED!.. i thought to my self i better move more to that way as another 2 birds lifted and went that way.. as doing this another 2 hens came out straight over where i was standing, ********! dad then had 2shots and dropped another cock bird- he then reached the bottom on the hedge and we noticed there should of been around 4/5 more birds to of come out.. this time we both walked the hedgerow back up taking one side each. half way up a hen bird got up dads side he missed the first shot, it then swung back over me a nice 35yrds up and i dropped her, towards the end a fox bolted dads side but was a little to far to for a clean kill so he left him. Knowing where the fox had run to i walked back down to the gate and dad stood around 800yrds up the riverbank for me to work the dog round to him to see if we could bolt him, i walked it round only to find no fox.. but a gorgeous melanistic cock bird lifted i had a go just before it went out of sight for me and missed, dad then dropped him a good distance out in a grass field the other side of the river it was that far across when we tried to work the dog to get it he couldn't get far enough to get a sent, we will have to drive round and pick this one.. walking back to the landrover 4 pigeons landed on tree around 70yrds from us we walked abit 3 flew a one stayed.. i said to dad im gunna have ago if this one gets up a fare distance the pigeon lifted i raised the gun and dropped him, this is exactly how it fell (Pic in next post). The bag from this field - So after picking the bird we drove over to the next field we are going walk around 2mile away, we got the gate parked up sorted out some more carts and we're away. dad walked the field up to the end and i walked the bottom - we got to a set of reeds that run 200yrds up around 6ft away from a river(Pic in next post) and i had seen 4 hen birds run into this, so dad walked it down to me... a pair of hen birds lifted one went to my right, and one to the left.. i folded the left and dad dropped the right... the other 2 birds seemed to have disappeared, oh well there for another day! walking the fields up a little more dad folded a pigeon, then 5 or so minutes later i folded another pigeon.. walking back towards the motor dad dropped another pigeon. The bag from this field - More pictures in the next posts. Thanks for reading!! Edited November 7, 2009 by EastSussexLad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastSussexLad Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Carrying on the the post Field (1) Bottom of the hedgerow - The pigeon i dropped - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastSussexLad Posted November 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Carrying on the the post Field (2) The Field - The Reeds - The final afternoons bag - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlander Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 well done mate ive never shot a melanistic pheasant before are they are a diiferent breed or do they just have different plumage lowlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smig4373 Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 Cracking way to spend an afternoon...Well done...Nice read and pics.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 great write up mate and great pics Great shooting too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmyh1988 Posted November 7, 2009 Report Share Posted November 7, 2009 the melanistic is a strain like ginger hair in humans or so i was told not very common but no uncommon in pheasants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_seagrave Posted November 8, 2009 Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 the melanistic is a strain like ginger hair in humans or so i was told not very common but no uncommon in pheasants Do they taste any different...? LS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastSussexLad Posted November 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2009 (edited) Plucked him off this morning planing on having the bird for tea sometime this week, i will see what it tastes like then. Edited November 8, 2009 by EastSussexLad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 That Melanistic bird is a cracking looking bird. We had a few on our shoot last season, a couple of lovely looking blackish birds but the Melanistic hens look amazing, a really dark brown. Well done and good write up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yanibaby Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Excellent write up and great pics. Looks like you had a fantastic day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docholiday Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 we have a black pheasant on our shoot, called Charlie he has been there for a couple of seasons and there is a hefty fine if you shoot him, makes you check every cock thats flushed.. doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth Stalker Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Good write up and a nice bag at the end of the day SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Do they taste any different...? A shoot local to me where I go beating releases a lot of them, they are my choice of bird Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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