sitsinhedges Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoTshoT-16 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 awesome shooting skills i never seen 10,641 doves in my life together let alone shot them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Just under 10 birds per minute every minute for 18 hours? Are my maths correct? I saw he had a drink of water, also loaders for the guns, did he have unloaders for the bottom barrel? bakerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 awesome shooting skills i never seen 10,641 doves in my life together let alone shot them Pretty sure I would get bored blasting at them all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted November 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Pretty sure I would get bored blasting at them all day Same here if I get a couple of dozen it's been a great day for me. Still interesting to know what is possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Just under 10 birds per minute every minute for 18 hours?Are my maths correct? I saw he had a drink of water, also loaders for the guns, did he have unloaders for the bottom barrel? bakerboy also saw all that but still hav'nt seen one bird he shot at might be just my eyes and thats why i dont get any atb dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Had ago some years back was good but not really for me i will stick to proper pigeons plus the doves are not that easy to shoot ,not so bad when your field shooting but food to roost shooting is a bit more interesting . 1 thing i will say it was a cracking holiday even the other half loved it and she not so keen on shooting ,food great weather, great sport , digs brillant and some good sport. Tho bit pricey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stokie Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 I never saw anything drop ... I laughed at on of the comment below thou... it said I am a responsible hunter and understand that wildlife needs to be thinned out to keep from over population but this Jack A-S-S dumbfck needs to be dragged behind a truck and then shot in the least fatal areas of his body!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdowns_stalking Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 Thats some days shooting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted November 3, 2010 Report Share Posted November 3, 2010 (edited) If each dove weighed in at 1lb this would come out at 4.75 tonnes of dead birds, in a 90 yard diameter circle given a killing range of 45yards. If I could work out how many square yards in a circle, I could work out how many dead birds per square yard and the weight of said dead birds per square yard. Is anyone that interested? But I bet there is someone out there that can supply the answer Bakerboy yes I know I am a boring cynic Edited November 3, 2010 by bakerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR1960 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 6363 roughly so that's only an average of 1.67 birds /sq yard, so he'd hardly be knee deep in the things. That said, what a t wat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I'm confused. Why are people slating the guy for shooting that many? If he's stood in one field and they're coming in like that, apparently destroying 20% of crops, what's the issue? There's clearly a problem that needs sorting. It's not like he's funnelling the entire country's dove population onto the end of his shotgun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignoel Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 not my cup of tea but you can see they clearly need culling pretty sure the local farmers are pleased Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I'm confused. Why are people slating the guy for shooting that many? If he's stood in one field and they're coming in like that, apparently destroying 20% of crops, what's the issue? There's clearly a problem that needs sorting. It's not like he's funnelling the entire country's dove population onto the end of his shotgun I am not slating the guy, I was just wondering whether it was possible to shoot that many birds in 1 day, shooting 10 birds per minute every minute for 18 hours, does not allow for any misses. bakerboy Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymc Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 (edited) Great vid - found this one too which seems better footage - Note about 9:34 in the above - does he say he was using a 28 bore? Edited November 4, 2010 by garymc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Great vid - found this one too which seems better footage - Note about 9:34 in the above - does he say he was using a 28 bore? now that man can shoot dolphin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bakerboy Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Great vid - found this one too which seems better footage - Note about 9:34 in the above - does he say he was using a 28 bore? I have just watched a second video, the Irish guy, Now that was very good shooting and totally believeable, maybe I should have watched all the videos before making an opinion. bakerboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southdowns_stalking Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Great vid - found this one too which seems better footage - Note about 9:34 in the above - does he say he was using a 28 bore? Yes mate, 28 bore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humperdingle Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 The ground is yellow with empty 20 gauge shells Bet his shoulder muscles are like bits of 2x4! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punt Gun Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Hope he had hear protection in as the loaders didn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddJob Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 I find that kind of concept rather disturbing. That is not so much of a pest control issue but an ecosystem being affected in a significant way. Yes of course it is a great human accomplishment and all that, but at what price? Going out and taking 40-50 bird from an area is understandable as it is not devastating (or doveastating)a population. 10,000 is and I'm sure does little to promote the concept or past time to others who just think anyone who shoots is blood thirsty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pegasus bridge Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 there has got to be HUGE populations of doves to enable that number to be shot - i bet its a drop in the ocean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Some individual hunting lodge/estates in Argentina have a population of around 20million doves so from what I can gather they are a major problem and not just like a few hundred woodpigeons landing on a field of rape. Surely even just a million doves would destroy a "field" of crops in a day. Steven Marsden the guy in the second video is an awesome shot, Just a couple of weeks ago I watched him shoot a 300 bird day on driven partridges on an estate I beat on. It was just a walk in the park for the guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
955i Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 there has got to be HUGE populations of doves to enable that number to be shot - i bet its a drop in the ocean That's what the Europeans used to say about the flocks of songbirds that they netted and shot for food a few years ago. Now look how many wintering species are getting scarcer in the UK that pass through that way and then say that the population will be OK with this level of killing! Passenger pigeon set any alarm bells ringing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Not for me BB Greedy ****** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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