ollie Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi guys. I am off on holidays all week but this is the first day since the weekend that I have managed to get out on the woodcock. I went with my dad's mate and we had a very enjoyable day. The first couple of places that we went we had no result apart from a solitary magpie. The next place we went we flushed a lot of birds. Ended up shooting 7 woodcock and 2 snipe between us. I was just thinking today how much longer it will be before there is a ban like last year. I went to feed the flight pond and it still hasn't thawed since Saturday because the feeding from Saturday was still stuck in the ice. I have never seen the ice as thick, when I finally broke through the surface it was about 5/6 inches thick. Below is a few pics from today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kermitpwee Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Hi guys. I am off on holidays all week but this is the first day since the weekend that I have managed to get out on the woodcock. I went with my dad's mate and we had a very enjoyable day. The first couple of places that we went we had no result apart from a solitary magpie. The next place we went we flushed a lot of birds. Ended up shooting 7 woodcock and 2 snipe between us. I was just thinking today how much longer it will be before there is a ban like last year. I went to feed the flight pond and it still hasn't thawed since Saturday because the feeding from Saturday was still stuck in the ice. I have never seen the ice as thick, when I finally broke through the surface it was about 5/6 inches thick. Below is a few pics from today. Nice shooting. Our gun club has banned shooting in our area in county mayo but it is very bad here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodcock1 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Well done again ollie. Couple of nice springers by the way. Is there a drain behind the gate in the top right of the photo? I bet there was one or two in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WGD Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Nice one mate. Know what you mean about the ponds, we pay for ground which basically consists of 3 flight ponds, we lost a couple of months of the season to the weather last year and this year looks like it could be worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glensman Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Well done mate, I mite go for a look tomorrow morning with that eegit of a pointer... :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrymallard Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 (edited) nice bag there mate. So far this season i have only had one chance at a woodcock and it was a cracking high bird which flighted over me at dusk whilst waiting for a duck. I dropped it with the first shot and it fell behind me. I searched for it well after flight time needless to say missing any oppurtunity of a duck but unfortunately could not find it in the dark. I returned the next morning and i found a few feathers in the spot which i had marked but i am certain that i lost it to fox......losing a woodcock is probably the worst thing that can happen. I think i ought to start shooting foxes i let 4 go last weekend. Edited December 2, 2010 by angrymallard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utectok Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Nice one I got two woodcock this afternoon missed a couple too!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 2, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 Well done again ollie. Couple of nice springers by the way. Is there a drain behind the gate in the top right of the photo? I bet there was one or two in there Yes there is a deep burn the other side of that gate. That area is usually full of birds but no luck today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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