Martin g Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Not sure if he has organised them in the past, he organises fox drives and dray bashing, and invites beaters on keepers day as a thankyou.. His main tool of use is rifle for fox control, and lets others do pigeon, and crow bashing. He is a p/t keeper for the shoot owner who is always out with the shottie.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garden gun Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Webber, Do you want greys in the pigeon thread or are you going to put up a dedicated squirrel thread? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 Just add the greys killed to the PW Running Count as normal but state that they were killed on the National Day please. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Duncan Posted January 18, 2011 Report Share Posted January 18, 2011 I think that some guys near me are around the 20 to 1 with the amount of shots i hear then when i ask how they did they say 4 or 5 . Key is not to rush your self in to taking the birds to early . I shot 12 times in my wood last year best average was 2 to 1 on a windy evening and worst was 5 to 1 on a night with little to no wind As a newby shotgunner but a life long rifleman (air and powder) with an ingrained 1 shot 1 clean kill policy and a 90 (high) odd percent clean kill record, I always found it hard to accept even 50/50 hit and miss rate. I'll have to adjust I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blasterjudd Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Yeah were on it in Essex region!!! Crack open a few woodies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedge hunter 1984 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 (edited) Round my area in feb we have a pigeon shoot every Saturday that starts at 2pm until dusk. The beaters get to choose the woods there in by the amount of times and years they have been beating. so some1 that has been beating for 20 years say gets first choice of a wood. I think this happens all through lancs. Was just wondering if this happens all over the country . I was board so though I'd start a topic ! This has happend for many years on my estate sinse I can remember any way. Aparantly 30 years ago the sky was black with pigeon and ure barrels would get red hot ! By this royboy by this do you mean your estate in croston? Edited January 21, 2011 by hedge hunter 1984 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Iv herd of this but as it happens we roost shoot every saturday in february anyway ! Would be nice if other woods around us had shooters in also so that we could keep them on the move ! I will be out on the second saturday hopefully with a new toy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted January 21, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Haha ye it sound like that ! No it's not my estate. Maybe in my dreams ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedge hunter 1984 Posted January 21, 2011 Report Share Posted January 21, 2011 Haha ye it sound like that ! No it's not my estate. Maybe in my dreams ! but is it in croston? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted January 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 Ye it's in croston mate . Do u Know it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogy5412 Posted January 23, 2011 Report Share Posted January 23, 2011 east yorkshire February friday nights, not be long need local guns out to keep them moving best of luck best bag last year was 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankbrickbats Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Hi all Nice to see its happening elswere. It has been common in East Yorkshire to do the woods on Fridays, I am sure it also went into the first two weeks in march when I had my first experience with shotgun use back in 1963. This being a reward for the beaters if you could skive off school and bike to the keepers (Charlie Altoft) house at Eske, from there being loaned a side by side twelve with one usable barrel (tuther being twisted) Very fond memories Thank's Charlie, rest in piece. I now have the luck of another benefactor who allows me and my son to station our selves in the woods to control and harvest these tasty delights, as I am comming on 65 it's nice to get in a warm wood with a fallen branch to sit on and plug away at the varied and testing shots presented without having to lug mountains of kit on the off chance of deeking birds in. I am getting as exited as an old bu**er can get in anticipation of the sport to come, I hope you all have a great February and please try and introduce some one new to the game, it helps when we have numbers to speek when things are not going well for us normal people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mightymariner Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Just introduced my 8 year old son to the delights of roost shooting. Had a couple of hours in a wood on a friend's farm, not much wind so the birds were high and wary but I think he enjoyed it. We managed a couple of woodies, but being an 8 year old, he couldn't keep still for long! He was desparate to shoot one though so I think I have enticed him enough to come again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad1 Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 yeah my 8 year old is a better shot than me and fingers crossed matty will have his sgc back by then so we will do our part in the north east Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big lad Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 For several years now we've had a Pigeon Watch National Day for Grey Squirrel and Wood Pigeon. It held on the second Saturday in February. The general format is for groups to meet up in the woods around noon and then break up unto smaller groups of two or three guns and then search the woods for, GREY Squirrels. Correctly identified dreys can be shot out, but only in woods where there are NO REDS. After a couple of hours or so guns move on to their roost shooting positions to shoot the woodies. By having a concentrated effort the flocks of woodies are kept on the move for as long as possible and moved on from wood to wood, and the efforts of neighbouring estates and shoots benefit each other. Please remember to record your kills on the PW running count threads for GREY Squirrels and Wood Pigeon. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big lad Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 hi webber im in st helens wer can i get on pigeon shooting i have only bin shooting for 12 months thanx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v5uk Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Just thought I'd ask people on here who's on the pigeon shoot in feb ? Was wondering if it was just in Lancashire or the whole of England ? can you PM me more info on this please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Royboy Posted January 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 There's not really much more to tell mate. I'm not offering shooting just interested if people all over uk roost shoot in feb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerner Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 hi webber im in st helens wer can i get on pigeon shooting i have only bin shooting for 12 months thanx If you look in the shooting available section there might still be a day available on the 5th through webber or you could pm him :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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