lurcherboy Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Can anyone give me the link to the site that you report lost/missing birds to? Cheers chaps LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosspot Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 why do you have a collection of rings to return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 Don't know if this is the one you want http://www.ibr.org.uk/birds/recent_birds.htm G.M. Sorry wrong one. Try this one- http://www.pigeonracing.com/stray-online.htm G.M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted June 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 why do you have a collection of rings to return Yes I do and no I don't want to talk about it Don't know if this is the one you wanthttp://www.ibr.org.uk/birds/recent_birds.htm G.M. Sorry wrong one. Try this one- http://www.pigeonracing.com/stray-online.htm G.M. Thanks Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flash Posted June 25, 2006 Report Share Posted June 25, 2006 i think he took out a flock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young airgunner Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 yes shot one lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 i think he took out a flock. LB shooting a flock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted June 26, 2006 Report Share Posted June 26, 2006 Come on LB don't leave us guessing.......we'll only think the worst P03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted June 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 It was shot by someone else Fortunetly it was a french owned bird LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browning GTS Posted June 27, 2006 Report Share Posted June 27, 2006 I recon we have all done this come on what is the difference between a feral and a racing pigeon when it is flying it is only the conition and the leg rings when on the ground that tells them apart it is just one more risk, a Perigrin is another. Did you notice the badge it looks a bit like one i have just got in the post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Posted June 28, 2006 Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I would think that nearly everyone on here has shot something they shouldn't have at some point, I know I have. Out on the foreshore a couple of seasons ago just as the light was fading a flight of 4 birds was coming straight towards me. Convinced they were Canada's I mounted swung through pulled the trigger and **** it it was a brent goose. I very nearly fired again for a left and right. It tasted OK though. And before you all start yes I know they are protected and I know that I should have identified it before firing but in the half light I was convinced it had a white sweatband on it's head. It was only when they passed me that I saw what they were. One my very first wildfowling trip about 20 years ago I was sent in a creek very nervous about what I could shoot at, and whether I would hit anything, when there was a barrage of shots and the only thing I could see was a lone duck flying down the creek. After 3 people firing 6 shots at it and it was still flying I mounted on it and then noticed it was a shellduck. I didn't shoot at it but the others came in for plenty of stick. Confession over. Cheers Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted June 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2006 I would think that nearly everyone on here has shot something they shouldn't have at some point, I know I have. Out on the foreshore a couple of seasons ago just as the light was fading a flight of 4 birds was coming straight towards me. Convinced they were Canada's I mounted swung through pulled the trigger and **** it it was a brent goose. I very nearly fired again for a left and right. It tasted OK though. And before you all start yes I know they are protected and I know that I should have identified it before firing but in the half light I was convinced it had a white sweatband on it's head. It was only when they passed me that I saw what they were. One my very first wildfowling trip about 20 years ago I was sent in a creek very nervous about what I could shoot at, and whether I would hit anything, when there was a barrage of shots and the only thing I could see was a lone duck flying down the creek. After 3 people firing 6 shots at it and it was still flying I mounted on it and then noticed it was a shellduck. I didn't shoot at it but the others came in for plenty of stick. Confession over. Cheers Martin I have added that to my list Martin for future use LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrjangles Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Well my old man's raced pigeons all his life! and his thoughts on me blasting them in a field ? " THEY SHOULD BE SHOT IF THEY DEICIDED TO JOIN THE FERAL COMMUNITY" That said when his champion bird " Stormin Normin" went missing that had won him at least £6,000 in prize money I think that statement would not apply ! "Note: wild-living, former racing and homing pigeons often fly with feral pigeons but these birds are strictly protected. Whilst they normally have leg rings to show their ownership, identification in the field can be difficult so, if in doubt, do not shoot." Taken from BASC http://www.basc.org.uk/content/woodpigeonpractice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted June 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 UPDATE French owner turns out to be a expat and was grateful to know the bird wasn't shot I told him it was a feline related incident thus reinforcing bad feeling towards cats The **** who shot it isn't shooting on my permission anymore or elsewhere when I have finished spreading the word. Be careful chaps, better to miss one than get the wrong quarry. LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 Wild pigeons and ferals will fly like a m rising up and down up and down a racing pigeon flys in a straight line and wont swerve out the road if it see's you like a wild bird would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the last engineer Posted June 29, 2006 Report Share Posted June 29, 2006 UPDATE French owner turns out to be a expat and was grateful to know the bird wasn't shot I told him it was a feline related incident thus reinforcing bad feeling towards cats The **** who shot it isn't shooting on my permission anymore or elsewhere when I have finished spreading the word. Be careful chaps, better to miss one than get the wrong quarry. LB so LB what do i do with all the feline rings i have refering to that add/comercial i sent you, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted July 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 UPDATE French owner turns out to be a expat and was grateful to know the bird wasn't shot I told him it was a feline related incident thus reinforcing bad feeling towards cats The **** who shot it isn't shooting on my permission anymore or elsewhere when I have finished spreading the word. Be careful chaps, better to miss one than get the wrong quarry. LB so LB what do i do with all the feline rings i have refering to that add/comercial i sent you, Martin Well I guess you have enough now to make a nice feature to mount on your wall. If not, why not? LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apbuild Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 ****. Rob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invector Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Some years ago, a friend rushed in to tell me he had just shot a deer. I heard about the difficult stalk, along a ditch, in the snow, the shot, (12 bore!!) and the fact that he had sent the antlers to a taxidermist, for mounting. It turned out he had shot a Soay sheep!!!! As a final balls up the taxidermist had mounted the horns (antlers??) upside down!! This same bloke called young hares levericks and slices of bacon were rations, not rashers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted July 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Some years ago, a friend rushed in to tell me he had just shot a deer. I heard about the difficult stalk, along a ditch, in the snow, the shot, (12 bore!!) and the fact that he had sent the antlers to a taxidermist, for mounting. It turned out he had shot a Soay sheep!!!! As a final balls up the taxidermist had mounted the horns (antlers??) upside down!! This same bloke called young hares levericks and slices of bacon were rations, not rashers. Some people are hopeless. I take it he aint your regular shooting partner Invector? LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P03 Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Feral - An animal or plant that has escaped from domestication and returned, partly or wholly, to its wild state. The definition of feral from wikipaedia. I don't see many (when I'm shooting) but if they were coming into my pattern, over crops I was protecting, they would end up the same way as the woodies.......missed No, but seriously, I am well informed that it's not an offence as long as you stay within the confines of the Open General Licences which categorically state Feral Pigeon (Columbus Livia) as a quarry species (but curiously not Rock Dove (Columbus Livia)). Right as Axe would say "I'll go get my tin hat on" P03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invector Posted July 30, 2006 Report Share Posted July 30, 2006 Lurcherboy, This took place a long time ago, and he never was my choice of shooting partner. He got a job on a large local estate, in forestry, and is still there. He beats for the shoot, but I don't think he shoots these days. Probably because there are no Soay sheep on the estate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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