EoinGalway Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 This is where my club store our vermin.. About 250 Grey crows and Magpies so far 1 mink 10 foxes (only started last week) This is the work of about 4 members within the club. Frank this is last weeks, never brought the camera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Flaming Nora :o Thats some great shooting Eoin and boys. I bet their is a slight pong in that their shed? Excellent stuff, keep it up. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinGalway Posted July 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Flaming Nora :o Thats some great shooting Eoin and boys. I bet their is a slight pong in that their shed? Excellent stuff, keep it up. Frank. Good breeze blowing ... when they dry out they are bag for the vermin count .. although thats not till next Feb so plenty more work to do.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Flaming Nora :o Thats some great shooting Eoin and boys. I bet their is a slight pong in that their shed? Excellent stuff, keep it up. Frank. Good breeze blowing ... when they dry out they are bag for the vermin count .. although thats not till next Feb so plenty more work to do.. I would love to see the end results in Febuary Eoin. Best of luck, you could win a compition? Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kip270 Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Eoin, what is the reason for keeping all those carcasses??? Good shooting by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazza Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 I think you might need a bigger store come February Eoin, good shooting by the way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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EoinGalway Posted July 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 They way it works in Ireland is the main hunting organisation the NARGC to which most hunting clubs are attached hold a vermin competition each year. Clubs are broken down into church parishs (or near enough) So each county has a vermin competition, so in Feburary and March a county count is done We have a large chest freezer which we normally store stuff but to costly to run for the year. The points are allocated as follows.. they also take into account the number of members per club as some are quite large. (only 29 members in my club) Mink - 20 points Fox (Tail only) - 10 points Magpies - 8 points Grey Crows - 8 point Pigeon, jackdaw, crow, - 1 point Our club won in 2003, 2004 (we lost last year as I was working in England no one to motivate the lads and get larsen and mink traps out to Farmers and members) As the Treasurer of my club I have invested in 4 new larsen traps and 2 more mink traps this year alone.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackthorn Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 sounds like you have a great set up there kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Same in my club in my part of the country. Eoin, do you get points for the foxes if they have been lamped? As in our club, its foxes that are shot on a sunday shoot only, that count. Some clubs count in lamped ones aswell, they all seem to have different rules. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadeye ive Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Eoin If you want a cheap way of preserving the tails just get some mineralised Meths spirits (Cheap as chips ) to fill a bucket up ..........Pour some crushed sea salt down the tail core (optional ) then place in the bucket and cover over ................The core goes hard after a time but it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinGalway Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Eoin, do you get points for the foxes if they have been lamped? As in our club, its foxes that are shot on a sunday shoot only, that count. All in where we are... we did no beating last year again due to little or no organisation hopefully this year.. Got 10 more last night in a five hour session, no pictures i'm afraid. Might get one of the tails later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Eoin, do you get points for the foxes if they have been lamped? As in our club, its foxes that are shot on a sunday shoot only, that count. All in where we are... we did no beating last year again due to little or no organisation hopefully this year.. Got 10 more last night in a five hour session, no pictures i'm afraid. Might get one of the tails later. I wish our club was the same,' All In', ours seems to consentrate more on sundays, from october to March. 10 last night?, were they all adults, or a mixture of cubs and adults? Hell of a lot of cubs about at present, i usually start seriouse lamping around September, it peaks in January & Febuary and after that, the vixens got to ground. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinGalway Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 I wish our club was the same,' All In', ours seems to consentrate more on sundays, from october to March.10 last night?, were they all adults, or a mixture of cubs and adults? Hell of a lot of cubs about at present, i usually start seriouse lamping around September, it peaks in January & Febuary and after that, the vixens got to ground. Frank. 9 cubs and 1 mature female... Never seen so many cubs as i have this year.. strange thing is they are not coming to the calls as easy as the last few year.. a lot of walking with the battery packs :blink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Great shooting eoin. :blink: Couple of questions though! What do you receive should you win this comp, also what do you class as a grey crow? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 I wish our club was the same,' All In', ours seems to consentrate more on sundays, from october to March. 10 last night?, were they all adults, or a mixture of cubs and adults? Hell of a lot of cubs about at present, i usually start seriouse lamping around September, it peaks in January & Febuary and after that, the vixens got to ground. Frank. 9 cubs and 1 mature female... a lot of walking with the battery packs Lots of cubs is right, thats a great number. :blink: With all that walking and battery pack, i bet the swept is pouring off you this time of year with all the warm weather? Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoinGalway Posted July 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Great shooting eoin. :blink: Couple of questions though! What do you receive should you win this comp, also what do you class as a grey crow? Normally a voucher for vermin traps etc.. (braging rights over our neighbouring club) and of course the satisfaction of keping vermin levels down A grey crow is really a Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix as my grandad taught me) just called a grey crow by most in these parts. (See my previous post todays kills for a picture) We have 4 types of crows in this country - Hooded, Rook, Raven and jackdaw. no carrion crow as far as i'm aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Great shooting eoin. :blink: Couple of questions though! What do you receive should you win this comp, also what do you class as a grey crow? Normally a voucher for vermin traps etc.. (braging rights over our neighbouring club) and of course the satisfaction of keping vermin levels down A grey crow is really a Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix as my grandad taught me) just called a grey crow by most in these parts. (See my previous post todays kills for a picture) We have 4 types of crows in this country - Hooded, Rook, Raven and jackdaw. no carrion crow as far as i'm aware. Grey crow=carrion in the UK and as you said Eoin, Hooded crow, which is also common in Scotland. We also have the Rook, jay and Magpie. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bertie Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Great shooting eoin. :blink: Couple of questions though! What do you receive should you win this comp, also what do you class as a grey crow? Normally a voucher for vermin traps etc.. (braging rights over our neighbouring club) and of course the satisfaction of keping vermin levels down A grey crow is really a Hooded Crow (Corvus corone cornix as my grandad taught me) just called a grey crow by most in these parts. (See my previous post todays kills for a picture) We have 4 types of crows in this country - Hooded, Rook, Raven and jackdaw. no carrion crow as far as i'm aware. Grey crow=carrion in the UK and as you said Eoin, Hooded crow, which is also common in Scotland. We also have the Rook, jay and Magpie. Frank. So the same as england just with a local accent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Posted July 2, 2006 Report Share Posted July 2, 2006 Something like that Bertie. :blink: Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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