Duffryn Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 I really fail to see the sport in this ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asa Bear Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Link not working pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philm Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Worked for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 Basic walked up shooting, with released birds. Most of the guns being used will be 20 or 28 bore. Ignore the rock music and the bad dog handling and its OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sitsinhedges Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 The way the guns were spread out it looked quite possible to be shooting each other swinging on those low birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matone Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 When you see a Yank with a shotgun,DUCK ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted December 28, 2012 Report Share Posted December 28, 2012 I don't know what's so unsporting about it but I didn't like the way the dogs were running after pheasants as they were being shot! Not keen on their whoopin' and hollerin' or the music but each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregthegreat Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Personally I think there's more sport in this than driven shoots. At least the guns are working instead sipping gin and smoking a cigar while they wait for the right bird to come over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Some of the shots were unsporting but others looked ok. Slightly dangerous some of the shots. Lots of people over here enjoy walked up pheasant shooting like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Essex Hunter Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Personally I think there's more sport in this than driven shoots. At least the guns are working instead sipping gin and smoking a cigar while they wait for the right bird to come over. :lol: Dub the voices in a bit of Essex with shoot the ###?@<>ing thing and it would be just right LOL TEH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Cant see a great deal wrong , perhaps one was a little close/low , but looks like typical walked up shooting to me , we are not all lucky enough to be able to afford driven days like yourself . They use smaller guages too. Not sure cranfield but I dont think they shoot released birds they just manage the land for game very well and as in this video only ever shoot cock birds or roosters as they call them , hence plenty of pheasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Please explain whats not sporting about it?Its a typical walked up day where you raise your birds to shoot them and not stand at a peg getting birds driven over them.Are you a,a yank basher,b,an anti,or c,a pheasant shooter that only gets his birds put over him by other people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sako751sg Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Basic walked up shooting, with released birds. Most of the guns being used will be 20 or 28 bore. Ignore the rock music and the bad dog handling and its OK. I watched a programme about them shooting in Dakota and im sure there were no released birds at all and were indeed wild.The amount was staggering and it was hard to believe but maybe someone from across the pond can confirm it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon6ppc Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 typical walked up day realy,just that yanks always do things there way.and ye not to good with the dogs, but i see plenty of that over here if i be honest..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catweazle Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 The best bit is the comment: "Mostly public land. Just gas $ and boot leather." . If only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbriggs166 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 i don't see whats wrong with it, just some dangerous shots like where he swung through the next man to shoot at 1:38 and running with the gun, but they work for there birds which is sporting in my eyes and keeps you fit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOXHUNTER1 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Its just a typical rough shoot at least they only shoot roosters and leave the hens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muddy Funker Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I fail to see the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffryn Posted December 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Perhaps the post was a bit premature in that I only watched the first couple of minutes where there were several un sporting and dangerous shots before switching off. In answer to the other points - Yes I am lucky to be able to do some driven shooting but I also do a lot of walked up it was against this background and after watching the first couple of minutes that the comments were made.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I have shot walked up pheasants in the US (mainly over pointers) and they did release birds on all the plantations I shot. They do not pen and feed as we do, just supplement the local population. The bred birds were always a lot darker than the "local" birds, some cocks were almost black. I did notice some very dark birds on the video, hence my assumption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I can appreciate dangerous shooting and dubious shots but i dont understand how a shot can be sporting or unsporting?? Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregthegreat Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I can appreciate dangerous shooting and dubious shots but i dont understand how a shot can be sporting or unsporting?? Ian. I would class an extremely easy shot, particularly one that would thoroughly destroy the quarry as less sporting than a shot that presented a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bicykillgaz Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 I would class unsporting as shooting a bird on the ground and sporting as any bird that's moving as whilst it's moving there's a bloody good chance I'll miss it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatcatsplat Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 Box standard upland shooting in the US. The shouts of Rooster are reasonably annoying, but it's what they do!! As far as the birds go, in most States you buy your hunting permit and a portion of the money goes towards pheasant and chukkar being released by the local authorities into the designated hunting areas - The birds are far from wild. The land in the video looks very like a private hunting club with everything cut just so and plenty of birds around - Google pheasant hunts in the US and you'll get bundles of hits back for places like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gixer1 Posted December 29, 2012 Report Share Posted December 29, 2012 This is plainly a thread by a tank basher who has no idea... Little green monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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