team tractor Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 I'm off to have a look tomorrow night at a local rookery I shoot Any one else out to look ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted May 1, 2013 Report Share Posted May 1, 2013 Had a look on Sunday but not out the nest yet can hear them though so shouldn't be long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darno Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 (edited) Me and my mate just got permission on a rookery. We are really looking foward to having a go at this! Any tips! Edited May 2, 2013 by Darno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Yeah . Take plenty of ammo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eccles Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 To early here on rooks out of the nests, end of month beginning of next month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Nothing out tonight so going to leave it a fortnight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBS Posted May 2, 2013 Report Share Posted May 2, 2013 Nothing out tonight so going to leave it a fortnight You need to check every couple of days, they could have flown the nest in a fortnight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 My mate checked inside the nests on another rookery and they were only eggs still. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 None of you guys shoot the Rookery behing the old prison at Oakham do you? Someone was having a nice bit of sport in there the other evening Col Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdubya Posted May 3, 2013 Report Share Posted May 3, 2013 I checked one out today and a few birds where already out! KW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fabarm gamma boy Posted May 6, 2013 Report Share Posted May 6, 2013 (edited) about 2 weeks i reckon up here! the young are squaking but not seen any yet! going off last year id say there a week later this year! i was shooting em on the 12 last year so ad say week end after next give or take a day or 2! anybody making rook pie? Edited May 6, 2013 by fabarm gamma boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 You need to check every couple of days, they could have flown the nest in a fortnight! I'd agree with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Not wishing to troll or be contentious, as i have shot rookerys for years but i am increasingly feeling that whilst they take grain, rooks are not the same problem as carrion crows. i am a traditionalist and wouldnt want the brancher season to be lost but i see fewer and less vibrant rookerys and have therefore avoided killing rooks for some years. anyone know any stats about the apparent decline in numbers or not ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Not wishing to troll or be contentious, as i have shot rookerys for years but i am increasingly feeling that whilst they take grain, rooks are not the same problem as carrion crows. i am a traditionalist and wouldnt want the brancher season to be lost but i see fewer and less vibrant rookerys and have therefore avoided killing rooks for some years. anyone know any stats about the apparent decline in numbers or not ? I have a rookery on one of my shoots. Fired out the Larsen trap with just eggs,(no call bird) and the rooks were straight in. Crows are worse but rooks are still bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kes Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Thanks for that wildfowler I havent caught one for a while, Jackdaws mainly round here and the odd carrion - there is a rookery maybe 200yds away but we dont seem to get them in the ladder trap ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 Hundreds and hundreds down here. We've already had a few but most years we have 100 - 200!!! They do plenty of damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruno22rf Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I have never seen Rooks do any major damage-they will pick up grain but usually only if its on the surface where germination is unlikely anyway.As for egg predation I consider them more of an opportunist than a dedicated egg thief.I would say that numbers have dropped in the last 20 years and I only shoot Branchers now if we are going to eat them or a landowner demands it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildfowler.250 Posted May 7, 2013 Report Share Posted May 7, 2013 I consider them more of an opportunist than a dedicated egg thief That covers it pretty well. Prevention is the best cure though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
super sharp shooter Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Just been to have a look and I can see them looking over the nests so a few more days I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Off tomorrow night again with the air wibble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalconFN Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I have never seen Rooks do any major damage-they will pick up grain but usually only if its on the surface where germination is unlikely anyway.As for egg predation I consider them more of an opportunist than a dedicated egg thief.I would say that numbers have dropped in the last 20 years and I only shoot Branchers now if we are going to eat them or a landowner demands it. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 9, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2013 2 down out of 2 seen today but really young Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salop Matt Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Am so jellous, I dont have a rookerie on any of my permitions...... young branchers are great eating with a bit of chilli or garlic ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted May 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Am so jellous, I dont have a rookerie on any of my permitions...... young branchers are great eating with a bit of chilli or garlic ! I have to beg every year thanks to jealously off another shooter stirring but I've lost another due to land being bought by the rspb lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highseas Posted May 20, 2013 Report Share Posted May 20, 2013 about 2 weeks i reckon up here! the young are squaking but not seen any yet! going off last year id say there a week later this year! i was shooting em on the 12 last year so ad say week end after next give or take a day or 2! anybody making rook pie? good stuff we (me and tom) went to find a rookery to shoot over but no luck. give me a shout if you want a hand over that rookery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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