SPARKIE Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 went out again with stu today managed a couple of bird ready for crimbo here they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 A Grey Partridge ,personally I wouldn`t have as there aren`t many about,but still well done on getting a sparse Christmas lunch sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 A Grey Partridge ,personally I wouldn`t have as there aren`t many about,but still well done on getting a sparse Christmas lunch sorted. not to many here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPARKIE Posted December 1, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 A Grey Partridge ,personally I wouldn`t have as there aren`t many about,but still well done on getting a sparse Christmas lunch sorted. theres loads of them down here my land is next to a shoot they put them down i think as we see loads of them always too fast tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 i have them on the farms i shoot,but not shot one yet.nice two see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenzie Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 Nice shooting Sparks,better of leaving the Greys though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted December 1, 2006 Report Share Posted December 1, 2006 go0d shooting fella, but grey are specail ( i think ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jonrms Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 If anyone thinks they are that special ... tell it to one of my permissions... ie farmer.. he has quite alot on his land.. and they keep eating his sprouts, etc... I am still after getting them for him... (and no not with my fac sg.) I borrow with a mate there normal SG.. there are so many here its unreal!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 Unless there's a shoot near you releasing them- stay away from them!! http://www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/urbanwt/ec...ml/partrdge.htm ..."the grey partridge is one of Great Britain's most endangered species, and is serious decline"... I can't see them doing much damage to sprouts myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatingisbest Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 i find that it helps a hell of a lot to hold a shot bird by the head/neck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunganick Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 had a farmer i know suffer some pretty serious damage to a wheat crop by.......... moor hens. And not in large numbers, just regularlly snacking. Would say they did similar damage amounts of damage to a rabbit (trust me it wasnt a rabbit though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted December 8, 2006 Report Share Posted December 8, 2006 a sparse Christmas lunch. :( nay lad twill feed 12 in barnsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 And a hen grey partridge at that! No damage done if it was a released bird visiting from next door though, if it was wild then that maybe a different matter. I've heard of released redlegs doing serious damage to rape, eating off the headlands, big compensation claim to the shoot. Grey partridge are in a pretty poor state in the vast majority of places although locally numbers have been stable for the last five or six years now. Even so there are very few though, they are barely hanging on. My brother shot one last week, (a long story) :( . It was a strong runner and when my dog brought it back it was still very much alive and as far as I could determine only had a pellet strike thru the muscle of one wing. It is currently in the aviary with assorted finches and canaries, I'll give it another week or so to fully mend then let it go in the same place, but after the next shoot . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 It depends on your ground as to whether you can shoot greys, we have 500 acres and do shoot some but only because we've so many, they do really well on our bit and we usually have upwards of 200 wild birds on the ground so the farmer doesn't mind a few being shot when there are coveys of 30plus going over the guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decroyffe Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 If you've got problems jonrms with partridge, try netting them at night. get x1 large net, x1 buddy and find out where they are. they'll be the ground in a circle. you and your buddy creep up eaither side with the net rasied at the front, and drapped at the rear. you'll get right on top of them on a dark brezzy night and as soon as you hear the first partridge lift, drop the net and keep it down. You'll have to kill them whilst there under the net ( bite the heads) to get the lot of them, it's very effective and you'll have enoufgh in the bag to share with the land owner and your mate. We did this twice in November but i'm not sure how much luck you'll have this time of year, good luck anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 so thats totally breaking the law then :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 If you've got problems jonrms with partridge, try netting them at night. get x1 large net, x1 buddy and find out where they are. they'll be the ground in a circle. you and your buddy creep up eaither side with the net rasied at the front, and drapped at the rear. you'll get right on top of them on a dark brezzy night and as soon as you hear the first partridge lift, drop the net and keep it down. You'll have to kill them whilst there under the net ( bite the heads) to get the lot of them, it's very effective and you'll have enoufgh in the bag to share with the land owner and your mate. We did this twice in November but i'm not sure how much luck you'll have this time of year, good luck anyway. oh dear. :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decroyffe Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 If a job needs doing get it done, no point in fannying around. if you've ever broke a law don't comment, if you tell me you've never broke a law i wont belive you. everyone still barks on about what's right and wrong but at the end of the day it's very effective. Where not just there for the sport or our own pleasure, most permission granted comes with task that needs to be done, if those Partridge are causing problems that cost one indiviual large amounts of money, then so be it. i don't have double standard's and hope nobody takes any offence from my opinion, regards kieran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenzie Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Very sporting not :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldwyn Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 The first tiime I've heard of the traditional English Partrige treated as vermin. It's bad enough breaking the law, let alone advocating such practice Show's no respect for such a classy game bird, these are not rats the landowner wants rid of to increase profitability. Perhaps it'd be wise to consider the decline of the Grey in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decroyffe Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 hiya maldwyn, you are right about the Partridge however, the birds in question are a problem. if there's no shoot on the land then the problem needs to be sorted. there are other ways to deal with this. bird traps are one option, then the birds can be relocated to a suitable area. Hi to you Kenzie, i never mentioned it was a sport or sporting to use this method. i got the impression the individual had a problem that was costing the farmer, and i put this across as a quick option for him. If i was in his position my farmer would give me two options, get shut of the birds or he'd get shut of me. Anything can be regarded as vermin, if a fox eats your Chicken's it's vermin. if a partridge eat's your crops it's vermin. it doesn't matter how pritty the animal is there's a Job to do, taht's way the Land owner lets you control vermin. I like to see the partridge fly and agree with what you both said, but you sometimes have to take a differant veiw. Regards kieran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markbivvy Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 if a partridge eat's your crops it's vermin. stand by. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
decroyffe Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 That's right, if you don't want Partridge eating your crops. Whats the differance from that and a fox eating your Chickens? It's unbelivable how people see white and black but never notice the grey area's. regards kieran Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazooka Joe Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 if a partridge eat's your crops it's vermin. And while you are on, you may as well get the torch, & the .22, pick a decent moonlight night, & sort the Pheasants out. :unsure: BJ. I've removed the icon to make it a bit easier for you;;; And while you are on, you may as well get the torch, & the .22, pick a decent moonlight night, & sort the Pheasants out. BJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maldwyn Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 We're all different. It's not so much seeing black or white, but I personally draw a line at what I consider to be right and wrong and in the case of vermin what methods I use for their control. If this particular piece of land can sustain such large numbers of Grey Partridges that cause such extensive damage at this time of year why dont you and some mates have a few days walked up shooting with some dogs. Only my personal opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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