wannabe_keeper Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Well there we go guys - all over for another year! We had a great season on my little shoot in its first year. Ended up shooting 61%!! Already thinking ahead for all the plans and idea's i have to make it even better. Hope you all enjoyed it and got good returns. If anyone gets the sporting shooter magazine - turn to page 78 to see my article on my little shoot. A couple of weeks off for me, then its back to it! All the best, Harry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 A couple of weeks off!.............. Surely you will still be feeding them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 They are entitled to a holiday same as you mate, they get by on whats out there, they are not that stupid they starve: All other ways yes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 I have been following the progress of your shoot. A good effort for your first year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Yep, another season finished. We have already been sent a seed catalogue! Loads of work to do prior to next season. We released 125 ex-layers and today brought our total shot to 85. I doubt they were all ours of course, but it's swings and roundabouts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlander Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 And the sun shone on us for a change!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Aye loads to get on with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rimfire4969 Posted February 1, 2014 Report Share Posted February 1, 2014 Well done 61% is fantastic. Yet to do our final figures but I think it will be close to 35% which we are really pleased with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colc08 Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Well done. Thats a fantastic resulst! Especially a new shoot in its experimental first season. Great job mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted February 4, 2014 Report Share Posted February 4, 2014 Well done. Nice when all the hard work pays off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norfolk dumpling Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 61% very good -assume you have neighbouring shoots? We shoot roughly 40% with a couple of big boundaries with no shoots. We used to do slightly better until our landlord remover a big ditch and hedgerow which joined a boundary hedge to one of our small woods - this was obviously drawing in birds. Our 2 PT keepers noticed reduction straight away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wannabe_keeper Posted February 5, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 Yes we are fortunate to have a large shoot just across the way. But we put our own birds down and certainly dont rely on this fact, but i'd be ignorant to say that the whole 61% were 'our' birds. Im sure they shot a few of ours too! On a side-note, I would love to know how many of our released birds we shot and was thinking of tagging this years poults. Anyone got any experience of doing this? Can I buy some sort of tagging gun for leg tags like racing pigeons (ASBO style!)or is a wing tag available/better? I'd probably get depressed looking at the percentage then! H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 If your buying them in as poults ask for them to be tagged, think the cost is 5p per bird, not that cheap but can help you understand a few things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 I do not run a shoot but if I did, and it depended on reared birds, I would have them tagged. In this way it would be definitive how many of the birds released had been shot on the shoot. My understanding of the reason for not tagging is that 'keepers are embarrassed to hear that 'their' birds have been shot miles from the release site on other shoots. I have shot four times this season with a friend who has a small shoot nearby. The bags have been 77, 71, 69 and 57. He released 200! No prizes for guessing that there are other larger shoots nearby and that if the other shoots had tagged their birds we would have found out that we had shot a lot of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferretboy111 Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 (edited) Tagging great for small numbers! I do 1000 a year here- dropped releasing birds in certain areas since! Cheers Edited February 5, 2014 by Ferretboy111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted February 5, 2014 Report Share Posted February 5, 2014 I do not run a shoot but if I did, and it depended on reared birds, I would have them tagged. In this way it would be definitive how many of the birds released had been shot on the shoot. My understanding of the reason for not tagging is that 'keepers are embarrassed to hear that 'their' birds have been shot miles from the release site on other shoots. I have shot four times this season with a friend who has a small shoot nearby. The bags have been 77, 71, 69 and 57. He released 200! No prizes for guessing that there are other larger shoots nearby and that if the other shoots had tagged their birds we would have found out that we had shot a lot of them. Think I posted this on another thread, but my nephew and his mates released 50 birds this last season, put cable ties on them and with last Saturday had shot 58. Only 1 had a cable tie on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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