webber Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Well playmates, I'm pleased to report that Lancslad was more suitably attired this week. McF cried off stating flu, and captain kelly has become a fair weather shooter, and found the comfort of his arm chair more prefereable, as there was a chance of rain. As it happened it didnt rain and there was plenty of pigeon around, albeit staratospheric. This didnt stop Lancslad and Lancsdad, who had shot up before the pigeon decided it was time to roost. The score was pigeon = 2; squirells = 4 webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted February 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 Good man, keep it up. I'm gonna see if I can get over to the Estate this coming weekend for somemore roost shooting. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitebridges Posted February 10, 2007 Report Share Posted February 10, 2007 In this neck of the the woods the first two Saturdays in Feb have traditinally been "national pigeon days". It's basically a roost shoot. All the woods are manned, keep 'em moving and kill as many as possible. I was out today and shot 8. There is a humugus amount of woodland and copse in the area and yes, a helluva lot of it was manned, which is a good thing as it doesn't give them chance to settle. Roost shooting is not about giving high birds a bloody great salvo, it's about waiting for them to drop in the trees, under carriage down and killing them, 'cause they are pests and average eating . Why do folk use such days as a reason just to get their barrels off! Patience is a virtue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted February 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 11, 2007 Right definately out next Saturday, checked with Game keeeper and he's ahappy for evry saturday remaining in Feb to be shot, and indeed wondered why i was there last night. DOH!!! SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topgunners Posted February 12, 2007 Report Share Posted February 12, 2007 Come on chaps, the weather looks fine for tomorrow. Who else is going roost shooting throughout February?? webber Yo. we are out EVERY saturday & sunday throughout the year. Just lately the pigeon shooting has been ABYSMAL and we have shot more foxes than pigeons. The last ones we shot(last week) were full of acorns. STILL!!!!!! bloody nightmare. ROLL ON the DRILLINGS. Dave K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 DaveK you're not wrong...b***** birds everywhere but decoying's a nightmare. Drilling time might not be much better, it's so wet around here you couldn't drive a tonka toy on the fields. All the farmers are waiting for a dry out! Unfortunately the (inland) wildfowling is over 'cause there's some wonderful flocks of duck on the floods If this IS global warming then it might be time to buy a time share on a hill in the Sahara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 Well, 3rd Saturday, and the best yet for us. This week we had 8 guns out. The bag was 19 pigeon, 2 squirrels, and 2 jays. Weve got some major chainsaw work to do in the woods, as the gales a couple of weeks ago have brought down several major trees which are now blocking some of the rides. How did you do?? webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted February 17, 2007 Report Share Posted February 17, 2007 well there was 2 pigeons came in the wood where i was and i got them both,on the other farm up the rd my mate was in the woods there and he phoned me and said they are all over around him he had 21 shots and shot 1 pigeon, i should have gone up there .still i had 2 rabbits as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffolk shooter Posted February 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Well, there was four of us out last night, Me, The New Shoot Captain, The Keeper an the Keeper's lad. Took my daughter along as well for her first time out roost shooting. We got into the woods nice and early, and te wind was starting to pick up after what had been a lovely warm day, blue skies. We ended up with four pigeons, three dreys and a pricked Jay that kept on flying over to the next woods. They weren't really about in any numbers though, so I think we did ok under the circumstances. Last week next week. SS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted February 24, 2007 Report Share Posted February 24, 2007 Well my little squabs, thats it for another year for us at the roost shooting. Today we had 6 guns out, if you count Lancslad who sneaked off home early, cos he was getting wet. So much for his squadie training. At least he shot 3 pigeon before he left. It was a rather uneventfull day. Toatal pigeon shot today = 9. squirells = 1 This season is a record for us as we have reached double figures for the first time. How have you done?? webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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