turner Posted March 29, 2004 Report Share Posted March 29, 2004 did anyone bag many pigeons over the weekend.got 44 over winter rape they are now starting to leave the spring barley now in my area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richishere Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 i went out but nothing came in, so i went slay pigeoning and let off plenty of lead, but i bruised my sholder as i was only wearing a t-shirt! R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ears Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Got a call friday evening from a farmer that had some spring rape . He said he put about a 5 or 6 hundred pigeons off it that afternoon. So on Saturday i went along to this new bit of ground never seen it before in my life. Arrived at 8am sat in the motor for about twenty minets watching, saw about five pigeons. Got the gun out stood un the hedge where i had saw the flight line. Shot 11 in three hours. Packed up and went clay shooting to. Shot 2 x 9s on the pool shoot but there was 3 x 10s. shot 44 x 50 on the sporting didnt get a penny as there was 2 x 48s. But the weather was great and i had a nice day, and saw a few people i have not seen for quite a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead-eye-dick Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 i went slay pigeoning and let off plenty of lead, I Santa a legal quarry, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Went to go out saturday pigeon shooting but decided not to in the end! Went out on a wasted field near my grandads allotment where his chickens are kept and shoot a fox 3 times but still did not manage to kill it somehow! I shot it with a 4.10 number 6 9mill cartridge as they were the only one's i had! PD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webber Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 PD .410 is way under gunned for fox, you would neeed to be extremeley close. Please dont repeat this excersise. webber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 I have been out shooting with a man who uses a .410 for foxing and he makes a clean kill every time but he uses no.2's for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMMER BURT Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 it's also againts the law to shot foxs with a shoot gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 it's also againts the law to shot foxs with a shoot gun what about with a shotgun :thumbs: Are you serious? I thought it was legal because they are vermin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Sean R~ Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 I was always under the impression that you could shoot a fox with a shotgun as long as it was not at any range and appropriate shot was used (ie no 2,1 BB etc). As far as i am aware it is not against the law but it might be worth finding out. If you do can you let me know as i would be very interested. Sean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 It is completely legal to shot a fox with a shotgun, just use common sense when shooting as to the loads and gauge of gun. I really think that common sense isn't as common as it used to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete k Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 the game keeper where i shoot said he shot a fox stone dead at 35 yards with a 410 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 ive shot a fox when me and it was moving.. about 35yards.. using no 5's Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 no pigeon shooting now until the wheat and corn are ripe and flattened. :< .all my shooting is over rape that is now way too high but still got lamping,crows and the rooks to keep me going.heres hoping for a good summer,strong winds in july with a bit of rain to flatten the corn and lots of spilt rape seed on the stubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Anybody, including a gamekeeper, that deliberately shoots at a free moving fox, with a .410 shotgun, does not deserve to have a shotgun certificate. Thats about as irresponsible as you can get, whether they are vermin, or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr Pieman Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Cranfield, it's not like you to sit on the fence :thumbs: PP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAMMER BURT Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 it is on my land i see any body shooting at foxs with a bloody410,see if they would like me to shoot them at 35 yards with a 9mm garden gun at that range would not punch a hole in a paper bag let alone kill,westminster should make it law that the only gun you can kill foxs with is a rifle it would get my vote hands down, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sniper Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 I know its not the weekend, its now Thursday, but here's my report for today. I covered 60 miles looking for the pigeons. Most of the land round me is either rape,spring drillings or beans. I couldn't find them anywhere so I decided to wait and see if I could see at least one flying somewhere. My patience was rewarded as I saw one or two fly onto a nearby field. When I got there there must have been 300 woodpigeons on it. It was a set aside field and they must have found some chickweed on it or something. Whatever it was they just kept coming to it. But, alas, it was on the corner of two busy roads ,with houses nearby and it was only about a hundred yards square. There was no way at all I could shoot over it safely. Ah well, tomorrow is another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 it is on my land i see any body shooting at foxs with a bloody410,see if they would like me to shoot them at 35 yards with a 9mm garden gun at that range would not punch a hole in a paper bag let alone kill,westminster should make it law that the only gun you can kill foxs with is a rifle it would get my vote hands down, Like everybody has said shotguns are fine for killing foxes as long as there is common sense involved, so I think that a law about only being aloud to shoot them with a rifle would be a bit unfair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aled_cky Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 many farmers i know dont have rifles becuase they are quite dangerous.. so till fox's they use shotguns. alot easier for them Aled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pigeon_decoyer Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 Went out today (Friday)! Got up at 5.00 to try and catch mr fox trying to get at my grandads chickens but couldn't find him anywhere. Took a walk over a wasted field which was over grown! Saw some rabbits running about but didn't want to shoot them because I wanted the fox! In the end couldn't find the fox anywhere so i decided to have a pop at some rabbits on the way back! I walked round a corner and there was a nice big bunnie sitting there eating some grass also there was another one a couple of ft behind it! I rose my 20bore OU slowly and squeezed the trigger! ''Got him'' I ran over there to make sure he was dead only to find I hit the other one and killed it at the same time! Thats the first time ever I have shot 2 rabbits with 1 shot, I was soooo amazed! Gonna take some pictures tomorrow morning of me holding the rabbits and where I shot them etc: Will have pics on here by at leat 1.00pm tomorrow. PD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teal Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 I've shot two rabbits with the same shot quite a few times (never shot two flying pigeons with the same shot unlike some of the people on here when decoying). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M ROBSON Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 There's nothing wrong with shooting a fox with a .410 so long as its at the right range. We regularly shoot them out of the game crop at no more than 10 Yards, a .410 is easily capable of killing foxes in this senario. i myself have killed two foxes on different nights with my PCP .22 air rifle! Albeit they were both three quarter grown cubs that were squeeked in to about 10 feet. Both shot in the neck coming head on and were both stone dead. I would not try it in any other circumstance. As already mentioned comon sense is needed. Foxes my be vermin but they shouldn't be subjected to unnessesary suffering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ollie Posted May 1, 2004 Report Share Posted May 1, 2004 Foxes are very easily killed if they are shot in the right place at the right range. Your quite right mark and I know from being out foxing with people who use .410's that a fox will be killed at about 30 yards by a .410 if using heavy enough shot. But I would rather stick to the 12 bore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ears Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 I Recon if you are going to shoot foxes with a shotgun try to use a 12 gauge and BB or AAA size shot and full choke. If you have a rifle all the better, and sometimes even with these they are not always depatched cleanley but usally are. If you want shoot foxes with 410 then try to get a FAC so that you can use Brenak slugs through open choke in a 410 then a 410 is just the job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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