mossy835 Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 any one been out yet on them,is it time i have one rookery but not been up there yet,as iv been away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 I would say it is a little early to shoot young Rooks , more so this year with it being so cold with the strong Easterly winds , when I used to shoot them many years ago it was always around the 12th of May and it would only last a week before it was all over for another year , now I get more enjoyment watching them growing up than I do shooting them , needless to say I haven't shot them for a good many years . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Yep, middle of May was about right. Had a farmer friend who used to arrange a couple of afternoons each year and then his wife would make rook pie and invite us all to a sit down meal. Personally they where tasteless and not worth the trouble but we always said "Many thanks, delicious." as gentlemen should do. Now I would rather wait till they are flying and stupid and just wanted to get at that laid corn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Did it when I was a teenager. Quickly grew out of it. Felt sorry for the poor *******, not at all sporting, just killing. Not for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalkedUp Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Too early up here. This one had fallen out of its nest in the storm last night. I would not bother to shoot branchers as like Walker570 I prefer to take them on the wing. But for some people / areas rooks are more of a pest and so their numbers need to be controlled as efficiently as possible rather than just reduced when causing a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamch Posted May 4, 2021 Report Share Posted May 4, 2021 Is this still legal under the new general licence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 If anyone is doing it for sport then they’re doing it for the wrong reason anyhow. It’s about pest control, nothing to do with sport at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 i gave it i miss this year, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian willetts Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 We were up on our syndicate last Sunday they had left the nest sight but in big groups there were 1 or 2 not so confident and they were hanging around those farmer asked for them to be shot to protect lambs we got 6 and 3squizers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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