Rim Fire Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Decided to have a last look around mopping up some birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Well done, some good sport there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Nice result there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 20 Author Report Share Posted January 20 It was nice to get out before these storms hit again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Nice. I am out for our last formal day this coming Wednesday 24 January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 Saturday for us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 20 Author Report Share Posted January 20 Good luck boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy835 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 very nice a goods sport there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted January 21 Report Share Posted January 21 I have booked one last driven day for tomorrow. Since then I have been asked to go rough shooting next Saturday. And, blow me, a kind friend has just this evening invited me to join him as his guest for a small driven day on Wednesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogger Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Friday and Saturday for me this week🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 Good luck to all this weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCB56 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Our last official day Saturday, but a walked up day on Wednesday for any of the guns or beaters that can make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gameking Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Looking good, you could caption this --- Guess the air rifle model ?????😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 Last day today. Fifteen birds shot, ten pheasant, one partridge, four woodpigeon. Nine guns. I am happy to say I shot one pheasant, the partridge, and one pigeon. Then all back to the pub at 3.30pm for roast pork. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 Or in other words, decided to have a last look around mopping up the breeding stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 25 Author Report Share Posted January 25 14 hours ago, scolopax said: Or in other words, decided to have a last look around mopping up the breeding stock Aren't they the same breeding stock that got shot all season 🤣 everyone shoots until the end of January Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 53 minutes ago, Rim Fire said: Aren't they the same breeding stock that got shot all season 🤣 everyone shoots until the end of January If a shoot doesn't run at the very least a trap line and/or shoot foxes on sight, at night, throughout the breeding and hatching period any idea of "cocks only" and leaving hens as breeding stock is pretty pointless. Whatever clutches they lay will see most of what hatches eaten by stoats, weasels, foxes. To say noting of losses to non-protected avian predators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 I see both points of view on this thread but personally I could never shoot a pheasant with an air rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 looks like a o/u 410 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfieldspares Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 (edited) Where I used to shoot back in the early 1990s the keeper used to use a .22LR BSA Supersport and get in amongst the cock birds before 1 February. As he also ran a full trap line and the foxes were shot it made sense. We did indeed get some wild birds. Including partridge. Edited January 25 by enfieldspares Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted January 25 Report Share Posted January 25 we always had a couple of cock days and if we saw a shootable hen bird that was flying low we were under orders to shoot it...........the idea was that that any wild birds breeding wouldnt be low fliers......sort of Darwin approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 11 hours ago, ditchman said: looks like a o/u 410 its a 20b👍 and all birds was flushed in a beating line no difference to shooting on a normal drive 12 hours ago, enfieldspares said: If a shoot doesn't run at the very least a trap line and/or shoot foxes on sight, at night, throughout the breeding and hatching period any idea of "cocks only" and leaving hens as breeding stock is pretty pointless. Whatever clutches they lay will see most of what hatches eaten by stoats, weasels, foxes. To say noting of losses to non-protected avian predators. you are right Pheasants don't breed very well to many predators as they are a ground nesting bird 12 hours ago, JDog said: I see both points of view on this thread but personally I could never shoot a pheasant with an air rifle. Where is there an air rifle mentioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 JDog mentioned it 12 hours ago, JDog said: I see both points of view on this thread but personally I could never shoot a pheasant with an air rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rim Fire Posted January 26 Author Report Share Posted January 26 i know i quoted him my point was where in the thread was an air rifle mentioned to shoot pheasants with i certainly didn't and if you can't see that i am holding an over and under specsaver comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted January 26 Report Share Posted January 26 1 minute ago, Rim Fire said: i know i quoted him my point was where in the thread was an air rifle mentioned to shoot pheasants with i certainly didn't and if you can't see that i am holding an over and under specsaver comes to mind Yes Indeed, I am only guessing that he INCORRECTLY thought it was an AIR RIFLE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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