243win Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Out and set up before first light this morning in South Yorkshire with a pal of mine. The flight lasted 45 minutes and we had 12 in total. 8 Canadas and 4 Greylags. It got quite hectic at its peak. A great start to the season . Now the hard work begins plucking and dressing the birds . How did everyone else get on?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rizzini Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I was on the way to a town (Aberystwyth) and on the way i had seen about 80-100 Canada Geese on a feild feeding, i couldn't believe it, its was the most i had ever seen in one place. Well done mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaser Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Nice hunt on the first day, here we got 3 geese, but much too good weather..... What decoy did you use ?? Olsen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireJohn Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 I get flights of them over the farm each night going off to the local mere, Got some old Russian BB cartridge will these be ok for Geese? I've never shot one before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudpatten Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 (edited) John, You might want to punch "non toxic shot","steel shot","bismuth shot"or something similar into the search engine and have a bit of a read. Your old Russian cartridges contain lead shot. Edited September 1, 2009 by mudpatten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev 1 Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Nice shooting..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShropshireJohn Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 John, You might want to punch "non toxic shot","steel shot","bismuth shot"or something similar into the search engine and have a bit of a read. Your old Russian cartridges contain lead shot. Krikey, I thought that was only over open water Where other birds might ingest the Lead shot, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samw Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 nice one matey is it that time of the year all ready lol cracking shooting buddy sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispti Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Good effort B) Not sure Im going to get out this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluebarrels Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Well done mate,a cracking start to the season B) BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomV Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 How many deeks did you have set out? I presume it was over a cut field? Did you use calls to get them over the deeks? What are canadas and greylags like to eat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Great shooting mate One of the guns from our shoot went out today and shot 4 Canadas in about an hour B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted September 1, 2009 Report Share Posted September 1, 2009 Excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight32 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Great shooting mate One of the guns from our shoot went out today and shot 4 Canadas in about an hour B) Excellent. Nothing clever about shooting 12 geese in one flight as far as I concerned- Far to excessive. Could job you aren't in a wildfowling club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243win Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 The farmers want them culled so i provide a service for them. Three geese can eat as much as one sheep in a day or so i am told. We got four more off the same area this morning. There are well over a thousand about at the moment. It would be different if i was a member of a wildfowling club as most impose bag limits and rightly so. However the farmers see them eating there crops and consider them a pest. We might shoot around fifty in the season, hardly excessive given the amounts living and breeding in the area. They are good sporting birds and eat well too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scolopax Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 If there are good numbers in the area then six as a personal limit is acceptable to me , anymore is getting excessive. Good to see you have a self imposed limit, some (albeit a minority) do not know when to stop. Generally the UK wildfowler/shooter is very good, with most more than happy to put the gun down and watch the rest of the flight after bagging a slack handful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerseaDavid Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 We have way too many on my farm and each winter we loose a big chunk of our crop because of them so now we get shooters out and each on has a limit of 10. The same gun went out this morning and shot another 5 on the same field and hopefully he will get them off the land before our wheat starts to come through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchieboy Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Whilst bag limits are a great idea towards conservation as far as wildfowlers are concerned I believe that there is a considerable difference between "shooting for sport" and "vermin control" i.e. Where the farmers are suffering from crop damage caused by large numbers of Canada Geese (Which, from what I have seen are on the increase). One of the farms I shoot on has huge numbers of Canada Geese at the moment and they are decimating the crops, sometimes you need to see this to appreciate the damage they can do. Please guys, before you start "pulling vermin controllers apart" for shooting more that a wildfowlers bag limit take the farmers livelyhood and point of view in to considderation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proTOM1 Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Nice shooting i had 4 this morning on a mates farm in norfolk will have another go tomorrow morning , could of shot loads but happy just to bag a few and like said before me its nice to watch them come in plus its a good way to show your calling works ok :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonk Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Nice shooting :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samyw Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Nothing clever about shooting 12 geese in one flight as far as I concerned- Far to excessive. Could job you aren't in a wildfowling club the lads pest controling just like when people shoot pigeons canadas are classed as verming would you be saying the same if someone had shot a bag of hundred woodys probs not the more you shoot the better when its for crop protection well done 243 win :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonna Shoot a Wabbit Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 well done fella, when it comes to crop protection......gerumshot :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmac NI Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Good shooting mate . If only i had the worry of shooting too many geese lol :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyboots Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 well done :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonnybgood Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 im a farmer my self, but why would i want a STUBBLE field protecting??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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