pheasent

[craigheff 12]

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Edited November 22, 2009 by craigheff

[waidmann 105]

you will knock the odd ones up mate but a dog will be more effective.

atb

[fensaluki 35]

you'll get one or two mate but do ask yourself is it realy the right thing to do,finding stone dead birds in any sort of cover can be extremely chalenging even if they are close and you have marked them well but retreiving runners is a hole different kettle of fish.what seems like an easy task to catch up with a wounded cockbird across a ploughed field soon proves to be a nightmare when he runs up a furough and in to the ditch across the way and is lost(wounded).

bearing in mind most of the pheasants that you will get a shot at will be shot from behind because of the nature of the type of shooting your doing which protets the head thus a less likley clean kill.I dont wish to spoil you fun fella and i understand these comments are easy for me to make with kennles full of dogs but do think about it mate because i can assure you that you will when you get home and have left a few in the field wondering if their dead yet or not.

 

ATB

[craigheff 12]

whats the best type of land for raising and shooting pheasents?..stubble, grass ect...

Edited November 15, 2009 by craigheff

[Thwaites 0]

Well pheasants are a woodland bird, and need cover to live in. You can't really put poults in an open feild, be it grass or stubble (in the winter) as there is no cover. Are you thinking of rearing your own poults?

[craigheff 12]

you'll get one or two mate but do ask yourself is it realy the right thing to do,finding stone dead birds in any sort of cover can be extremely chalenging even if they are close and you have marked them well but retreiving runners is a hole different kettle of fish.what seems like an easy task to catch up with a wounded cockbird across a ploughed field soon proves to be a nightmare when he runs up a furough and in to the ditch across the way and is lost(wounded).

bearing in mind most of the pheasants that you will get a shot at will be shot from behind because of the nature of the type of shooting your doing which protets the head thus a less likley clean kill.I dont wish to spoil you fun fella and i understand these comments are easy for me to make with kennles full of dogs but do think about it mate because i can assure you that you will when you get home and have left a few in the field wondering if their dead yet or not.

 

ATB

thanks mate