J Darcy 5,871 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Had a walk tonight with my mate. I had it in my head to try and break my record of 21 maggies. The sky wasn't good and got progressively worse but we managed 17 before i decided to quit. Also saw many dozens of woodies and ignored most of these except five, one of which was very poor and was left for fox food, the plump four are for my food. Visited some old roosts and it was plain to see that some places the maggies have moved, so i will have to do more rooting about to find them before i make a record attempt again. Watch this space! lol. But with 17 maggies and 5 woodies in the bag it had been a superb night. Happy Hunting Folks. ps, edited to add, Yes i know theres not 17 maggies in the pic, we didn't fancy carrying a load of maggies about for the pic, we carried on to another roost after this pic was taken. Quote Link to post
zini 1,939 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Fantastic buddy. One of the weiriest quarry species there is. 5 stars. Si Quote Link to post
rossi_j 99 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Ace shooting, the song birds will benifit from that come spring time .atb. .ste. Quote Link to post
Malt 379 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Well done JD, the more of those nest robbing b*****ds culled the better! Quote Link to post
Giro 2,648 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 nice one... Never managed to hit a maggie.. very flighty birds.. no easy target like those branchers, thats the only time I shoot corvids.. Quote Link to post
jmilam08 193 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Good shooting mate,will be out tommorow nite looking at a potential maggie roost, would love a bag like this. Quote Link to post
StevoSmith 147 Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Cracking shooting there bud......nice to see someone controlling dem maggies.....overrun with dem ere in north wales Quote Link to post
pianoman 3,587 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Have to tip my hat to you J Darcy that's a darn good bag by any standards, and a vary wary bird too, as Si points out. How about a thread letting us in on your secrets for a good maggie hunt? ATB Simon Quote Link to post
johnboy19 38 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Thats a very impressive bag there, nice shooting Quote Link to post
77 si 21 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 great shooting pal not an easy bird to shoot at the best of times Quote Link to post
jackthepatterdale 1 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 (edited) you can not get much better thank that well done Edited January 5, 2011 by jackthepatterdale Quote Link to post
J Darcy 5,871 Posted January 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Have to tip my hat to you J Darcy that's a darn good bag by any standards, and a vary wary bird too, as Si points out. How about a thread letting us in on your secrets for a good maggie hunt? ATB Simon Hi Pianoman, i might continue this thread over the coming months and tell a few little things i have learnt about the magpies. One thing for certain is that they do not like high trees. Some of the top roosts i used to really shoot a lot of maggies from some 20 years ago are now gone. The silver birches have gotten too big and the magpies dont like them. Some of the old roosts only hold half a dozen birds, but now i have the buzz to wipe the local magpie population out again i can see me finding them once more. The best place last night was a patch of an acre or two of spindly oak and birch with the odd hawthorn in them. Lots and lots of woodies, but i am leaving them for a little while until i get my hw77 sorted and will see what a good night brings. Like i said before, its all about the cloud...... p.s, i am thinking about doing a small piece for the Airgun World, but i dont know if they would publish it or not? Quote Link to post
The one 8,470 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Good going and just before the songbirds start nesting Quote Link to post
gurtwurz 792 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 excellent work JD you dont take prisoners do you?! all the best, wurz Quote Link to post
PeakOil 352 Posted January 5, 2011 Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 Cracking bag well done. On Monday evening we stumbled across a small wood with a lot of magpies and woodpigeon roosting in it. Quote Link to post
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