some birds come over

[Guest Josy]

I thought I was opinionated untill reading lab-tastic's post

[poacher3161 1,766]

Thats fekin good going their robert i always found they flushed like feck on a night of a full moon and so never botherd as big bags were always made on good moonless windy nights

[kenny14 656]

If this was a debate about shooting Hares (or Foxes) at night, we'd have had several snide comments about how unsporting it is, and that there's only one 'right' way to take that animal.

So judging by the complete lack of such comments, am I correct in assuming that everyone must think that shooting Pheasants on the roost is sporting?

 

Far from sporting.........But if some find it a good way of taking one for the pot, filling a freezer, or selling a few; then I'm not going to judge them ! "Let Him Who Is Without Sin, Cast The First Stone", or so they say !!

 

Cheers.

 

Maybe, or is it just that some people have double standards?

 

Well, as I've been on a hare shoot, (Shock, Horror !!), lamped foxes of the back of a 'keepers truck with a rifle, been on formal pheasant and partridge shoots, as well as my other nefarious countryside activities, I doubt I could be accused of double standards.

 

Cheers.

I can't see how you seem to think I was accusing you (or any other particular individual)??

[TOMO 26,368]

Thats fekin good going their robert i always found they flushed like feck on a night of a full moon and so never botherd as big bags were always made on good moonless windy nights

 

yeh they get very spooky when theres a big moon and no wind,,,, always thought that old poaching song was wrong,,, "its my delight on a shiney night"

[kenny14 656]

I am dead against poaching be it game birds or ground game .

 

But I see nowt wrong if a person falls on hard times taking birds /game to put food on the table for him/her or family.

 

But poaching to feed friends or to make money is clearly wrong .

 

Also lamping birds at night is well known to be illegal plan and simple if thats the case in this thread then the thread should be pulled.

 

If the birds where taken legally in daylight hours then fair enough but I think its would be pot kettle black calling the minted owners of the said estate that shooting them on driven day is unsporting when they are creeeping around with a rifle popping them off

 

Cheers Cookie

 

ye dont need a lamp cookie,, they are silueted against the night sky,, quite easy to see

That's why you're finding them b***tards to spot in the firs!! lol

 

And that's a joke before anyone else gets a pang of guilt, and feels they've got to defend themselves

[poacher3161 1,766]

Thats fekin good going their robert i always found they flushed like feck on a night of a full moon and so never botherd as big bags were always made on good moonless windy nights

 

yeh they get very spooky when theres a big moon and no wind,,,, always thought that old poaching song was wrong,,, "its my delight on a shiney night"

Yes it was obviosley wrote by some body who had not done owt lol.

[Guest long-tail]

trouble with pheasants they dont really know where home is,sure more than a few on here had their share over the years

Edited December 12, 2011 by long-tail

[whin 463]

nothing wrong getting afew and when the lairds had big shoots 3to4 thousands birds even better , locale a shoot borders some of my land i hunt they let anywere betwen 6 thousand and more an dif you feed them in youlle get enough to keep you happy ,in the eighties it was profitable fiver a brace , now the way to go is aplucker oven ready to restraunts youll stil get 3 pound abird but a bit of work , ive got mates with shoots never ever thought of taking there birds but the big states they had plenty

[whin 463]

best nites ive had dark feching wet an da bit hard rain as one it muffles your foot steps in decidous woods at this time of year an ddthere not as keen to fly in awet strong wind ,last week when we had strong winds you could had took your chioce

[dytkos 17,804]

His ground, his birds, simple.

 

Well done Jim.

 

Cheers, D.

[robert michem 314]

your right theres nothing sporting, in shooting a phes at nite,,, its not about that,,its proberly one of the oldest, haunts there his between man and lurcher,,, its great feeling, just you and your best mate, going out in the dark,,, you have a great bond, more so doing this than any think.. thats what its all about,, your heads looking north all nite and your dog his under your chin ready to take part,,,, this shoot next door to me ground,, release,s 15,000 birds,,,they shoot 3 times a week,,,doing 250 mark,,,

Edited December 12, 2011 by robert michem

[whin 463]

ye its good sport and fun , saw dogs looking up waiting for the drop but before my time guys never took dogs was the folding four ten seventies etc , no dog as some nites a dog can spook birds ,but i like a dog as ive pushed game out small woods and had [bANNED TEXT] bit of sport , ther alot of places localy if you have walked abit were there plenty wild birds remininces of the big estates in there prime always good for half a dozen ,yeras ago we had the bsa webley and scott , and guys before that folding four ten ,had some nites jim they were that high you had to realy be on form as they were wild as hell then other nites not much higher than the lenth of a barrel ,

[gnipper 6,498]

Birds get leathered on every bit of ground surrounding our local shoot (and on it) for the simple reason that the keeper is a grade A CNUT! I have keepered and been on plenty of shoots and the more time I spend with them the less I can stand them, especially some of the ignorant rich tw@s that shoot, some of the pickers up who have spent stupid money on well bred dogs just so they can breed the arse out of them and the beaters that walk round sucking up to the keeper in the faint hope that they will get a bit of shooting off him. There are decent working class lads out there who shoot but they tend to be found on the smaller syndicates and those are the ones who's birds i'd leave well alone, they're also the lads who would probably let us on to do some rabbiting/ratting and gamebird protection.

[Guest cookiemonsterandmerlin]

His ground, his birds, simple.

 

Well done Jim.

 

Cheers, D.

 

So what about the law of our land

 

If somebody want to break the law and shooting phesants at night crack on but to post your actions on the world wide web shows there not the sharpest toool in the box.

 

Cookie

[gnipper 6,498]

His ground, his birds, simple.

 

Well done Jim.

 

Cheers, D.

 

So what about the law of our land

 

If somebody want to break the law and shooting phesants at night crack on but to post your actions on the world wide web shows there not the sharpest toool in the box.

 

Cookie

 

I'm pretty sure its only illegal if you illuminate them